Having spent quite a long time yesterday exploring the origins of the Stemple/BRP STG-76, I figured I should take it out to the range. So, let’s see what sort of groups I can make with a bipod-mounted open bolt 9mm…
Conversion
A Connoisseur’s Pistol: Devel’s Full House S&W 59 Conversion at James D Julia
Produced by gunsmith Charles Kelsey, the Devel “Full House” package was a conversion of the Smith & Wesson Model 39 or Model 59 pistol (the 39 was a single stack and the 59 a double […]
Uncategorized
Grendel SRT: KelTec SU-16 Meets Sako Hunting Rifle
Correction: The SRT used the Sako AII action, an updated L579 (not the L357) action. George Kellgren is the brains behind KelTec and all their unorthodox designs. But before he formed KelTec, he created Grendel […]
Heavy MGs
Vintage Saturday: Colt 1895 on Water Tower Hill
In 1914, a long-standing strike of mine workers against the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company was ended by the Colorado National Guard in what is known today as the Ludlow Massacre. As part of their […]
does amazon do prime shipping with these?
Love the soumi stuff
Totally missed an opportunity here to “knock the star out of the target and win a prize!” like the county-fair shooting gallery game.
The Stemple is definitely using surplus Spanish Cetme furniture and not what HK produced for the G3.while similar there are obvious differences. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.-MpRjPsr4JCLpMobj1WeswHaE8%26pid%3DApi&f=1
‘Recreational sub-machine gun’ is an odd term. ‘Fishing hand grenades?’ ‘Personal carry grenade launcher?’ I DO get the straight to high-volume plinking idea, but purpose built just seems like another bizarre corner of the firearms industry.
“Personal carry grenade launcher?”
Do you mean Wurfkörper 361 LP http://www.inert-ord.net/ger03a/wkorp/index.html
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“…purpose built just seems like another bizarre corner of the firearms industry…”(С)
What’s so freaky about that?
This is not a service weapon. It’s “just for fun.”
Nobody imposes practically any special requirements on such devices except
1. This should work at least once a second.
2. It should be pleasant to use.
Everything else is idle speculation.
“(…)bizarre corner(…)”
Well, so what you say about active in U.S.A. Civil Air Patrol which do chased and attacked submarines during WW2
https://www.maxwell.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/1024853/civil-air-patrol-a-story-of-unique-service-and-selfless-sacrifice/
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Soumi drums, for when your shooting buddy complains his double G17 mag carrier is pulling his belt down.
I thought this was a forty-five caliber submachine gun. Are there other caliber options?
Likely not, as the ATF could possibly (and stupidly) accuse someone of marketing to home-grown terrorists. They are a case of lawful-stupid, as they’ve already attempted to arrest and charge antique collectors with the crime of gun-running on the premise that a warehouse of antique guns (ALL OF THE GUNS WERE CENTURY-OLD MUZZLELOADERS WITHOUT MODERN SERIAL MARKINGS) is actually some drug-cartel arsenal. Yes, this is mere exaggeration.
As Ian noted in the previous article, Stemple built these receivers for a .45, and BRP markets them in other calibers (mostly 9mm).
Here in the USA fully automatic weapons are toys for the well to do.
At least the legal ones are…
Who knows how many have turned their Glock into a machine pistol with a piece of wire coat hanger?