Vern Evans
If you follow KelTec on social media, you know they’ve been teasing a new product for a while now. They’ve been showing photos of 5.7x28mm rounds, a pistol style magazine and close cropped images of a grip. You could tell it was a grip fed 5.7 but was it a pistol, something like the CMR30 or a SUB-2000? Labor Day was the big reveal day and it turns out it’s a 5.7x28mm variation of the SUB2000 GEN3 5.7.
The SUB2000 Gen3 5.7
The SUB2000 Gen3 5.7 gives you all of the features you’re used to with the SUB-2000 series. It features a 16-inch barrel, and the fold-in-half design for compact storage that the SUB series is known for. The Gen3 versions did away with iron sights, but added the twist feature that allows you to mount optics that turn out of the way as you fold the carbine. Overall length is 30.45 inches open and just 16.15 inches folded. Weight unloaded is just 4.36 pounds.
Magazine capacity is 20 rounds and it looks like it feeds from FN pattern magazines. If 20 rounds is a little light for you, extended 30-round mags and even a 50-round drum will be available as well. It looks like they’re using Pro Mags, which may give some of you pause. I will say though, I used Pro Mag 5.7 mags in a CMMG review a few years back and they ran well. I actually had a couple of malfunctions with the FN mag provided with the gun, but nothing from the Pro Mags. MSRP is a just $511, which is considerably less than any of the other 5.7x28mm carbines I can think of.
KelTec SUB2000 GEN3 5.7 Specs
Caliber: 5.7×28 mm
Weight Unloaded: 4.36
Magazine Capacity: 20rd FN Pro Mag
Overall Length: 30.45 in.
Length Collapsed: 29.2 in.
Length Folded:16.15 in.
Barrel Length: 16.15 in.
Twist Rate: 1:7 in.
Trigger Pull: 5 lbs.
MSRP: $511
Where to Buy
For more information, check out KelTec’s website.
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