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What do you think of this pistol caliber carbine?
jimdeere
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I’m not in the market for one and don’t know much about PCC’s.
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What kind of mags does it take?
It's all polymer, so you either lover plastic or it's an automatic dealer breaker. The barrel length is (I think) 7 inches, which is about the minimum for these little guys. If you want a 4 inch barrel "carbine/pistol" you might as well carry a conventional 9 mm handgun, which is a lot easier to handle. It uses Glock magazines, which is a huge plus as Colt Magazines are way expensive. I didn't care for the cheap plastic forearm at all, although it might be possible to switch it for a steel quad-rail. The big bugbear for me is the pistol brace which does not use a standard AR receiver extension...AKA "tube." The rear end cap on the receiver is proprietary, which means that you can't simply unscrew the castle nut and switch the brace/stock components around for those that you like better. The tube is short, so the LOP is equally short meaning that the pistol is not especially easy to shoulder...which you are not supposed to do in the first place
I thought they were a decent buy at $400, but I'm less impressed at $600. Of course the current firearms situation is nothing like it was two years ago, so your mileage may vary.
*Minor possible correction Mr. Christian-
ATF changed their stance and last I heard it was “legal” to shoulder a pistol brace.
Im not a PCC guy so they could have changed again in the last few years and I wouldn’t know. For what its worth- to be legal in USPSA it has to be a “rifle” to be USPSA legal.
A Mac 10 left me not liking carbon sprayed in my face. Do all direct blowback carbines spray carbon in the face of lefthanded shooters?
I haven't noticed that with my Ruger or really any gun for that matter shooting left hand.
Did you miss a zero in that range comment?
I mounted an Ultradot sight on it with QD mounts and a Grip Pod vertical foregrip.
It's surprisingly accurate well past 15 yards!
I did have problems with it right out of the box. It wouldn't feed or extract properly so I spent about 30 seconds working over the chamber with some polishing compound on a felt Dremel bit and now it runs flawlessly.
Both use Glock magazines and are a lot of fun to shoot. "Pistols" can't use front grips (top), so a handstop (bottom) is the solution.