4.6 x 30 Rifle Available?

[Guest semiautots]

Anybody know if any rifles in 4.6 x 30 are available to us civilians?

 

Many thanks!!

[nightrunner]

I am aware of no firearm period available to civilians chambered in that cartridge.

Might be possible to have a Contender custom chambered for it but even thats a stretch. Edited March 31, 2014 by nightrunner

[whitewolf001]

Isn't that the funky cartridge made for the HK MP7? Why would one want such a proprietary cartridge? 5.7x28 is already bad enough...

Edited March 31, 2014 by whitewolf001

[nightrunner]

Isn't that the funky cartridge made for the HK MP7? Why would one want such a proprietary cartridge? 5.7x28 is already bad enough...

Yep, and the ONLY firearm chambered for that round as far as I know. HK had a pistol in development but scrapped the idea.

I always wondered why midway and a few other places sold ammo but civilians cant buy guns that shoot it.

[Guest semiautots]

Isn't that the funky cartridge made for the HK MP7? Why would one want such a proprietary cartridge? 5.7x28 is already bad enough...

 

As a collector as well as a shooter, I like strange calibers.  Thought this caliber in a pistol would be kinda neat.

[whitewolf001]

As a collector as well as a shooter, I like strange calibers.  Thought this caliber in a pistol would be kinda neat.

 

Well that IS about as strange as it gets but then, who knows, maybe here in 20 years that stuff will be worth its weight in Platinum.

[whitewolf001]

Not sure if this is someone over at TFB having fun with April Fools but if so, he's very convincing... Anyways, your luck may change if this IS true.

 

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/04/01/hk-97-civilian-mp7/

[nightrunner]

Hot damn! If thats true, I will own one. I kind of have a thing for odd guns.

[1gewehr]

Great!  Another REALLY expensive cartridge and weapon that is ballisticaly similar to the .22WMR.  And it always amazes me how HK manages to produce weapons using the cheapest manufacturing processes available and charge astronomical prices for them.  If it costs HK more than $200 to produce each MP7, I'd be amazed.

[hipower]

Because they can.  And...they hate you. 

[RED333]

Only 400 ft lbs of knock down.

223 is over 1000 lbs.

WHY?

[nightrunner]

Only 400 ft lbs of knock down.
223 is over 1000 lbs.
WHY?

Because you load the ammo in the magazine backwards.

[RED333]

Because you load the ammo in the magazine backwards.

???

What does this have to do with knockdown power.

 

Edit to add, I am a bit slow, cool factor, right?

Edited April 6, 2014 by RED333

[nightrunner]

You asked why? My answer is, " Its HK, it doesnt matter"

That was a reference to when a HK rep did a photoshoot and had a loaded magazine in the foreground and had the ammo facing in the wrong direction.

I personally want one for the cool factor and because I am intrigued by the round, along with the 5.7

I have a thing about wanting at least one gun that shoots all somewhat available calibers, therefore i want this as it is the only commercially available firearm chambered in the caliber. If they make a normal pistol, USP-sized, i would have no use for this.

Its not a practical weapon in any sense unless you were to get teleported into a CallOfDuty game.

[1gewehr]

???

What does this have to do with knockdown power.

 

Edit to add, I am a bit slow, cool factor, right?

Reference to THIS actual HK advertisement from the 2004 SHOT Show.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/05/08/hk-bullets-real-story/

[nightrunner]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/04/02/hk97-april-fools/

[whitewolf001]

Well poop...