You’ll read elsewhere in this blog a brief report on the KRISS Super V Vector .45 ACP civilian carbine www.kriss-tdi.com. Actually, we think you’ll read about it a lot, not just in this and upcoming SSR issues, but many other magazines, as well.
Looking like a firearms version of a stripped-down hot rod (the stock is a mere bar and buttplate connecting your shoulder to the rest of the nylon fiber receiver and operations housing), this CRB/SO (Special Ops) semi-auto carbine is deadly accurate, mostly as the result of some innovative engineering.Designed, engineered and manufactured by Transformation Defense Industries (TDI) in Virginia Beach, VA, the Kriss civilian carbine allows the use of the lethal .45 ACP pistol round in a 13-round Glock 21 magazine (an optional 17-round mag extension results in a total 30-round capacity) which, when fired, has no muzzle jump and little (50 percent) to no bothersome recoil. This results in amazing accuracy made possible by a unique re-vectoring slider system housed behind the magazine and below the receiver. The expended round forces the bolt rearward but the slider’s intercept motion forces pressure down at an angle rather than back, compressing a spring which absorbs the energy and controls the 45-degree muzzle jump typical in “conventional” tactical carbines, reducing the effect to a mere two degrees.You’ll read much more about the Kriss Super V as it becomes better known. Future plans call for development of a .50 HMG platform later on this year. Mucho Frigid! We can officially refer to the interest in small handguns as the Concealed Carry Craze. It has been evident for some time now that concealed carry is the intent of smart civilians to put themselves in a position of self-defense. Cops being inherently reactive—and never around when you need one—has given way to personal protection.Nowhere is this more obvious than the growing number of gun makers going small. Size matters, you say? Of course. But not all guns need to be enlarged to be effective. At least that’s what a shooting buddy told us his wife told him. As if to emphasize that point, Ruger, a company heretofore devoted to handguns designed to ward off both grizzlies and gophers as well as desperados, unveiled its Lightweight Compact Pistol (LCP) .380 Auto www.ruger.com.With a 6+1 cap, the tiny thing weighs only a tad over nine ounces. The frame is made from high performance glass-filled nylon but, with a blued and hardened steel slide covering the 2 ¾-inch barrel, the LCP is perfect as a police backup or as a gun that women can carry with their cellphone, in a pocket, purse, or in a mini-holster about the size of a knat’s a--. Ammo makers are fraught with concerns over the high price of lead and that naturally leads to the rising price of most bullets and shotshell cartridges. Solution: Get yourself a hardhat, one of those with the little light on top so you can keep from steppin’ in something during your dark descent into deep holes in the ground. There’s gold in them thar shootin’ range berms. (Yeah, we know: “What the hell’s he talkin’ about?). Good question.“Your firing range lead could be worth $50,000 to $500,000,” says Jim Barthel, head lead miner for MT2 (Metal Treatment Technologies). His company www.mt2.com makes a habit of reclaiming lead shot and particles from shooting ranges, has treated over 2,000,000 tons of soil and recovered several millions pounds of lead from 300 ranges in 45 states. Now, that’s a lot of shootin’.“It’s been estimated that there could be as much as a 15-year supply of lead located in the nation’s 10,000 firing ranges that have been used for decades by law-enforcement, military and civilian shooters,” said Barthel. “A massive effort to recover that wasted resource will not only result in a cleaner environment, but is an additional revenue source for range owners and operators.”Barthel explained that the new technology cost effectively separates lead bullets and shot from range soils and concentrates the lead to a high purity, creating substantial recycle value.Basically, range owners can literally turn lead into gold. Quote this article on your site | Views: 276
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