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Kel-Tec has developed a 300 Blackout version of the SU-16. They'll be showing it at the 2012 SHOT Show and almost certainly selling it in 2012. It was an easy conversion, once they decided to do it.
http://www.thektog.org/forum/showthread.php?t=245004
So, my question, as I posed in the above SU-16 thread, is WHERE IS MY .300 BLK PLR-16?
From what I’ve read*, 300 BLK has good performance out of a shorter barrel. The SU-16 in 300 BLK uses a shorter gas system than the .223 SU-16, and that should be an even easier conversion for the PLR-16 than it was for the SU-16.
I’ve been wanting a 300 BLK PLR-16 for some time. That could be a serious PDW with a Surefire 60 round mag or a couple of PMAGs clipped together.
I just added a set of 300 BLK reloading dies, cartridge headspace gauge, and about $50 worth of related reloading equipment to my Midway shopping cart. I'm truly sick.
* http://www.300aacblackout.com/
http://www.thektog.org/forum/showthread.php?t=245004
So, my question, as I posed in the above SU-16 thread, is WHERE IS MY .300 BLK PLR-16?
From what I’ve read*, 300 BLK has good performance out of a shorter barrel. The SU-16 in 300 BLK uses a shorter gas system than the .223 SU-16, and that should be an even easier conversion for the PLR-16 than it was for the SU-16.
I’ve been wanting a 300 BLK PLR-16 for some time. That could be a serious PDW with a Surefire 60 round mag or a couple of PMAGs clipped together.
I just added a set of 300 BLK reloading dies, cartridge headspace gauge, and about $50 worth of related reloading equipment to my Midway shopping cart. I'm truly sick.
* http://www.300aacblackout.com/
Max effective range, using M4 military standards for hit probability, is 440 meters for a 9 inch barrel, and 460 meters for a 16 inch barrel. 300 BLK from a 9 inch barrel has the same energy at the muzzle as a 14.5 inch barrel M4, and about 5% more energy at 440 meters - even though the barrel is much shorter.