Podcast 249 Small Pistol Caliber Carbines for Self Defense

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Today:  Let’s Talk Bag Guns and Pistol Caliber Carbines (PCCs).  They are becoming more and more popular as time goes on and the guns are just getting better and better.  I really want one to make my bag gun that goes with me everywhere.

This episode we look at why a pistol caliber and what a bag gun would be used for.  What’s the ups and down of using a pistol caliber over a rifle caliber? What to look for In a bag gun?  And what gun am I looking at.

Including are three reviews of guns I’m thinking of making my bag gun: CZ Scorpion Evo 3, Ruger PPC Carbine, and Sig MPX.  All have great things about them and things that could be improved.

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Outline:

Definitions:

  • Pistol Caliber Carbines PCC
  • Small PCCs
  • For Self Defense

Range Trip!

Advantages of PPC over a Rifle

  • Lighter and Smaller
  • Ammo is Cheaper
  • Not as loud
  • Same caliber as your handgun
  • Maybe same mags as your handgun

Down Sides

  • It’s not a rifle
  • Limited Range
  • Heavier Ammo
  • The PCC is still being perfected

Why I want one:

  • Bag Gun to carry with me places
  • Same ammo and hopefully same mags as my carry gun
  • Smaller Barrel and not as much noise
  • Control out of the smaller gun
  • Accuracy at ranges over the handgun

The Contenders right now:

CZ Scorpion

  • Good
    • Price
    • Shooting was fun
    • Magazines are cheaper then most (except Glock mags)
    • Balance and Fell is really good
    • Magpul Stuff
  • Bad
    • Trigger sucks
    • Not as many htings for them as I would like aftermarket
    • Accuracy was hard with the heavy trigger
    • Optic and sites offset is different then AR so options aren’t as good

Ruger PCC

  • Good
    • Price is by far the cheapeast
    • Uses Ruger or Glock magazines
    • Runs like a 10/22
    • 16” Barrel
    • Been Doing it for a long time
  • Bad
    • Breaks down for storage
    • Not a lot of aftermarket stuff
    • 16” barrel
    • Sites and optics not co witnessed
    • Weird Recoil Impulse

Sig MPX

  • Good
    • Handles like an AR
    • Optics like an AR
    • Endless AR Stuff
    • Nicest Trigger by Far
    • Felt like an AR Trigger and Recoil Impulse
    • Extendable Brace
  • Bad
    • Expensive
    • Mags are Expensive
    • Proprietary parts inside that look like standard AR
    • Folding Brace
    • Did I say Expensive

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Stay Safe,

Ben

3 Replies to “Podcast 249 Small Pistol Caliber Carbines for Self Defense”

    1. It’s a way to test how the length of a barrel effects the speed of the bullet coming out. It’s pretty interesting to study. The speed of the bullet directly effects it’s external and terminal ballistics. How the external ballistics change is just math and can easily calculated, now terminal ballistics is quite the study and speed of the bullet doesn’t have a linear change on anything, it’s more bell curved.

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