Well done video! After all these years of buying your products, I have never had a problem. Last week for the first time I called your company with an issue. I spoke to Melinda, she was GREAT and very cheerful. A new KS7 lower unit was rushed shipped to me. I received it yesterday in time for range day on the 12th. I offered to give her my credit card # to ensure that I would send the other one back. She said, it was not necessary; just send it back in the same box with the prepaid label that will be enclosed in the box. Talk about a great company with an outstanding employee who was happy to talk to a customer with a problem! Needless to say, the unit will be sent back tomorrow along with a thank you card. Now I can't wait to shoot it for the first time. As a side note, I love my lightweight inexpensive P17 with very usable sights. I have a Browning and a Ruger. I always grab the P17 as a sidearm when in the woods hunting or otherwise. It is easy to forget you are wearing it. The porcupines that were messing up my tree stand did not like it. Thank you KelTec for such a pleasant experience and the goodies in the box!!
It likes true 2 3/4 high brass with a flush crimp. The aluminum follower and a stronger mag tube spring will fix a problematic ks7 most of the time. If it spits a shell out onto the lifter, the shell retaining tab may not have a true enough 90° degree angle. It likes to be lubed, preferably lithium grease on all contact points within the action.
Are y'all ever planning to come out with that extended model you guys showed off a couple years ago? I get you sell the tube extension, but I'd like the longer barrel as well. perhaps an update to the forend to add a rail to the bottom would be nice.
Awesome video!! Wish I could afford the Kel-Tec KS7. I had to go with the Turkish version Escort Bulltac which has a very similar build as the KS7. I wonder if that optional picatinny rail will fit the Escort Bulltac? I can afford the pic rail Kel-Tec just let me know
How do you aim ks7 with it's handle sights? It would be beneficial if keltec posts the sight picture of the ks7 somewhere. At my natural cheek wielding, the front and rear sights do not align. When I squeeze my face lower to align them, it kept shooting low
I love your products but the take down pins need a better spring and spring tension so they dont walk under the pounding of the recoil..I switched to threaded sling attachments that take the place of the pins on my KSG and KS7 it happened on the 7 but not the KSG but I swapped them out anyway still a great product
the number 1 AMBI thing is the safety for me ..can deal with everything else ...so def not ambi...would have bought if had it ...nice concept just not thought all the way through
The only thing I know is when you shoulder and look down that trench site, it does not line up nicely. Love my plastic spaceforce scattergun but hopefully Keltec will improve the future models. It’s a 00buck point and shoot would work very well for dispatching burglars in the wi morning hours or anytime for that matter.
I do actually shoot skeet with it and am actually pretty good with it, it always surprises people because of how compact it is that it can reach out and make hits. Bull pups compact but still has some barrel length . I do love mine but pay attention to all the screws they will come loose . I had to call and get some from Keltec.
You're supposed to immediately take that stupid thing off and replace it with the pic rail (and put some good irons on it). I know that KT goes on and on and on about how great that thing is, but truthfully, that dumb "carry handle" is just so that the gun grabbers don't feel so scared by it when they see it for sale. It makes the gun look clownish; which makes them feel less of a desire to ban it.
@@GrantDWilliams82 carry handle is what makes it look better. The KSG is a souless fat overweight and overloaded gun next to this 😅. This thing is a svelte efficient killing machine.
I've been able to rack anything in mine. I've even tried mixing them up 1.75" , 2.75", 1.75", 2.75" to see what the limitations are and it doesn't make a difference on mine so that's fun
Can't wait to get mine. That Bronze looks really nice. But mine will be the black version. It's free, so I am not going to complain. Thank You Kel-Tec. #3gungiveaway #gaw #TalkingLead
@@lomparti no it just randomly spits two out the bottom as if the timing is wrong somewhere in the mechanism. I just figured it was the design, most pumps won't properly cycle mini shells anyway. I did thoroughly clean the firearm before I shot it and greased (lightly) the potential wear points.
Fuck every single tutorial for how to field strip this gun man everyone has these mystery tools to get the pins out and they brush over it so fast like they arent fucking impossible to get out without it
It's not "completely ambi" because the safety isn't ambi. What's the point of an ambidextrous (downward ejecting) shotgun that doesn't have an ambidextrous safety? Not even a reversible safety. And the words "nice" and "cardboard box" should never be used in the same sentence together.
I'm lefty and I handled one in a local store just yesterday. While not ideal, I didn't find it too hard to take it off safe with my trigger finger knuckle.
