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Let’s play the “What is it?” game!
- Thread starter cmshoot
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This one's close,
but no cigar.
but no cigar.
here’s a hint, it’s a British rifle chambered in 8mm
*Searches British 8mm with a whiskey-dick stock*
That whisky-dick stock search led me to a SREM-1
A Porsche is to BMW as an Interdynamics is to...
Per the rules in post #1, you should wait for the poster of the challenge pic to acknowledge the correctness of your response before you show your own challenge pic to the group.
But, that aside, here's the answer to that mystery gun that looks a hell of a lot like the Tec-9 but isn't, clearly because this ENCOM uses a different lower receiver and borrows the detachable pistol grip from the AR-15 /M16.
the model designation could
be either the
MP-9 or the MP-45
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About the company:
In the mid-1980s, military-type semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15 were becoming very popular. During this period Mr. John Foote designed and manufactured a line of assault carbines and pistols known as the Encom line that included the 9mm Encom MP-9 and .45 caliber MP-45.
There were approximately 5,000 firearms manufactured before production ceased. The weapons were sold under the name Encom, Enfield America and Component Metal Products or CMP.
JOHN P. FOOTE: FIREARMS DESIGNER - Small Arms Review
Although the name John Foote may be unfamiliar to most today, he is a very talented engineer and firearms designer. Mr. Foote, like most designers, had a lot
smallarmsreview.com
That's the one. I might buy one to build some makeshift post apacolyptic representation gun out of it. Remove those crude sights, and weld on miscellaneous objects like half of a set of channel locks to use as a front sight and a fishing pole loop as the rear peep sight. Basically reconstruct it out of junk. Allow most of the gun to corrode, with tidbits in weathered paint and worn zinc coating. I think it would be cool. Show up at the range and people would be like "wtf is that? Did a prisoner make the s***?"Per the rules in post #1, you should wait for the poster of the challenge pic to acknowledge the correctness of your response before you show your own challenge pic to the group.
But, that aside, here's the answer to that mystery gun that looks a hell of a lot like the Tec-9 but isn't, clearly because this ENCOM uses a different lower receiver and borrows the detachable pistol grip from the AR-15 /M16.
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the model designation could
be either the
MP-9 or the MP-45
***********************
About the company:
In the mid-1980s, military-type semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15 were becoming very popular. During this period Mr. John Foote designed and manufactured a line of assault carbines and pistols known as the Encom line that included the 9mm Encom MP-9 and .45 caliber MP-45.
There were approximately 5,000 firearms manufactured before production ceased. The weapons were sold under the name Encom, Enfield America and Component Metal Products or CMP.
JOHN P. FOOTE: FIREARMS DESIGNER - Small Arms Review
Although the name John Foote may be unfamiliar to most today, he is a very talented engineer and firearms designer. Mr. Foote, like most designers, had a lot
I see that I didn't take a picture of the entire gun showing its full barrel length.
I think it's something like 7 inches.
I think it's something like 7 inches.
