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XR9 - Backwards Loading
Posted by: Sebastian on 
Feb 6th, 2008 | 
Filed under: Guns
I’m not sure what the advantages to this design are, but it looks interesting.
UPDATE: Uncle says it’s to get a longer barrel in a smaller package. Didn’t think of that. One thing though, is I thought it was pretty difficult to do a straight blowback operation with a cartridge as powerful as 9mm? Hi-point does it with its 9mm pistol, but it also has a huge block of metal for a slide. Exceptionally powerful springs in this maybe? Is that going to be reliable enough? Someone who knows more about gun design that I do can hopefully answer.
February 6th, 2008 at 9:42 am
longer barrel in smaller package?
February 6th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I don’t see anything that says it’s blowback operated. In fact it looks like there’s a locking lug of some sort atop the barrel near the chamber that matches up with the slide.
February 6th, 2008 at 10:26 am
The recoil spring encircles the barrel, so I’d guess it’s pretty stout. Nifty design, I wish it was coming out sooner as I’m getting ready to buy a Kahr PM9. I’d love to hold both in my hand to compare, but really don’t want to go through another summer trying to hide my Glock 30 under shorts and a t-shirt. 6 months until expected release, and then probably another 6 months before I could find one to buy (the local distributor STILL hasn’t gotten hold of the new Walther PPS).
February 6th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Yeah, the big advantage is that you squeeze a 4 inch tube into a subcompact package. Since the 9mm performs best when you give it as much velocity as possible, this is patently a “good thing”.
The demo model also had a sweet trigger, but then again it’s a prototype so it ought to.
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