(if it had a pistol grip and was detachable-magazine capable). Back then, we still were under the unconstitutional 1994 domestic “assault weapons” ban (in effect from 1994–2004), whereby no semi-auto firearm with a detachable magazine could be manufactured with a folding, collapsing or telescopic stock, a bayonet lug, threaded muzzle, flash hider, etc. I became familiar with the early version of the Sub-2000 about 20 years ago when it was known as the Sub-9. That’s half the weight of the UZI carbine!(Firearms News photo) The Sub-2000 weighs a mere four and one quarter pounds. Don’t get me wrong, an UZI carbine can be a good self-defense firearm, but there is a more practical choice these days for a pistol-caliber carbine for a survival situation, and that choice is the Kel-Tec Sub-2000. Now, as much as I love UZI carbines, there is one big issue with them: They are heavy - about eight and a half pounds - heavier than most full-size 5.56 rifles. About five years ago, I bought a Vector UZI carbine, and I enjoy it just as much as the one I had when I was young. 45 ACP model, Mini-UZI submachine gun (this was my “go-to” gun in my office at one company), carbines, and UZI submachine guns. Years later, I would buy and sell various UZIs, such as the pistol version, the.

It was a “fun gun,” and was very accurate and extremely reliable - I wish I still had it! I had a lot of fun shooting it at the American Range in North Jackson, Ohio, as well on farms in the area. So, for Christmas, one was under the tree. In March of that year, the whole country got a look at the mysterious-looking UZI SMG when a Secret Service agent pulled one out of a briefcase to protect a shot President Reagan from any other assassination attempts. Curtis Earl machine-gun catalog and in a book by Ian Hogg entitled The Machine-gun. At the time, I had only seen the UZI offered as a pre-1968 imported submachine gun in a J. (Firearms News photo)Īround 1981, IMI introduced the UZI Carbine (Model A) into the USA, through its importer Action Arms, and I had to have one. The Kel-Tec Sub-2000 is a great choice, as it’s lightweight and compact enough to keep hidden in a small pack. When moving through an urban environment during a crisis, weight and size of your firearm are important factors, especially when you need to move quickly. Back then, pistol-caliber carbine selections were limited, but there were a handful of others around, like the J&R Engineering M68 (reintroduced as the M80, later becoming the Wilkinson Terry Carbine), Demro Tac-1/Wasp, which was an open-bolt design, MAC-10 carbines (also open-bolt designs), and a couple of others, like the cheap imitation of a Thompson known as the Spitfire, yet another open-bolt gun. I remember when I got my first AR-15, in 1978, the store also had a semi-auto 1927-model Thompson. Before my days in the firearms industry, the only legal way to own something close to a submachine gun, without going through the NFA process, was to buy a semi-auto carbine version of one. Walther MPLs, Swedish-Ks, Thompsons, UZIs, Star Z-70s, M-11/9s, MAC-10s, MP-5s, MPi-81s, STENs, M3s, a PM-12S, and the list goes on in my memories of rat-a-tat-tat, the rainbow-like glimmer of brass flying, and the smell of smokeless-powder clouds. I was always fond of submachine guns and had many through various companies I owned and operated since the 1980s. With the introduction of new PCCs like the Kel-Tec Sub-2000 featured here, many shooters agree.

DeNiro, Editor-in-ChiefĪaaah, the pistol-caliber carbine, one of my favorite firearm types.

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