![]() ![]() Tipping the rifle nose down empties the tube. Once about five rounds have been fired, empty cases start to spill out the front of the gun. A small dimple in the tube prevents empties from sliding backwards and jamming the action. The RFB employs an ingenious dual extractor system that ejects its rounds forward into a pressed steel ejection tube. It figures out what to do with the empties. It also conquers the Achilles heel of most bullpup combat rifles. The RFB is a 7.62x51mm battle rifle that occupies less space than your typical unadorned AR. The legend goes that American Ordnance folk were examining the odd weapon and declared it to be as strange as a bullpup, and the name stuck. The origins of the term purportedly spawned from a diagnosably strange WW2-era Japanese submachine gun called the Experimental Model 2. Bullpup, for those of you who might be new to the game, means that the action of the gun is located behind the fire controls. RFB stands for Rifle, Forward-Ejecting Bullpup. That is just not the case with the Kel-Tec RFB. The point is, most modern weapons simply evolved from something simpler. Those left over hearken from John Moses Browning or one of half a dozen lesser minds. Master Stoner or Comrade Kalashnikov beget the lion’s share of them. Likewise, most tactical weapons come from recognized families. He’s his own kid, but the raw material is drawn from a motley well. Did you ever notice that looking at a gun is like morphologically analyzing a family member? Little Timmy might have Dad’s ears, Mom’s nose, Uncle Edgar’s dour disposition, or Aunt Edna’s penchant for eating her boogers.
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