KelTec enjoys a cult following and the KS7 has the iconic KelTec look. Most of us have seen the KSG with its dual magazines and bullpup design. A couple of years ago KelTec decided to keep the bullpup design but go with a more traditional single magazine tube for its KS7, making it far lighter and quicker to maneuver. The company also put a retro carry handle on it that also serves as a channel to protect the triangular, green fiber-optic front sight. There is no rear sight, but a foot-long Picatinny rail kit can be purchased separately to replace the carry handle and allow you to mount a red-dot sight. There are also a number of M-Lok compatible mounting points on the forearm and the carry handle. The bullpup design makes it nice and maneuverable, and despite being only a little more than 2 feet long, it still holds six shells in the magazine tube. The ambidextrous action release sits at the front of the triggerguard and is activated by the trigger finger. The cross bolt safety is at the top of the pistol grip.
Again, this was a shotgun that took some getting used to. The controls were not intuitive, and we each would have preferred if the cross bolt safety was reversed. The lightness of the gun definitely made the recoil more noticeable, but if you want this for a backpacking or emergency truck gun, you want it to be light and compact. We also all struggled with reloads through the ejection port. If you practiced with only this shotgun, a lot of these problems would solve themselves as you became accustomed to the controls and running the gun.
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