Reeder Custom Guns - smaller version? GSh-18

Jim Taylor
smaller version? GSh-18
Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 13:36

Ran across this one in one of Stephen Hunter's books (The Third Bullet)

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This is the info I found on it:

The GSh-18 is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula during the 1990s. The pistol's name is derived from its designers—Gryazev and Shipunov—and its magazine capacity of 18 rounds.

The GSh-18 is a rotating-barrel, short recoil, locked-breech pistol with 10 locking lugs spaced equally around the barrel, the large locking surface area resulting in a strong lockup, making it suitable for high-velocity ammunition loads. The GSh-18 may be employed using standard 9x19mm Parabellum rounds, but was designed for the high velocity, Russian armour-piercing 7N31 9x19mm round. The pistol incorporates a pre-set striker. The slide and working parts are steel, and the weapon has a polymer frame.

Two different designs of grip have been observed. The magazine capacity is 18 rounds, and an additional round may be carried in the chamber. The magazine release is reversible for left-handed shooters and the ejector doubles as a loaded chamber indicator. The magazines are a double stack design common to many modern handguns.

The GSh-18 pistol contains only 17 parts (by comparison, the Glock 17 contains 34 parts)

Roman's big ugly non-Glock. - WB, 2019-07-30, 08:56
- I'm not impressed, glad Roman - Tom, 2019-07-30, 19:07
  - The mechanics are interesting to me - WB, 2019-07-30, 20:07
- I've wanted one of those for a while - Steve W, 2019-07-30, 15:27
- smaller version? GSh-18 - Jim Taylor, 2019-07-30, 13:36
  - I showed that to Roman, he about pee'd himself - WB, 2019-07-30, 17:13
  - what a crude pot metal P.O.S. that GSH-18 is - Gary Reeder, 2019-07-30, 16:30
- OK, so what is it? (nm) - charlie, 2019-07-30, 10:06
  - It was made for the Russians under contract - WB, 2019-07-30, 10:18
    - It should have been called..Strike Out. (nm) - Woody, 2019-07-30, 13:03
      - It’s his kids gun and thats the future. Gas on it Kid! - Curt, 2019-07-30, 16:16
      - Not my cup of tea but it flat performs, sort of - WB, 2019-07-30, 13:35
  - that is the Arsenal Strike One, and i know nothing about it (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2019-07-30, 10:13
- Dang! Thats a big pistol. (nm) - Gus S., 2019-07-30, 09:18
  - A bit of trivia, on the second John Wick - WB, 2019-07-30, 11:18