GSh-18 Ugly and lovely as it is

[misanthropist]

For that money, I would buy two used gen3 G17s, which you KNOW would run.

When I hear "rotating barrel" on a handgun I get nervous...the PX4 has a rotating barrel and it's absolute garbage, for example. Or the Colt All American, which I think had a rotating barrel as well.

If I was going to buy a pistol of questionable design in the hopes that a low barrel axis was going to be worth something - which I am increasingly starting to think is practically meaningless - I'd be trying to get my hands on a Caracal, which MAY turn out to be a great pistol.

 

[cam1936]

For that money, I would buy two used gen3 G17s, which you KNOW would run.

When I hear "rotating barrel" on a handgun I get nervous...the PX4 has a rotating barrel and it's absolute garbage, for example. Or the Colt All American, which I think had a rotating barrel as well.

If I was going to buy a pistol of questionable design in the hopes that a low barrel axis was going to be worth something - which I am increasingly starting to think is practically meaningless - I'd be trying to get my hands on a Caracal, which MAY turn out to be a great pistol.

Yep it would be a tough sell at $950 + importer and dealer markup. I could see them doing well at $500 just because it's something different and at that price it wuld be worth taking a chance. When you're up against a sig though I don't see many takers.

 

[TeaPot2]

There is hardly enough material for the rivet we would need to stop them from killing kittens and babies.


Mark

they already have 10 round mag version made for civilian market, no problem here... all we need is longer by 2.001 mm barrel to stop them from killing kittens and babies

I gues I will give them a call tonight

 

[Eluoci]

they already have 10 round mag version made for civilian market, no problem here... all we need is longer by 2.001 mm barrel to stop them from killing kittens and babies

I gues I will give them a call tonight

and it's not ugly!!! ^^

 

[Eluoci]

Yep it would be a tough sell at $950 + importer and dealer markup. I could see them doing well at $500 just because it's something different and at that price it wuld be worth taking a chance. When you're up against a sig though I don't see many takers.

i see sig going better at $500 , i want thru dirt at perfection of sigs, but id take GSh over HK, well thats if i had to decide between the two, otherwise i want them all ^^

 

[Dmitri]

sign me up for one... its a great little gun.

 

[thumbshark]

send copies to norinco maybe they can make it for cheaper

 

[TeaPot2]

send copies to norinco maybe they can make it for cheaper

It won't be Russian then

Spoke to Tula they are ok to produce GSh-18 with 106 mm barrel. Price concerns they are not listening

 

[do15]

It won't be Russian then

Spoke to Tula they are ok to produce GSh-18 with 106 mm barrel. Price concerns they are not listening

I still would be very tempted....
And it's not ugly

 

[guess_kto]

It supposed to be light, reliable and super accurate due to multiple locking systems... I would go for $1200, but with 6 mags... lower is always better Any volume discounts?

 

[B]

Sorry to hear about the price. Very interesting pistol.

 

[heavenIsAlie]

For that money, I would buy two used gen3 G17s, which you KNOW would run.

When I hear "rotating barrel" on a handgun I get nervous...the PX4 has a rotating barrel and it's absolute garbage, for example. Or the Colt All American, which I think had a rotating barrel as well.

If I was going to buy a pistol of questionable design in the hopes that a low barrel axis was going to be worth something - which I am increasingly starting to think is practically meaningless - I'd be trying to get my hands on a Caracal, which MAY turn out to be a great pistol.

gp6 uses rotating lock up and by all accounts its quite good

 

[Tactical Imports]

I'll take one!

 

[IM_Lugger]

When I hear "rotating barrel" on a handgun I get nervous...the PX4 has a rotating barrel and it's absolute garbage, for example. Or the Colt All American, which I think had a rotating barrel as well.

Lots of people (esp. in the States) have Px4's and very happy with it. Nothing wrong with rotating barrel!

 

[misanthropist]

Lots of people in the states have Chevy Cavaliers and like them too.

 

[IM_Lugger]

What proof do you have that Px4 is garbage?? I've never heard anything bad about them. I'm not fan of the Px4's looks and I think they are priced too high in Canada but I wouldn't hesitate to get one if they were priced on pair with US market.

 

[misanthropist]

Are you serious? I can't tell if you are joking or not.

 

[wicked_police]

The Px4 is a #### pistol. I wouldn't get one if they were priced at half the cost of a Glock.

 

[IM_Lugger]

Yes I was serious, again I've never heard of any owners complaning. but this is not a thread for PX4 so I'll just leave it at that.

 

[TeaPot2]

Lots of people in the states have Chevy Cavaliers and like them too.

Is it wrong to have and like Chevy Cavaliers? But this is not about the cars...if you have educational facts about rotating barrels please share