@@InvidiousIgnoramus I agree. It's not too hard - but why should I deal with the extra cost and complication of an "ambi" shotgun if the safety isn't any less difficult (isn't any less "ambi") than dealing with the safety on a cheap Mossberg 500? With all this extra cost and complication, I shouldn't have to use my trigger finger's knuckle. I shouldn't have to break my grip in any way. I should just be able to use my firing hand's thumb. Right handed or left.
So I purchased one of these for almost $800 not realizing how much more money I would have to spend so it would have less recoil like anything other normal 12 gauge shotgun making the total cost at over $1200. What a rip off! Should've just bought a Mossberg Maverick 88 for less than $500 which would have been better than this shit show of a shotgun.
User error is a big deal on the KS7. The recoil causes me pain and then I lose my mind. After losing my mind, I become a short shucking loser. It wouldn't be a big deal but it is more difficult to clear a user induced malfunction than a traditional side ejecting pump like a Mossberg 500 or Remington 870. Is it more difficult to clear a malfunction than an Ithaca model 37? I don't know. Overall, I really like it but I had a several user induced malfunctions on my first range trip of about 50 rounds, including, field loads, buck shot, and slugs. Some malfunctions took 15-20 seconds to clear. I am not sure that I would trust it for home defense. However, shooting at clays, I actually shoot it better than my Mossberg 500. Maybe I will put a plug in it and duck hunt with it next year. Has anyone tried using a choke adapter with it?
I thought the same 2 years ago but after 600 rnds I’ve become very proficient with its quirks and rarely have issues anymore. It makes a great home defense tool but for battle I’d probably swing elsewhere.
@@fargoalspach557 I believe you. However, you typed, "rarely have issues anymore." I want something that never has issues for home defense. I have rifles and pistols (not shotguns) that have never had a failure, not even user induced. Compared to other firearms, I frequently have user induced failures with my Mossberg 500 due to short shucking. When I say "frequently," I am talking about 2 or 3 times per year when duck hunting. The difference is that I can easily identify and clear the malfunction. With the Kel-Tec KS7, it usually takes longer to identify and clear. In a defensive situation, milliseconds count. I would not use my Mossberg 500 for defensive use either. The KS7 is a lot of fun. I just wanted to reiterate, I really like the KS7, just not for life and death situations.
You should have cycled it hundreds of times before your first range trip. Get comfortable with it and clearing it. Needs break in, if you try to do it at the range you're gonna waste a lot of time. After a few hundred it becomes extremely reliable and predictable. When I first got it I was frustrated when it would spit 2 out and jamming. But just took some breaking in.
Well done video! After all these years of buying your products, I have never had a problem. Last week for the first time I called your company with an issue. I spoke to Melinda, she was GREAT and very cheerful. A new KS7 lower unit was rushed shipped to me. I received it yesterday in time for range day on the 12th. I offered to give her my credit card # to ensure that I would send the other one back. She said, it was not necessary; just send it back in the same box with the prepaid label that will be enclosed in the box. Talk about a great company with an outstanding employee who was happy to talk to a customer with a problem! Needless to say, the unit will be sent back tomorrow along with a thank you card. Now I can't wait to shoot it for the first time. As a side note, I love my lightweight inexpensive P17 with very usable sights. I have a Browning and a Ruger. I always grab the P17 as a sidearm when in the woods hunting or otherwise. It is easy to forget you are wearing it. The porcupines that were messing up my tree stand did not like it. Thank you KelTec for such a pleasant experience and the goodies in the box!!
Just took it out to the range. Not a single issue, worked perfectly.
wish I had found this before I cleaned mine, took me a while to figure out how to get the bolt and butt cover back together, but makes sense now.
I own a RFB 308 and a KS7 and am proud to report that both have performed flawlessly for me. 👍👍🇺🇸
Really great design
I love my ks7 I put a upgraded ksg top rail with a firefeild red dot with laser also added the recoil pad next upgrade is definitely a fore grip
That carry handle is why i bought mine. It. Llooks like a space gun
Went on a business trip this week, ordered mine and it's waiting at my FFL to be picked up once I fly home Saturday. 🤘
“It’s very light gun, a lot of recoil so we highly, highly recommend extended butt pad”. If this is the case why not deliver the gun with one already?
They probably wanted to keep it as is so they can advertise it as 26.1" barely legal.
