http://www.ammoland.com/2009/03/26/kel-tec-su-16-223-remington-ar-rifle/ AmmoLand Shooting Sports News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ammoland.com/2009/03/26/kel-tec-su-16-223-remington-ar-rifle/comment-page-1/#comment-9093 apophasis Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:09:38 +0000 http://www.ammoland.com/?p=8171#comment-9093 You're way off in saying that the SU-16 is essentially an AR. It's not; actually it is an almost totally different design, sharing only the AR's locking lug design, but not the whole bolt. The only AR parts I know of that work on an SU are the mags, extractor assembly (claw, spring, and buffer) and any threaded muzzle devices. The SU is piston-driven rather than being gas impingement like an AR, and has its spring in the tube above the barrel, which incidentally helps it run way cleaner than an AR. It's actually somewhat like an AK in that regard, but again, it's an original design. And it isn't just another AR, or an AK, either. Maybe you should do a little more fact checking, and understand the role of the weapon you're reviewing before making inappropriate comparisons and inaccurate statements. You’re way off in saying that the SU-16 is essentially an AR. It’s not; actually it is an almost totally different design, sharing only the AR’s locking lug design, but not the whole bolt. The only AR parts I know of that work on an SU are the mags, extractor assembly (claw, spring, and buffer) and any threaded muzzle devices.
The SU is piston-driven rather than being gas impingement like an AR, and has its spring in the tube above the barrel, which incidentally helps it run way cleaner than an AR. It’s actually somewhat like an AK in that regard, but again, it’s an original design. And it isn’t just another AR, or an AK, either. Maybe you should do a little more fact checking, and understand the role of the weapon you’re reviewing before making inappropriate comparisons and inaccurate statements.

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