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| Thanks to Canadian gun laws, this has a 470mm long barrel... |
The Sub 2000 is a rifle that fires 9x19mm or .40 S&W. That's right, a rifle that uses pistol rounds. All the while the same company makes the PLR-16... which is a .223 caliber pistol... Yep, the same caliber fired by civilian AR-15s.
Kel Tec CNC Industries made this rifle to accept Glock, Beretta, SIG, and S&W Magazines depending on caliber. The 4 pound (empty) rifle is mainly made of a synthetic material called Zytel, while the more important components are made of a high quality steel. The predecessor of the Sub 2000 was the SUB-9 which was released around 1997 but was made of aluminium and was more expensive to make. Other competitor pistol caliber rifles are the Hi-Point 995 carbine, a 9mm rifle that weighs around 6.6 pounds, which is about the weight of an AK system, and is quite large, and the Beretta Cx4 Storm, which is a pound lighter than the Hi-Point, and can be ambidextrous for the left hand shooters. The biggest detail about the rifle was what happened when you push down the trigger-guard. That's right, it folds in half!
This rifle works great for hikers and backpackers, the rifle itself is light and compact, the long barrel and large sights provide good accuracy, and the pistol ammunition is generally lighter than carrying a shotgun or larger caliber rifle for protection in the woods. A while back, my dad took me to a gun store that had one of these, boy are they small. It may have been just the one available at the moment, but folding the rifle requires a small amount of care, the front sight connects to a catch located in the butt plate, and you have to make sure it goes in for it to be secured.
I modelled this rifle mainly because it was featured on a video of my favourite YouTube shooter: Hickok45. This rifle was easy to model, but hard to texture. The frame and fore end took the longest time to texture while the front sight took the longest to model. The texture of the magazine release features the Beretta grip, because of this, I specifically modelled a Beretta brand Magazine, as opposed to just importing a previously made Glock magazine from the Glock 22.
Kel Tec CNC Industries made this rifle to accept Glock, Beretta, SIG, and S&W Magazines depending on caliber. The 4 pound (empty) rifle is mainly made of a synthetic material called Zytel, while the more important components are made of a high quality steel. The predecessor of the Sub 2000 was the SUB-9 which was released around 1997 but was made of aluminium and was more expensive to make. Other competitor pistol caliber rifles are the Hi-Point 995 carbine, a 9mm rifle that weighs around 6.6 pounds, which is about the weight of an AK system, and is quite large, and the Beretta Cx4 Storm, which is a pound lighter than the Hi-Point, and can be ambidextrous for the left hand shooters. The biggest detail about the rifle was what happened when you push down the trigger-guard. That's right, it folds in half!
This rifle works great for hikers and backpackers, the rifle itself is light and compact, the long barrel and large sights provide good accuracy, and the pistol ammunition is generally lighter than carrying a shotgun or larger caliber rifle for protection in the woods. A while back, my dad took me to a gun store that had one of these, boy are they small. It may have been just the one available at the moment, but folding the rifle requires a small amount of care, the front sight connects to a catch located in the butt plate, and you have to make sure it goes in for it to be secured.
I modelled this rifle mainly because it was featured on a video of my favourite YouTube shooter: Hickok45. This rifle was easy to model, but hard to texture. The frame and fore end took the longest time to texture while the front sight took the longest to model. The texture of the magazine release features the Beretta grip, because of this, I specifically modelled a Beretta brand Magazine, as opposed to just importing a previously made Glock magazine from the Glock 22.
Can u make this gun into a MikuMikuDance weapon? I would like to use it for one of my characters in my MMD Drama.
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