
Crafting everything in-house, the company controls costs, at the same tick turns out an honest-to-God value in its 9mm carbine. Swimming decidedly against the tide, Palmetto State Armory’s AR-9 doesn’t aim to send your heart, and wallet, into palpitations. MSRP: $919 TNW Aero Survival $799 at PSA Gen 4 AR-9 Likely this has you covered, no matter what pistol you carry.įurthermore, the 5.5-pound carbine is compatible with Glock magazines and has receivers constructed out of aircraft-grade aluminum. Additionally, Kel-Tec designed flexibility into the system, given your choice of magazine compatibility: Smith & Wesson, SIG Sauer, Beretta and Glock. This is thanks to extensive use of fiberglass-filled nylon that makes up a majority of the gun. Now in its second generation, the SUB-2000 is light as well - a mere 4 pounds. Furthermore, it deploys in seconds, simply at the push of a button. Hinged at the fore of the receiver, the carbine folds into a neat 16-inch package, ideal to keep it handy in a rucksack, sports bag or vehicle. What makes the SUB-2000 so intriguing is its unique folding design. 40 S&W) at the end of the market already known for being idiosyncratic. It certainly created among the most unique 9mm carbines (also available in. Kel-Tec Sub 2000Ĭompact as they come, Kel-Tec may have cooked up the ultimate backpack gun in the SUB-2000. Who knows, given a chance, you might find the 9mm carbine is what you’ve been after all these years. Moreover, it’s the cheapest of all handgun ammunition, so you won’t break the bank giving the style of gun a run. Out of a carbine, the 9mm gains modest velocity, is highly suppressible, generates little recoil and is offered in more models. In general, the cartridge performs well out of long guns and gives shooters a good taste of this style of firearm’s potential. While many of these are available in other calibers, we’ve opted to concentrate on 9mm carbines. And we’ve dug up 11 of them, all less than $1,000 and solid in performance. There are still deals if you know where to look. Problem is, with a recent upswing in popularity, the market is filled with options that make experimentation somewhat cost-prohibitive.
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The JR Carbine is a straight-blowback carbine designed to feed from the Glock magazine. While it will take AR trigger groups, stocks, pistol grips and fore-ends, one look at the carbine will tell you it is not designed around the AR receiver. They told me the JR Carbines are very popular up there, as they do not have the same restrictions on them as true AR-style rifles and carbines. Ironically, when I got a carbine in to test and showed up at the range with it, friends from Canada I shoot with knew all about the JR. I was introduced to the JR (Just Right) Carbine at a recent industry event and was surprised to learn it had already been around for a few years.
