B&T will exhibit their USW-G17 along with other new products at next week’s Enforce Tac and IWA Classics In Nürnberg, Germany.
With the introduction of the B&T USW-G17 chassis, one can convert any Gen 3, 4 or 5 Glock into a true pistol carbine, meaning one can still carry and use it like a pistol, but thanks to the integrated folding stock, one can use it as a carbine with enhanced accuracy.
See them in booth 12-532 at Enforce Tac or in booth 9-204 at IWA.
Now that’s interesting, it would be pretty much useless without a RDS, I’d think, but…interesting.
Yes, it would – but there is not a single good reason not to put a RDS on something like this.
The USW was sold with an Aimpoint Nano included. I guess this has been replaced with the new ACRO P-1 now.
Do you put one a Carbine?
Uh, there are MANY good reasons to put a mini rds on a pistol platform. I’m guessing youve never shot an RDS equipped pistol at any length. Single aiming reference, usable in the dark, better long range accuracy (coupled with the stock, significantly), faster acquisition, wider sight picture, better situational awareness. Just to name a few. They take a bit of training to get used to, but once you do, it’s a different world.
The drawbacks are battery’s, weight(arguable), Vertical protrustion, brightness.
Imo, benefits out weigh the cons in something like this.
I guess the double negative was too confusing 😀
RDS are better than iron sights on any platform, period. And the technology to put them on a pistol in a practical and reliable way has been there for years.
I am known to quip: The only reason not to put a RDS on a gun is because there is a scope on it – and even that might not hinder you 😉
Any agency still using iron sights is doing it out of ignorance or because of cost (which is saving at the wrong place IMO).
And the only reason for me not to have some kind of optic on a gun is because it is used in competition in a class where iron sights are mandatory.
The original USW that was purpose deigned and not just a chassis seems like the better gun. Basically a Sphinx 3000 (CZ-75 derivative), but the Glock is certainly cheaper.
While the original USW was certainly innovative (or rather a modernisation of a one hundred year old innovative design), I look at the Glock version and cannot help but see an ALG Six Second Mount with a folding stock. But that’s not to say the USW-G17 is a bad product, on the contrary I think it has the potential to be very popular with select LE roles and other departments/agencies that already have Glocks in their inventories who are looking for (perhaps concealable) alternatives to SMGs/PDWs.
Basically. One could argue that putting the red dot a bit further forward like the 6SM did would actually be an improvement for the shooter.
These are awesome. I’ve never bit the NFA bullet, but these tempt me to start an application.
this is smaller and you can use the weapon mounted rds
https://www.fluxdefense.com/shop/flux-brace
One of the main points of the mount/chassis is to remove the RDS from the slide, which has several benefits:
– does not require permanent modification of the slide
– makes the dot easier to track, allowing quicker acquisition of a follow up sight picture
– increases reliability/lifetime of the RDS by subjecting it to less recoil
So, if this going to be considered a pistol with a brace, or a SBR? So confused.
It is an SBR.