Also, shooting 9mm from a carbine-length barrel effectively turns the 9mm into a .357 Magnum.
Also, shooting 9mm from a carbine-length barrel effectively turns the 9mm into a .357 Magnum.
With factory loads, that generally only applies to lighter bullets. Some 147gr rounds will lose velocity out of carbine. Something to do with faster burning powders. I believe.
A friend just picked one of these up this summer.If someone would make an inexpensive bullpup 9mm PCC. It would offset the size since all it would need is overall length requirement and it would retain a close handling of an SBR while still being useful. And when I meant inexpensive, I mean just that. The Tavor and X95 are cool, but those are really pricey guns and even more so to convert to 9mm.
OK. So here's my question. And it really relates to the semi-auto PCC's or PCR's. Any preference for cartrige? I have generlaly seen them in 9mm, 40mm and 45ACP. I do nto currently have a 9 mm handgun, but do have a couple of .40 pistols and a .45 ACP Government model. I'm tempted to keep with the .45 ACP, but am also tempted by teh 9mm for relative cheapness of shooting. Thoughts?
FYI, I already have a Win 94 Trapper in .44 Mag and a Ruger 77/44 bolt gun.
Grelber, I load a lot of 125 grain 9mm bullets in front of Herco because I have a lot of it that I bought cheap, years ago. I am pushing them out around 1075 fps from my 4" CZ and around 1125 fps from my 5" Beretta.
With my 10.5" 9mm PCC, the numbers on the chronograph, show between a 200-225 fps gain.
The problem with PCCs, as I see it, you have the $500 dollar stuff, that is adequate. The cool stuff starts at about $1500.I am warmer on the idea of pcc for home self defense as well as just a range toy. Thanks all.
Like me a lot of folks I am waiting to jump when I find what looks like ar15 quality at ar15 prices.
The problem with PCCs, as I see it, you have the $500 dollar stuff, that is adequate. The cool stuff starts at about $1500.
There needs to be some middle ground.
Scorpion is right at $1k. But it will likely be $1500+ by the time it's the right length.
I recently built a 9mm AR that uses Glock 17 mags. No complaints at all. Check out www.apachearmaments.com at the next 1500. They had everything I needed for a great price. I'll get some pics of it later and post them.
Dan
Still expensive. I'm talking about something so dead simple but still functional and cheap like if Kel-tec or Beretta made a bullpup of their PCCs and kept the prices about the same.