Phantom Warrior
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My old roommate dropped off a copy of American Handgunner in my room. The cover article is about the new Rock River Arms 9mm AR pistol.
I realize that they make 9mm uppers for ARs and that they make AR pistols, so it was only a matter of time before someone combined the two. But what point is there really? An AR pistol in .223 gives you a lot of fire power in a very compact package. Ok, sweet. But the same thing in 9mm seems kind of pointless to me. As...Ayoob, I think...points out in the article, an AR pistol lends itself well to neither shooting it two handed like a conventional pistol nor shooting it from the shoulder like a conventional rifle.
If you want a high capacity 9mm pistol, why not get a Glock w/ hi-caps? I guarantee it'll be less than the $1000 and change you'll pay for Rock River's entry. Plus you'll get one that is eminently more shootable than the front heavy, awkwardly balanced AR-15 pistol. If you want something to shoot from the shoulder, why not get a Keltec, a Beretta Storm, or some other 9mm carbine?
The floor is yours...
I realize that they make 9mm uppers for ARs and that they make AR pistols, so it was only a matter of time before someone combined the two. But what point is there really? An AR pistol in .223 gives you a lot of fire power in a very compact package. Ok, sweet. But the same thing in 9mm seems kind of pointless to me. As...Ayoob, I think...points out in the article, an AR pistol lends itself well to neither shooting it two handed like a conventional pistol nor shooting it from the shoulder like a conventional rifle.
If you want a high capacity 9mm pistol, why not get a Glock w/ hi-caps? I guarantee it'll be less than the $1000 and change you'll pay for Rock River's entry. Plus you'll get one that is eminently more shootable than the front heavy, awkwardly balanced AR-15 pistol. If you want something to shoot from the shoulder, why not get a Keltec, a Beretta Storm, or some other 9mm carbine?
The floor is yours...