#Kel-TecKSG

Today’s Photo Of The Day features a KelTec KSG shotgun, which I rarely see in the wild, yet they turn up in law enforcement photos from time to time. The photos come from the French Police Nationale’s Facebook page on June 30, 2023. During late June and into July, France mobilized 45,000 police officers to combat the violent riots in cities across the country after a 17-year-old immigrant was killed during a traffic stop. During this mobilization, more than 2000 rioters were arrested over five days, and over 200 officers were injured as of the time of this writing.

In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves tours Kel-Tec to find out how the Kel-Tec KSG is made. James takes you through the entire factory, from receiving (where raw materials are accepted) through machining, to assembly, and quality control. This is an interesting look at one of the most intriguing and innovative companies in the industry.

Ok well technically one is a shotgun and the other is simply a firearm. But they both shoot shotgun shells. Both are fun to shoot but I have to give a bit of a nod to the KSG. The bullpup configuration keeps the OAL short. So short it almost feels like it should be NFA but it isn’t. Top that off with an impressive capacity. The downside is reloading the KSG and for some, the ejected shells hit them in the wrist. The Mossberg Shockwave is also a lot of fun but with a standard capacity of only 5+1 rounds, it loses to the KSG. Neither one comes threaded for chokes, but the KSG does have an adapter you can buy. You could easily send the Mossberg barrel out to be threaded by a competent gun smith. The KSG obviously comes standard with a top rail and bottom rail. You could swap out the ribbed foregrip for a Magpul handguard and add rails to the Mossberg. The top of the Shockwave receiver is drilled and tapped if you felt like adding an optic.

The V6 is a new muzzle brake manufactured by V6 Industries. It is a huge muzzle device with three ports on top of it and set of three chambers on sides facing up and rearward. The muzzle brake is made in the USA. It is machined on a 5-axis CNC machine from billet 4140 steel and has a black oxide coating.