Posted on 01/19/2016 11:29:48 AM PST by b4its2late
LAS VEGAS -- SilencerCo turned heads at this year's SHOT Show in Las Vegas with its latest prototype of the Maxim 9, a futuristic-looking 9mm pistol that sort of resembles the gun from the "RoboCop" movies.
"This is the world's first integrally suppressed 9mm handgun that is hearing safe with all types of 9mm ammunition," Jason Schauble, a marketing official for the company, said on Monday at range day the Boulder Rifle & Pistol Club outside Vegas. "It's definitely the coolest thing you'll see this week. I guarantee it."
Designers indeed looked to futuristic science-fiction movies for ideas, including "RoboCop" and "Judge Dredd," but ultimately settled on a unique design with a thick, rectangular front end and the operating mechanism in the rear of the weapon, Shauble said.
"I've got a 3.5-inch fixed barrel, so it's still accurate -- I can still get the velocity I need," he said. "But I've got as much room up front to suppress the actual noise."
When asked what makes the design unique, Schauble said, "People have done intergrally-supressed pistols before -- the Chinese, the Russians -- but they did it with a .32-caliber cartridge, which is not going to kill anything, or it's a you-can-only-use-this-bullet, right? -- I can only use a subsonic, light round, at 20 feet in close range or something like that. So we made it so I can use 124-grain-plus-p-plus jacketed hollow point, which is the loudest 9mm pistol cartridge in this configuration."
The weapon uses Glock magazines and can accommodate any type of after-market sights, he said. While a previous prototype was unveiled at a product launch event in September, this second version is "much closer to what our final iteration will look like," he said.
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TAKE MY MONEY!!! I WANT IT!
That’s nice. Now build one in 10mm.
I’m in Texas, looks like they’re legal (just looked it up).
but they did it with a .32-caliber cartridge, which is not going to kill anything”
Will he volunteer to stand in front of a 32 round?
Look good and I like the functionality according to the article, but no mention of weight, balance, accuracy, etc. I’m certain YouTube will have many reviews in the months ahead. If successful, you probably won’t be able to get your hands on one for at least another year or so.
LOL
“Stay out of......trouble”
***but they did it with a .32-caliber cartridge, which is not going to kill anything,***
The MOB used a silenced .22 auto for years with no problems.
You also need to be fingerprinted each time.
The guy behind the counter sneered at me when I asked if they had .32 auto shells. He said, “Boy if somebody shot me with a .32, I’d be really mad.”
I pointed to a spot right between my eyebrows, and told him, “If I shot you with a .32, you’d never know it.”
Location, location, location...
After July, if you have an NFA Trust, everybody in the trust will need to be fingerprinted and have a passport quality photo.
I think only if they use the weapon.
Want it NOW!
I seem to recall that Carlos* The Jackal* Sanchez used to carry one- a suppressed Czech Sa 61 *scorpion* and the two French Gendarmes he murdered with it seemed to be quite impressed with it.
No problem. I don't trust the NFA or anyone else.
How do you clean it?
How do you clean it?
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