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These msrp at 8 something.
Overpriced
If weirdness were a plus, but it had to be a weirdness that shoots well, then would this be a interesting gun to you?
No, because it doesn't make a better carbine than my current carbine.
No, because an arm braced pistol with pistol length barrel is more reliable and easier to conceal and deploy.
No, because it isn't as concealable as other stocked pistols (NFA & non NFA) or pistols with an arm brace.
The IJ has virtually no collector value.
Is the 1911 that it’s built on, a decent-quality 1911?
Not for $800.
Add in a regular barrel and some way to get the stock on and off, and how is this not the world’s best PCC?
Not only is it "not the best", its in the running for the world's worst PCC.
If I want something 26" OAL.......I'll carry an AR.
How do you envision carrying the IJ? In a holster with the stock and long barrel in a backpack? When you need a carbine........"Just a minute while I disassemble my functional pistol, swap out the pistol barrel for the 16" bbl and reassemble with the shoulder stock". ....."Now I'm ready to shoot a gun that likely will not cycle through a full magazine".
or to put it another way, when you buy your first 1911, why on Earth would you not get this one ?
First, I tend to buy guns that are good value for the $$$$. For the same $800 I could buy any number of 1911 pattern pistols that would offer better fit, finish, function and hold their value better than that IJ abomination.
Second, collectability. That IJ has none. Shoulder stocks on handguns were stylish a hundred years ago, their usefulness as a PCC is debatable. Mauser C96, Artillery Lugers, FN & Inglis Hi Powers, Spanish Star and dozens of other stocked handguns exist. Some are removed from the purview of the NFA (no tax stamp required).