So a few years back I bought a Hi-Point 45. Liked it well enough for what it is. Even my gal liked shooting it. Those springs in the buttstock really do work! But the dated design left a lot to desire. When those bullpup chassis first came out, I had to have one. It is definitely cool. The trigger sucked but so did the original. Ofter some tinkering and a cool little modification I got it pretty much as good as the factory trigger. Lots of fun. The manual of arms are wonky but relatively intuitive considering it's a bull pup. The ergonomics weren't the best, and there's no effective way to fix it. The 9 round mags are a drag, and a pain to load.
So I started looking at options. Nearly bought a TNW Aero Survival Pistol. Also thought about the mech tech uppers, but man they're heavy and I didn't want to buy a glock to use it, and I didn't see an option for my XDm or M&P. Considered building an ar-45. But that meant a dedicated lower, and other factors. So not really an ar anyway. I was impressed with a friend's CMMG's Banshee 300 in 9mm. So much so I purchased their 9mm upper and pinned it to my M4 Pistol lower. It uses these cool conversion mags. Liked that so much, I bought their .22 bcg and barrel kits and assembled a .22 banshee upper. Also cool!
All that to say, (back to the .45) I bought a Banshee in .45 (Mk-G) last Christmas. Super lightweight (a pound and a half less than the Hi-Point/Tower!) Glockazines!!! The manual of arms is AR, so are the trigger, grip, etc. And it has a threaded barrel and a cool Fastback Rip-Stock. I love it so far. The only change I have made so far is adding a folding buffer tube adapter, and some iron sights.
The cool thing about the CMMG is it's not the traditional direct blowback you see in other ar-45's. It has their patented radial delayed blowback. While not necessary, it is definitely a better design. And a lot less complicated than the Kriss.
For the same money as building an ar-45, I would love to try a TNW. But never got the chance. Anyway it's pricy, but I'm happy with my decision. Goodluck with yours!
So I started looking at options. Nearly bought a TNW Aero Survival Pistol. Also thought about the mech tech uppers, but man they're heavy and I didn't want to buy a glock to use it, and I didn't see an option for my XDm or M&P. Considered building an ar-45. But that meant a dedicated lower, and other factors. So not really an ar anyway. I was impressed with a friend's CMMG's Banshee 300 in 9mm. So much so I purchased their 9mm upper and pinned it to my M4 Pistol lower. It uses these cool conversion mags. Liked that so much, I bought their .22 bcg and barrel kits and assembled a .22 banshee upper. Also cool!
All that to say, (back to the .45) I bought a Banshee in .45 (Mk-G) last Christmas. Super lightweight (a pound and a half less than the Hi-Point/Tower!) Glockazines!!! The manual of arms is AR, so are the trigger, grip, etc. And it has a threaded barrel and a cool Fastback Rip-Stock. I love it so far. The only change I have made so far is adding a folding buffer tube adapter, and some iron sights.
The cool thing about the CMMG is it's not the traditional direct blowback you see in other ar-45's. It has their patented radial delayed blowback. While not necessary, it is definitely a better design. And a lot less complicated than the Kriss.
For the same money as building an ar-45, I would love to try a TNW. But never got the chance. Anyway it's pricy, but I'm happy with my decision. Goodluck with yours!
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