Thats just how Kel-Tec operates as a company, they produce wierd designs that are centered around gimmicks like “it folds in half!” and “you have to use stripper clips!” and “its a shotgun with two seperate tubes!”. Its really surprising that the company is as sucessful as it is given how niche all of their products are. The internal magazine makes some sense if the goal is to cut down on weight and manufacturing complexity, it requires fewer parts and less material that way. 5.7 was probably chosen for capacity and how Kel-Tec seems to be on a 5.7 kick lately with their pistol that takes P-90 magazines that they released a few years back. I’m pretty sure this is going to be something that people buy to take out to the range a couple times a year, if at all.
I have so many fucking questions
Why stripper clips? It doesn’t seems to save any space, and surely it’s going to be slower than a standard pistol mag
Why 5.7 and not something more standard like 9mm or .45? (So they could say 20 in the mag?)
EDC for who? How many people want AP ammo with 20 in the mag but not spare mags for quick reloads?
Seems like everything was chosen as a gimmick, just buy the FN 57
Maybe the stripper clips are so it can be used in states with high(normal)-capacity magazine bans.
Thats just how Kel-Tec operates as a company, they produce wierd designs that are centered around gimmicks like “it folds in half!” and “you have to use stripper clips!” and “its a shotgun with two seperate tubes!”. Its really surprising that the company is as sucessful as it is given how niche all of their products are. The internal magazine makes some sense if the goal is to cut down on weight and manufacturing complexity, it requires fewer parts and less material that way. 5.7 was probably chosen for capacity and how Kel-Tec seems to be on a 5.7 kick lately with their pistol that takes P-90 magazines that they released a few years back. I’m pretty sure this is going to be something that people buy to take out to the range a couple times a year, if at all.