New Here! Flexible Firearms...

[Sully812]

Hey All -

Made a brief introduction in the newcomers sticky. I've been thinking too much perhaps, but I thought I'd run it by you folks here at THR.

I've seen some people who own Revolvers/Leverguns for a simple combination of pistol/carbine. This seems to make alot of sense for someone who is trying to keep his ammo expenses down for feeding a lot of different firearms.

Has anyone messed around with Mech Tech Systems Carbine conversions? Seems to be a great idea to get the most flexibility out of a firearm. 10MM seems to be quite the flexible round. Might work well to have a G20 with one of these conversion kits.

I don't think I'm ready to lay down large amounts of money on a variety of guns, but I'd like to try to fill a variety of roles with the firearms I do purchase.

There's quite a variety of bulk ammunition available through georgia-arms...

Any thoughts? (Sorry for being longwinded)

Sully

 

[mossberg]

I thought you were talking about firearms you could bend. I see now though that you meant "versatile". I thought "hmm, these aren't going to be very accurate!"

 

[ZombieHunter]

>.< i thought the same thing...wow...at least I'm not alone

 

[kingpin008]

This is just me, but I haven't heard a lot of good things about the Mech-Tech conversions. They also just seem...cheap.

If you're interested in pistol caliber carbines, I'd suggest that you check out Kel-Tec's Sub2000. Available in 9mm, .40, and I think one other caliber. They take Glock or Beretta mags, and fold in half for storage and transport. (which I think is pretty freaking cool)

Also, I highly recommend Georgia Arms. I'm not affiliated with them in any way, besides being a satisfied customer. They make great ammo, for a good price, and their customer service is quick and thorough. Definitely worth checking out.

 

[Mp7]

Hmm.... sure does look cool tough!

mall-ninja style though

 

[bmitchell]

 

[John828]

Didn't the Germans have some "bent-barrel" guns for shooting out of trenches and to fire around corners in WWII? Way off topic.

 

[Mp7]

...the idea was to let tank-crews shoot at infantry through
lil holes in the armor - agains being overrun.

(maybe the most stupid invention if the german
side)

 

[flightsimmer]

(See thread) "Any thoughts on carbine conversion kits." by flightsimmer.

 

[RKBABob]

The link to that thread:
Any thoughts on carbine conversion kits?


Personally, I think the most flexible setup is a .357/.38 revolver paired with a .357/.38 levergun. Two guns, two types of ammunition, neither gun sensitive to light or heavy loads...

Other than that, there is the KelTec sub 2000 carbine, which takes either Beretta or Glock magazines, I believe. You could use not only the same ammo, but the same magazine for both guns. Thats cool.

 

[hso]

If you're just going to have one handgun and a carbine sharing the same ammunition the first step is to find the handgun that fits your hand. Since that may be different from the handgun that fits my hand (no one size fits all gloves so why would we expect one grip fits all for handguns) you should find the handgun that points naturally for you and see what calibers are available for it. Since a Browning High Power fits me like my hand formed in the womb around it (now that's a strange mental image [my poor mother]) I would be limited to 9mm and 40cal. If you happen to fit a Glock you have 9mm, .357 sig, .40 cal, 10mm, .45 gap, and .45 cal. If it's a CZ75, 9/.40/10/.45. If it's a 1911, well you get the idea. If you point a revolver you won't have any trouble finding lever guns to match them. Find what fits you and allows you to point naturally then find the caliber you want and get a carbine to match (ARs come in every flavor).

 

[unisonic12]

I thought adding a stock to a pistol was a no no unless you did the ATF drill.

 

[Dr. Fresh]

^^ If you lengthen the barrel it becomes a rifle. Otherwise you are right, just adding a stock makes it a short-barreled rifle.