Just got mine and plan field stripping clean and lube before I go to the range, so this video helps.
Just completed a field on mine and want to say thanks for putting together a great video. Very straightforward and easy to understand.
Love my KS7!!!!!! I got the Midnight Bronze version!
Great video. Do you have similar videos for other keltec firearms ?
Just got mine, just cleaned the factory dust out of the bore and re oiled it. Gonna take it to the range on my next day off work
What is the average going price for Washington state this year for this firearm? I am very interested in this one.
It likes true 2 3/4 high brass with a flush crimp.
The aluminum follower and a stronger mag tube spring will fix a problematic ks7 most of the time.
If it spits a shell out onto the lifter, the shell retaining tab may not have a true enough 90° degree angle.
It likes to be lubed, preferably lithium grease on all contact points within the action.
When are we going to see the longer barrels? To go with the mag extension.?
Good for tactical applications in narrow spaces but kicks really hard. Probably kicks the hardest among all pump shotguns there.
Are y'all ever planning to come out with that extended model you guys showed off a couple years ago? I get you sell the tube extension, but I'd like the longer barrel as well. perhaps an update to the forend to add a rail to the bottom would be nice.
Why? What's the point of an extended BULLPUP shotgun? Might as well just get a Mossberg and then get the Brownells extended mag tube.
Awesome video!! Wish I could afford the Kel-Tec KS7. I had to go with the Turkish version Escort Bulltac which has a very similar build as the KS7. I wonder if that optional picatinny rail will fit the Escort Bulltac? I can afford the pic rail Kel-Tec just let me know
Got mine for just over $300 at PSA a few weeks ago
Are y'all ever going to expand the sub 2000 line?
How do you aim ks7 with it's handle sights? It would be beneficial if keltec posts the sight picture of the ks7 somewhere. At my natural cheek wielding, the front and rear sights do not align. When I squeeze my face lower to align them, it kept shooting low
height over bore dude
@@frosch161 what's that mean?
I love your products but the take down pins need a better spring and spring tension so they dont walk under the pounding of the recoil..I switched to threaded sling attachments that take the place of the pins on my KSG and KS7 it happened on the 7 but not the KSG but I swapped them out anyway still a great product
the number 1 AMBI thing is the safety for me ..can deal with everything else ...so def not ambi...would have bought if had it ...nice concept just not thought all the way through
Exactly. How hard would it have been to make a fully ambi cross-bolt safety? That's the easiest type of safety to make ambi.
The safety is fine and perfectly usable 😂
Most help chizzz
The only thing I know is when you shoulder and look down that trench site, it does not line up nicely. Love my plastic spaceforce scattergun but hopefully Keltec will improve the future models. It’s a 00buck point and shoot would work very well for dispatching burglars in the wi morning hours or anytime for that matter.
I do actually shoot skeet with it and am actually pretty good with it, it always surprises people because of how compact it is that it can reach out and make hits. Bull pups compact but still has some barrel length . I do love mine but pay attention to all the screws they will come loose . I had to call and get some from Keltec.
You're supposed to immediately take that stupid thing off and replace it with the pic rail (and put some good irons on it). I know that KT goes on and on and on about how great that thing is, but truthfully, that dumb "carry handle" is just so that the gun grabbers don't feel so scared by it when they see it for sale. It makes the gun look clownish; which makes them feel less of a desire to ban it.
@@GrantDWilliams82 carry handle is what makes it look better. The KSG is a souless fat overweight and overloaded gun next to this 😅. This thing is a svelte efficient killing machine.
Does it handle the 3 inch shells and the one and a quarter shells?
I've been able to rack anything in mine. I've even tried mixing them up 1.75" , 2.75", 1.75", 2.75" to see what the limitations are and it doesn't make a difference on mine so that's fun
I love mine
Can't wait to get mine. That Bronze looks really nice. But mine will be the black version. It's free, so I am not going to complain. Thank You Kel-Tec.
#3gungiveaway #gaw #TalkingLead
Does the KS7 run 1 3/4" mini shells? It seems to me that they would be a perfect paring with the KS7 for home defense and reduced recoil.
They worked in mine.
@@drkaymotorsports Also worked in mine with zero issues
They do not work mine or any other I have seen.
@@turtlewolfpack6061 what’s happening with your ks7? They won’t feed into the chamber?
@@lomparti no it just randomly spits two out the bottom as if the timing is wrong somewhere in the mechanism. I just figured it was the design, most pumps won't properly cycle mini shells anyway. I did thoroughly clean the firearm before I shot it and greased (lightly) the potential wear points.
