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Posted: 1/8/2013 8:43:32 AM EDT
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Not sure if this is the right forum, but what can you tell me about the Tec-9? A buddy has a chance to get one with several mags. Junk, range toy, useful kit? Thanks, Michael |
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If you've gotta be silly, get an MPA Mac clone: http://www.handgunsmag.com/files/2010/09/hg_masterpiarms_201007-a.jpg I think you hit the nail on the head. I had 2 MPA carbines. except for trigger slap they ran very well with sten mags. I really regret selling them now. pretty accurate little things too. |
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I bought one for 350 with 4 mags.
Glad I did it too. Frankly guns are never a bad investment, and a gun that has the ability to piss off libs just on looks alone. . . . I'd say it's worth picking one up if you hit the right price point. I've had it for 5 years and never shot it. . . . . I have other things for that |
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tec-9s are not dependable and jam alot. This from personal experience. Ghetto jam-o-matic. Actually, take a look at the design of the gun. Look at where the ammo is introduced into the chamber. The feed ramp is an enormous funnel. You could practically throw the round at the chamber and it would go in. Unfortunately, as you noted this is often not the case. So we have to look at what else affects how the ammo is fed into the chamber. The bolt seems fine. Where it contacts the case is not really any different than how a number of other "reliable" guns contact the case rim. The only other component that appears to have any significant effect on the presentation of the round is the magazine. Having heard from other people, this seems to be the common issue with these guns. Check around and people with these will tell you about how the original factory mags run great, but the aftermarket mags are all junk. My experience seems to support this. I have a gun that came with one 32-round mag. It has dents on the rear right at where the bottom of the magwell would be. It appears someone pulled back too hard on the mag at some point. This thing doesn't run well, presumably because of the dents. I bought an aftermarket 32-round mag and it ran even worse. Recently, I found a couple of OEM 20-round mags. When I tried them out today, they both fed flawlessly. I tried Wolf, S&B, and some 147 gr. reloads. I'm pretty happy with them. Of course, it's difficult sometimes to determine if you have a factory mag or an aftermarket. I don't know if I've ever seen an aftermarket 20-round mag, but then I really haven't been looking either. I wonder if anyone even made any aftermarket 20s. Anyone know? If not, any 20-round mag would be an OEM and would likely be worth getting, if found at a reasonable price. The guns are also interesting from another standpoint. Early on, the design of semi-auto Uzis and MAC 10s were modified, altering a few key components, making it more difficult to convert these things to full-auto. I find it interesting to see that these features are still present on the TEC-DC9 version, and I assume on the earlier versions. Looking at it, it would appear to be very easy to convert. (Not that I'm planning on it. I've got my legal MGs, so why risk loosing them for a stupid stockless bullet hose?) |
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Quoted: Shot a Tec 22 once. After 5 rounds the top cover or something shot open and a spring shot out. That's all my buddy got out of his gun - 5 rounds! Firing pin was also broken. POS I have three of the things and, with a little tweaking over the years, two of them are completely GTG. The third one was a jammomatic no matter what I did, but I got it cheap so I kept it as a donor/parts gun to cannibalize as needed for the other two.  IOW, I had much better luck with them than with the 9mms... but YMMV. |
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