Kel-Tec, 50 rd .22 magazine, P17, and Suppressed Sub 2000 at 2020 Shot Show

By Dean Weingarten

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- At the Kel-Tec booth at the shot show, I talked to Kel-Tec lead design engineer Toby Obermeit and engineer Ryan Williams.

One of the first things I saw was the new extension magazine for the CP33. It holds 50 rounds of .22 LR. It was mentioned last year as a coming product and should be available this summer.

The CP33 has been an enormous success story. They are very popular; they have a reputation for both accuracy, reliability, and a good trigger. The CP33 only weighs 24 ounces with a 5.5-inch barrel and comes with two 33 round magazines. There are already a couple of aftermarket pistol braces available for the CP33.

I asked Toby about the P17, Kel-Tec’s extremely light, .22 pocket gun that comes with three 16 round magazines. It had some teething problems. Videos on the net showed it to repeatedly fail to fire and function.

Toby said they had some early problems with a bad batch of stamped parts and springs. When asked about the requirement to use only high-velocity ammunition, he said the pistols will shoot both high velocity and standard …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand