It will help you steady yourself in less time than a stockless pistol
would take you so you can make the longer shots. There is no question
that one can make long shots with a regular CCW gun. Hell....we had 1/3
of the last Terrorist interdiction class out to 200 yards in Houston!!!
The issue is will a stock help you do it more often, more consistently,
and faster. My answer is that it will.
2). It allows greater recoil/muzzle flip control and thus allows for a
much quicker follow up shot, or shots. It will help you recover from
recoil faster thus putting more damage on the bad guy in a shorter
period of time. And for those who would lecture me on recoil control,
please do not. I think I have shown how fast one can shoot a CCW stock
Glock in the ACRG DVD. Trust me, an additional contact point will help
you do it better.
3). Does a pistol caliber aid you over a rifle caliber? In certain
locations, the answer is yes. We can debate it all you want, but unless
you have touched off a Suchka or a Colt Commando inside a house, take my
word for it...at five to fifteen feet, the Suchka or the pistol will all
work just fine. One will have ruinous effects on your short term
hearing, one will not.
One will also draw all manner of attention to you while the other one
will not. Vorobiev told me everyone hated the Krinkov in Afghanistan and
ditched it first chance because it was so loud.
4). Will a pistol sized rifle do the same things the stocked pistol will
do? No it won't. Next.
5). Why not just go with a SBR AR or an SBR AK instead? You could. But
the concept we are looking at can fit in a much smaller package and thus
will not likely be left behind. Why was the MP5 PDW not the same exact
size as the full sized MP5...or HK 53? Because the bigger weapons would
likely be left behind in the environments where the much smaller PDW
would not.
You can probably put a Glock 34 and its stock in a typical sized laptop
bag and take it everywhere with you...in addition to your CCW pistol
which should be in the same caliber and use the same magazines.
6). And finally....guys...we need to get away from the CCW surprise
gunfight for this weapon concept. it is not for that. It is for a
generally proactive offensive application. Granted...it is not the best
offensive weapon, but like the pocket pistol, it may the only one
possible in many venues.
The next big question is where would this be an asset? I personally use
a pistol for home defense. The reason is simple. There are too many
people inside to reach for either a shotgun or an assault rifle.
Additionally, I may have the need to move from room to room securing
non-combatants, and that cannot be done with a long gun. Of course, the
XO is backing me up with her Kalashnikov, but still, the maneuverability
of the short gun cannot be beaten in this realm.
Many years ago when I would creep around bad people's houses looking for
bad guys, the MP5 and Colt Commando would often be left and I would opt
for a pistol alone in order to be more maneuverable. In this
environment, a stocked pistol would be the best of both worlds.
Moreover, in an NPE, or an SRE (socially restricted environment), a
stocked pistol can be disassembled of the stock, and the stock can
remain with you while you holster the pistol itself. Or an entire
stocked pistol with several magazines can fit into a lap top bag. A good
candidate for this would be a Glock 34. One can obtain a detachable
stock for this, as well as 33 round magazines, making this a very
compact and versatile PDW. Add an Insights Light mount, and there is
very little that cannot be done with this werapon inside its ballistic
limits.
Applications? Think of those times, whatever they may be, when you
would love to have a rifle, but going to get it would not be possible.
True the Stocked Pistol PDW is not a rifle, but I will bet it would have
come in very handy in Mumbai.
