Hi-
Just wanted to see what your opinion is of 9 mm long guns and which kind you reccomend thats still legal in Maryland? First off im not into handguns nor do I own any or plan to own any, so ammo or magazine interchangeability with a handgun does not factor in here. But ive been flirting with idea of a 9 mm long gun for awhile now. I own semi autos in .308, .223/5.56, 12 gauge, a M1 Carbine in .30 Carbine, and several in .22 LR of course. 9 mm would be like a .22 on steroids but under the power of 5.56. Just something different. Semi auto varients of the MP5 or a UZI comes to mind, but theyre a no go in Maryland now. I wanted a semi-auto UZI with a fixed wood stock, but nope not now.
That leaves me with the AR platform, which I think I could still build with a dedicated 9 mm lower. But, I hate the look of a 5.56 magwell with a skinny little 9 mm magazine. Double Diamond lowers solve this by making the AR look more like a MP5 version of the AR , but are extremely expensive and hard to get. Then theres the Keltec SUB-2000. Hard to get, but I honestly cant warm up to one. Too pistol like to me. Theres the Beretta CX4 Storm, which could be a winner but are expensive and being used to rifles Im used (and prefer) to inserting the mag into the center of the gun rather than up the pistol grip. Magazine capacity is also a question. ......im not fond of high capacity mags sticking out of a grip as well. Then theres the Hi Point Carbine with the new stocks. This could be the winner for me due to the price. But I cant get past the fact that the highest capacity "usable" magazine for these is 10 rounds. Id like to have something I could go over the state line and buy some hi cap mags for like 20 or 30 rounds. I guess I could just buy double the amount of mags. Also they have a grip mounted magazine and have the reputation of a "non gun person's" gun. The price is so tempting though. Then theres the Suomi M31 or the PPS-43 9 mm conversion, which would be ideal for me being a old military rifle collector. But I dont see the Suomi's for sale anymore. And the PPS-43s out there are pistol version. Im surprised they havent made a 922-R rifle version of the PPS-43 with a 16" barrel like they did the Suomi. It would be cool to own a semi auto copy of a sub machine gun though. Whatever I get would be for informal plinking and range use at distance.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Just wanted to see what your opinion is of 9 mm long guns and which kind you reccomend thats still legal in Maryland? First off im not into handguns nor do I own any or plan to own any, so ammo or magazine interchangeability with a handgun does not factor in here. But ive been flirting with idea of a 9 mm long gun for awhile now. I own semi autos in .308, .223/5.56, 12 gauge, a M1 Carbine in .30 Carbine, and several in .22 LR of course. 9 mm would be like a .22 on steroids but under the power of 5.56. Just something different. Semi auto varients of the MP5 or a UZI comes to mind, but theyre a no go in Maryland now. I wanted a semi-auto UZI with a fixed wood stock, but nope not now.
That leaves me with the AR platform, which I think I could still build with a dedicated 9 mm lower. But, I hate the look of a 5.56 magwell with a skinny little 9 mm magazine. Double Diamond lowers solve this by making the AR look more like a MP5 version of the AR , but are extremely expensive and hard to get. Then theres the Keltec SUB-2000. Hard to get, but I honestly cant warm up to one. Too pistol like to me. Theres the Beretta CX4 Storm, which could be a winner but are expensive and being used to rifles Im used (and prefer) to inserting the mag into the center of the gun rather than up the pistol grip. Magazine capacity is also a question. ......im not fond of high capacity mags sticking out of a grip as well. Then theres the Hi Point Carbine with the new stocks. This could be the winner for me due to the price. But I cant get past the fact that the highest capacity "usable" magazine for these is 10 rounds. Id like to have something I could go over the state line and buy some hi cap mags for like 20 or 30 rounds. I guess I could just buy double the amount of mags. Also they have a grip mounted magazine and have the reputation of a "non gun person's" gun. The price is so tempting though. Then theres the Suomi M31 or the PPS-43 9 mm conversion, which would be ideal for me being a old military rifle collector. But I dont see the Suomi's for sale anymore. And the PPS-43s out there are pistol version. Im surprised they havent made a 922-R rifle version of the PPS-43 with a 16" barrel like they did the Suomi. It would be cool to own a semi auto copy of a sub machine gun though. Whatever I get would be for informal plinking and range use at distance.
Any thoughts?
Thanks