“Try This.” MACHO Continued from page 51 Just because you can shoot, doesn’t mean she’ll want to learn from you. Getting involved in the shooting sports can be really scary for a lady. it between the .22 Mag and the .223, leaning toward the .223 side of things. The carbine PS90 weighs about 6.28 pounds empty and has either a 10-round or 30-round detachable magazine. With velocities of the 40-grain bullet hovering around that 2,100 mark, it would wreck havoc on a prairie dog town or a problem field of ground squirrels. And the nifty optical sight on the gun yields a clear, while somewhat narrow field of view, with a precise aiming dot/crosshair and circle arrangement. Both guns are lightweight, both fire a round at least effective for small game like coyotes, bunnies, squirrels and such, and seem to offer the kind of “fun” we all look for in a sporting gun. While some law enforcement agencies and military units use the 5.7x28 (with loads only available to LE and the military), we’re not about that here. I was interested in simply finding out what all the fuss is about, and is this duo from FNH USA and Herstal in Belgium worth adding to your fun-gun stash? The round itself was originally developed in the late 1980s to give cops and soliders a lightweight gun (full and semiauto) that could defeat some kinds of armor if needed. The ammo worked as advertised, and the carbine (P90) was adopted by a wide range of military and police groups around the world. Please keep in mind, that LE/Military ammo was never sold in the civilian market, and no cop has ever been harmed by a military 5.7 round, according to FNH data. The Five-seveN pistol was developed in the 1990s and went into service around the year 2000. The original 5.7x28 round had a 27-grain bullet and delivered around 2,600 fps from the carbine. The round was made shorter and heavier with a 40-grain bullet to work in the pistol version. Those initial pistols were DAO, but now-days the DAO has been discontinued and all handguns are single actions. The carbine loads via a unique (I seem to have to use that word a lot with these guns …) magazine clamping onto the rifle on the top. It feeds from the “rear” into the bull-pup rifle and the empties eject from below, where a normal guy would want to insert the magazine. The safety is easy to manipulate and is just below the trigger, and the front of the “trigger guard” is actually the fore-grip. There’s an, um, uh … unique pistoltype grip and interestingly enough, all the controls are ambidextrous. It shoulders fast and easily and the trigger pull is crisp, not what you’d inescapably brilliant Shari can help. Shooting champion Shari LeGate provides all the information needed for any lady to get started in shotgun sports through her new DVD, Women’s Guide To Shotgunning. Order Today! (800) 628-9818 (M-F 8am-3pm PST) www.gunsmagazine.com/ fmgvideo.html rice: Special P $24.95! WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM Only VIRIDIANGREENLASER.COM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RED AND GREEN IS NIGHT AND DAY. 800-990-9390 81 Some Specs
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