lsudave
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Just curious about this; you can group most guns into a few styles. You have the main brand, and a bunch of clones and copy-cats. I'm leaving out the blowbacks since they really aren't fullsized guns.
1911 style: you see a ton of these. Most are true 1911's, just different brands, and then you see the spinoffs: the Tokarevs, Star's, Ballester Molina, etc.
Hi Power style: FN and Browning; FM and FEG made straight clones. Then, Arcus and Kareen have very similar derivatives.
Beretta 92 style- Beretta (obviously), the Turks made a straight clone, Taurus and Vektor (South African) have close derivations. Heck, it appears that Chiappa is now making an M9 clone in 9mm for ATI.
CZ 75- the original, Tanfoglio/EAA Witness series, Baby Eagle, Jericho, Canik (and apparently every other Turkish maker).
Sig P series- don't see as much. Zastava CZ99, I think Astra made something, but these seem to be "looks like" instead of really copying the design internally. Or at least that's what I hear.
S&W 59 series- S&W made a lot of variants, FEG made SA/DA with similar design features, Daewoo DP 51 (and now Lionheart).
And of course the "Glock" style, polymer frame, steel slide, striker fired. Glock, XD, S&W M&P, now Walther has a bunch.
I know there are others, but are there any other major designs that are copied?
1911 style: you see a ton of these. Most are true 1911's, just different brands, and then you see the spinoffs: the Tokarevs, Star's, Ballester Molina, etc.
Hi Power style: FN and Browning; FM and FEG made straight clones. Then, Arcus and Kareen have very similar derivatives.
Beretta 92 style- Beretta (obviously), the Turks made a straight clone, Taurus and Vektor (South African) have close derivations. Heck, it appears that Chiappa is now making an M9 clone in 9mm for ATI.
CZ 75- the original, Tanfoglio/EAA Witness series, Baby Eagle, Jericho, Canik (and apparently every other Turkish maker).
Sig P series- don't see as much. Zastava CZ99, I think Astra made something, but these seem to be "looks like" instead of really copying the design internally. Or at least that's what I hear.
S&W 59 series- S&W made a lot of variants, FEG made SA/DA with similar design features, Daewoo DP 51 (and now Lionheart).
And of course the "Glock" style, polymer frame, steel slide, striker fired. Glock, XD, S&W M&P, now Walther has a bunch.
I know there are others, but are there any other major designs that are copied?