Damn I wish I got it in bronze…
Nice presentation overall, but a dark weapon on a black background obscures some of the visual details.
Has anyone have a problem where your shells won't load after the first?
I had that problem. I kept racking and loading snap caps over and over again eventually it broke in and runs beautifully now
Fuck every single tutorial for how to field strip this gun man everyone has these mystery tools to get the pins out and they brush over it so fast like they arent fucking impossible to get out without it
For 30 bucks why don't you just put the extended pad on it??
I would venture to guess that they like to advertise 26.1". Extended means longer.
They are hard to load
Practice finding the hole. Once you get the hang of it, it's easy.
Easy with gloves on. You can go in rather recklessly. Without gloves, and your hands might get a lil clawed up Here and there.
I'd love one in .410
It's not "completely ambi" because the safety isn't ambi. What's the point of an ambidextrous (downward ejecting) shotgun that doesn't have an ambidextrous safety? Not even a reversible safety. And the words "nice" and "cardboard box" should never be used in the same sentence together.
I'm lefty and I handled one in a local store just yesterday. While not ideal, I didn't find it too hard to take it off safe with my trigger finger knuckle.
@@InvidiousIgnoramus I agree. It's not too hard - but why should I deal with the extra cost and complication of an "ambi" shotgun if the safety isn't any less difficult (isn't any less "ambi") than dealing with the safety on a cheap Mossberg 500? With all this extra cost and complication, I shouldn't have to use my trigger finger's knuckle. I shouldn't have to break my grip in any way. I should just be able to use my firing hand's thumb. Right handed or left.
@@GrantDWilliams82nah, the safety is fine the way it is. You're just nit picking like a wife 😂😅
The IWI shotgun is better. And it doesn’t break or jam.
Everything breaks, every gun jams.
Mine hasn't broke or jammed.
So I purchased one of these for almost $800 not realizing how much more money I would have to spend so it would have less recoil like anything other normal 12 gauge shotgun making the total cost at over $1200. What a rip off! Should've just bought a Mossberg Maverick 88 for less than $500 which would have been better than this shit show of a shotgun.
Why did you pay double MSRP for a KS7?
Wow !!! Somebody ripped you off !!! I only paid $399.99 for my KS7.
I just got one for 475
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The maverick 88 with blow your arm off(not saying it’s not a good budget gun) but yeah you can pick up a ks7 for 400-500$ all day
User error is a big deal on the KS7. The recoil causes me pain and then I lose my mind. After losing my mind, I become a short shucking loser. It wouldn't be a big deal but it is more difficult to clear a user induced malfunction than a traditional side ejecting pump like a Mossberg 500 or Remington 870. Is it more difficult to clear a malfunction than an Ithaca model 37? I don't know. Overall, I really like it but I had a several user induced malfunctions on my first range trip of about 50 rounds, including, field loads, buck shot, and slugs. Some malfunctions took 15-20 seconds to clear. I am not sure that I would trust it for home defense. However, shooting at clays, I actually shoot it better than my Mossberg 500. Maybe I will put a plug in it and duck hunt with it next year. Has anyone tried using a choke adapter with it?
I thought the same 2 years ago but after 600 rnds I’ve become very proficient with its quirks and rarely have issues anymore. It makes a great home defense tool but for battle I’d probably swing elsewhere.
@@fargoalspach557 I believe you. However, you typed, "rarely have issues anymore." I want something that never has issues for home defense. I have rifles and pistols (not shotguns) that have never had a failure, not even user induced. Compared to other firearms, I frequently have user induced failures with my Mossberg 500 due to short shucking. When I say "frequently," I am talking about 2 or 3 times per year when duck hunting. The difference is that I can easily identify and clear the malfunction. With the Kel-Tec KS7, it usually takes longer to identify and clear. In a defensive situation, milliseconds count. I would not use my Mossberg 500 for defensive use either. The KS7 is a lot of fun. I just wanted to reiterate, I really like the KS7, just not for life and death situations.
The extended butt pad should come standard. For this exact reason.
You should have cycled it hundreds of times before your first range trip. Get comfortable with it and clearing it. Needs break in, if you try to do it at the range you're gonna waste a lot of time. After a few hundred it becomes extremely reliable and predictable. When I first got it I was frustrated when it would spit 2 out and jamming. But just took some breaking in.