Such gun shop staples as the Ruger LCP draw obvious inspiration from Kellgren’s early designs. 380 ACP pocket guns used by law-abiding Americans for personal protection from sea to shining sea. Its simple, trim concealed carry pistols inspired the current crop of 9mm and. Inexpensive, simple, and effective, the TEC9 in sundry guises became background clutter at gun shops and gun shows across the country.įast-forward to the present and Kellgren’s current company, KelTec, employs 300 Americans and churns out some of the most innovative gun designs in the world. Deemed overly easy to convert to full auto, those original KG9s were redesigned and became the closed-bolt TEC9.

This open-bolt semi-automatic version of the MP9 submachine gun made quite a splash on the 1970s-era American gun market until it incurred the wrath of the BATF. His first well-known commercial success was the Interdynamics KG9 pistol. Kellgren started out back in the 1970s in Sweden. 22LR Kel-Tec CP33 Holds 33 Rounds in Its Magazine Kellgren Into Kel Tec

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