Yesterday we looked at the history and the mechanics of the Vektor CP1, and today I’m taking it out to the monthly BackUp Gun Match. It isn’t a pistol with a good reputation, but it’s also not a pistol very many people gave a fair shake to. It has a decent grip, pretty decent sights, a fixed barrel, and a single-action trigger. So it might actually do pretty well…
Book review
Book Review: Firearms Developed and Manufactured in Southern Africa 1949-2000
FIREARMS: Developed and Manufactured in Southern Africa 1949-2000 Until recently, there has been very little published information on South African and Rhodesian firearms outside of a few sporadic magazine articles – but that is no […]
General Purpose MGs
SS77: South Africa Builds a GPMG on the Shoulders of Giants
In the 1970s, South Africa began looking for a domestic-production GMPG to replace its inventory of FN MAG machine guns. The MAG was an excellent weapon, but the ones in South Africa were getting old […]
Uncategorized
Striker 12: Shotgun Turned “Destructive Device”
This is Lot 1146 in the upcoming October 2019 Morphy Extraordinary auction. The Striker shotgun was designed by a Rhodesian named Hilton Walker in the late 1970s, although not manufactured until after he had emigrated […]
I’ve got to admit that I took the gunzine gossip of 20 years ago as fact…
it’s interesting to know that it’s actually a fairly good little pistol.
I’ve sent links to both posts to friends in South Africa
I’m reminded of a recent meme;
Them: “you won’t believe what was just on the news”
Me: “True ”
i suppose the lesson is to stay loyal to the foil
A little JB Weld on that floorplate might fix the fixment issue.
[OFF-TOPIC so ignore if you wish]
Recently RUGER unveiled new revolver for using .22 Hornet cartridge
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2023/12/06/wheelgun-wednesday-super-redhawk-22-hornet/
it has capacity 8 and its’ weight is 66 Oz. Outer diameter of barrel seems quite big for .22 caliber, why is it? Was that done in order to increase mass as otherwise felt recoil would be unbearable to users? Their technology is not in power to do barrels of lesser diameter?
Many years ago, I HAD to have a Taurus Raging Hornet, another gigantic revolver chambered in that little round. I couldn’t fire an entire cylinder without so much case set-back the cylinder would stop rotating after 3 rounds. Of course, that revolver may have just suffered from being a Taurus, but I do wish Ruger better luck with having a functional product.
This reminds me of another missed financial opportunity (like my AutoMag, AMT .50AE, etc) where I was happy to get rid of it for what I bought it for, but now I see them on GunBroker for $4000+.
I thought that they’d used .22 hornet in a revolver before?
I really appreciate .22 Hornet, but I gather that (like .30 Carbine), it’s a very noisy disappointment out of a short barrel.