PieterCoetzee
Professional
I realize most of us wont have a real world tactical need for a handgun, let alone a PDW, or SMG. That being said, WHEN they are needed, nothing else will do. So many of us carry and train with a handgun, even though we hope to never need one. The last few years of mostly peaceful protesting, have given me cause to wonder if on some days, something more than a pistol might be comforting.
Something more than a pistol but not quite a rifle. If I thought I needed a rifle, Id want a Grenade Launcher... I first became acquainted with the Pistol type PDW with the early FLUX designs on the Glock pistols. Flux capitalized on the Stocked Pistol concept that dates back some 200+ years. The peak of the concept was seen primarily in the Mauser Broomhandle, Luger and Browning Hi Power (amongst a few others)
As a replacement for a rifle the Stocked Pistol is wanting BUT as an improvement over a handgun a Stocked Pistol shines. A Stocked Pistol provides the four points of contact (hand hand shoulder cheek) of a rifle for better stabilization and recoil mitigation. The problem has always been how to carry the stock when not fixed to the pistol. Early designs made the stock hollow so it became the holster. That was novel but it made drawing the pistol impossibly slow in an " I need it now" emergency.
Thankfully original designs of the Broomhandle, Luger, and Hi Powers with stock fittings in the grip are exempt from NFA regulations by their age. So if you can find one (and afford it) there are no restrictions beyond normal handgun regulations
Post WW2 the Stock Pistol continued with a few twists. Enter the Beretta 93R. Essentially a Beretta 92 with a 3 shot burst mechanism, a folding front grip, and a detachable folding stock.
HK brought us the VP70, an early polymer double stack 9mm pistol with a detachable stock. Without the stock, it was a conventional semi automatic handgun. Once the stock was attached the VP70 had a 3 shot burst capability
About that same time the VZ61 SMG was introduced. The VZ61 fits into a grey zone. Its carried in a holster, has a conventional pistol grip, and is chambered in 32acp. It has an attached stock that folds over the top of the gun. When holstered the VZ61 can only use the 10 round magazine; but outside the holster there are 20 round magazines.
Something more than a pistol but not quite a rifle. If I thought I needed a rifle, Id want a Grenade Launcher... I first became acquainted with the Pistol type PDW with the early FLUX designs on the Glock pistols. Flux capitalized on the Stocked Pistol concept that dates back some 200+ years. The peak of the concept was seen primarily in the Mauser Broomhandle, Luger and Browning Hi Power (amongst a few others)
As a replacement for a rifle the Stocked Pistol is wanting BUT as an improvement over a handgun a Stocked Pistol shines. A Stocked Pistol provides the four points of contact (hand hand shoulder cheek) of a rifle for better stabilization and recoil mitigation. The problem has always been how to carry the stock when not fixed to the pistol. Early designs made the stock hollow so it became the holster. That was novel but it made drawing the pistol impossibly slow in an " I need it now" emergency.
Thankfully original designs of the Broomhandle, Luger, and Hi Powers with stock fittings in the grip are exempt from NFA regulations by their age. So if you can find one (and afford it) there are no restrictions beyond normal handgun regulations
Post WW2 the Stock Pistol continued with a few twists. Enter the Beretta 93R. Essentially a Beretta 92 with a 3 shot burst mechanism, a folding front grip, and a detachable folding stock.
HK brought us the VP70, an early polymer double stack 9mm pistol with a detachable stock. Without the stock, it was a conventional semi automatic handgun. Once the stock was attached the VP70 had a 3 shot burst capability
About that same time the VZ61 SMG was introduced. The VZ61 fits into a grey zone. Its carried in a holster, has a conventional pistol grip, and is chambered in 32acp. It has an attached stock that folds over the top of the gun. When holstered the VZ61 can only use the 10 round magazine; but outside the holster there are 20 round magazines.
