Yesterday we looked at the history and the mechanics of the Vektor CP1, and today I’m taking it out to the monthly BackUp Gun Match. It isn’t a pistol with a good reputation, but it’s also not a pistol very many people gave a fair shake to. It has a decent grip, pretty decent sights, a fixed barrel, and a single-action trigger. So it might actually do pretty well…
Artillery
Inkunzi PAW aka Neopup – 20mm Direct-Fire Grenade Launcher
The Inkunzi PAW (Personal Assault Weapon) is a 20mm shoulder fired semiautomatic grenade launcher designed by Tony Neophytou (and previously known as the Neopup). It is a creative and very interesting weapon system, both […]
Select-fire Rifles
South Africa’s Sci-Fi Bullpup: Vektor CR-21 at the Range
Courtesy of DSA, I’m out at the range today with a Vektor CR-21 to see just how it handles compared to a regular Galil…
Prototype
Prototype Colt-Vektor: A 1911 on the Outside and a Beretta on the Inside
In the late 1990s Colt was looking for pistols it could license for sale in the United States, in the wake of the failures of both eh Double Eagle and All-American 2000. They approached CZ, […]
I’ve got to admit that I took the gunzine gossip of 20 years ago as fact…
it’s interesting to know that it’s actually a fairly good little pistol.
I’ve sent links to both posts to friends in South Africa
I’m reminded of a recent meme;
Them: “you won’t believe what was just on the news”
Me: “True ”
i suppose the lesson is to stay loyal to the foil
A little JB Weld on that floorplate might fix the fixment issue.
[OFF-TOPIC so ignore if you wish]
Recently RUGER unveiled new revolver for using .22 Hornet cartridge
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2023/12/06/wheelgun-wednesday-super-redhawk-22-hornet/
it has capacity 8 and its’ weight is 66 Oz. Outer diameter of barrel seems quite big for .22 caliber, why is it? Was that done in order to increase mass as otherwise felt recoil would be unbearable to users? Their technology is not in power to do barrels of lesser diameter?
Many years ago, I HAD to have a Taurus Raging Hornet, another gigantic revolver chambered in that little round. I couldn’t fire an entire cylinder without so much case set-back the cylinder would stop rotating after 3 rounds. Of course, that revolver may have just suffered from being a Taurus, but I do wish Ruger better luck with having a functional product.
This reminds me of another missed financial opportunity (like my AutoMag, AMT .50AE, etc) where I was happy to get rid of it for what I bought it for, but now I see them on GunBroker for $4000+.
I thought that they’d used .22 hornet in a revolver before?
I really appreciate .22 Hornet, but I gather that (like .30 Carbine), it’s a very noisy disappointment out of a short barrel.