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Basically, the XR9 is a pocket pistol with a ...
Basically, the XR9 is a pocket pistol with a full length barrel, having the magazine located directly under the chamber. The patent-pending feed mechanism grabs a cartridge from the magazine and delivers it straight into the chamber. This allows the chamber clearance to be significantly less, causing less energy and noise to blast out the back. With this combination, kinetic energy is maximized, and in many cases will exceed the energy produced in full-sized pistols.
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On a different note, I'm thinking the holstermakers are going to have a little challenge building an OWB for that puppy. You've really got no barrel sticking out the front to anchor it down in the holster, and the weight's all in the top end. It seems like it'd want to flop around like a fish out of water.
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If that little sweetheart will feed reliably and if the price is in the five bills range, it will have a great future. We'll have to wait to see if it is reliable, but it certainly gets an "A" for ingenious.
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It's an interesting design. Kinda like the bull-pup concept, as applied to a pistol. I have a couple of questions about it. I'm sure they could be addressed, but I'd want some good answers before I'd buy one.
If I'm picturing this right... the new round is 'extracted' from the mag, and rides back with the slide, then is pushed into the chamber, right?
The loaded cartridge would be slammed rearward, quite violently, unless I miss my guess. Better have a good crimp on that cartridge! I'd also have to think about what would happen if the firing pin got stuck... would the new shell fire while the slide was completely to the rear? Seems like the cartridge would be sitting on the breech, right on top of the firing pin, when it slammed into the rear stop.
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