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The 6900-series is a third-generation version of Smith & Wesson's 69 series, which were compact 9mm pistols with double-column magazines. The 69-series pistols were designed to be small enough for easy concealed carry, but possessed considerable firepower, making them suitable as service weapons. It supplanted the Smith & Wesson Model 469, but ...
An improved model was MAG-98, and currently is MAG-08. With the MAG-95 pistol the designers abandoned their previous design practices based on the use of the 9×18mm Makarov cartridge and instead utilized a Western-influenced approach involving the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge and some of the latest safety and other design techniques. The MAG ...
Unlike later box magazines this magazine fed into a tube magazine and was located in the stock of the gun. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Another box magazine, closer to the modern type though non-detachable, was patented in Britain (No. 483) by Mowbray Walker, George Henry Money and Francis Little in 1867. [ 17 ]
The Star Firestar is a series of single-action semi-automatic pistol consisting of four models that received the 1991 Handgun of the Year Award from Guns & Ammo magazine. The Firestar was available in 9 mm Para (M-43), .40 S&W (M-40), and .45 ACP (M-45) calibers, all having a single-stack magazine. A double-stack 9mm version (M-243) was also ...
The Steyr TMP (Taktische Maschinenpistole/Tactical Machine Pistol) is a 9×19mm Parabellum caliber machine pistol manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher of Austria. The magazines come in 15 or 30 round detachable box types. A suppressor can also be fitted. Though originally intended to be used without a shoulder stock, an optional fixed stock was ...
Pistol Austria: Glock 19 – widespread use in special operations forces/ replacing multiple pistol options [6] [5] Glock 17: 9×19mm NATO: Pistol Austria: Glock 17 – limited use by special operations forces [5] Submachine guns; B&T APC9 Pro-K: 9×19mm NATO: Submachine gun United States Switzerland
The Kimel AP-9 is a semiautomatic pistol that was manufactured by A. A. Arms and distributed by Kimel Industries, Inc. of Indian Trail, North Carolina. A. A. Arms began manufacturing the AP-9 in 1988 until 1994. [1] The AP-9 resembles the TEC-9.
Walther modified the slide stop lever and an accompanying spring on the PPS pistols to improve reliability. Early PPS pistols can be modified but need an enlargement of a hole in the pistol gripframe before the new style slide stop and spring can be installed. For this the pistol has to be sent in to the Walther customer service.