New from MasterPiece Arms: MPAR556 Pistol

1. Blacklisted media that give honest, if unflattering, reviews. Yeah, that makes me want to spend my tiny, tiny firearms budget on one of their products.

2. ^^^^ this

3. Looks like it could use a vertical foregrip and not the angled grip…seeing by how he has to pinch the angled grip…

   • But wouldn’t that require AOW paperwork and registration with the fed?

     • Exactly. If you add a VFG, the ATF says it’s no longer “designed to be fired with one hand” so it is no longer legally a pistol and becomes an AOW.

     • doesn’t the AFG make it an AOW anyway?

       • No, becaue you cannot put your thumb around an AFG like a VFG,so the ATF says it’s not a forward vertical grip. Arfcom has numerous threads and links to documents about it.

       • Actually, you kinda can.

       • But it looks uncomfortable as all get out.

   • A vertical foregrip would suddenly turn it from a pistol to an AoW, which is horribly, incomprehensibly bad. AoWs have been known to sacrifice puppies, turn all fired rounds into dum dum bullets, teach children bad words, and rip apart policemen with their bare locking lugs which is why they require special licensing and stamps from the ATF. If you don’t have that stamp, you are a felon of the worst degree, worst than a child rapist if jail time is any indicator.

     • The worst part is that as soon as the foregrip is installed, malevolent forces ranging from poltergeists to Cthulhu will infest the weapon and owner, turning them irrevocably to the cause of Satan. Thankfully, the wise folks responsible for the NFA stand as a bastion between we lowly mortals and these wretched portals into Evil’s domain.

4. But does it come with a “arm stability brace”? 😀

5. This country has some idiotic gun laws.

   • First they outlawed booze. Then they outlawed the weapons the bootleggers were using in their turf war. Shouldn’t they have made those weapons legal again when prohibition was repealed?

     • Bravo! And ditto.

     • I don’t see why not. Nobody makes the Thompson or the BAR anymore.

       • Don’t tell that to Auto-Ordnance…

         http://www.auto-ordnance.com/Firearms/Thompson-T1.asp

       • Here’s your BAR.

         http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/Firearms/OOWExclusiveFirearms/1918A3_SLR.rif

6. Why review useless range toys? These “pistols” are nothing but inaccurate bullet hoses and a total waste of money.

   • This. I don’t understand what purpose they serve, other than being giggle inducers.

   • Oh I don’t know. I’ve been thinking about scoring a 5.56 pistol. My state’s CHP is good only for concealed handguns and something like this (or a PLR-16 or an AK pistol) would make a great car gun in case of sudden civil unrest.

     But so what if you don’t think it has a use? I’d rather read the review and decide for meself.

   • Uh, no. The point of them is to make them into rifles via some quick gunsmithing and a $200 tax stamp.

     So, speaking of which, what’s the scoop on SBR’ing these bad boys? Easy or hard to get a stock on there?

   • This: http://www.sigsauer.com/SigStore/sb15-pistol-stabilizing-brace-552.aspx

7. Is that the proper way to use an angled fore grip? I hear the ATF can arrest you for not using products like that properly as the designer intended.

8. Lord what a pointless bit of advert for an unneeded ‘product’

9. Useless. Like a lead balloon.
   Nick should review the “100% American made” centurion 39 sporter.
   That is ACTUALLY useful

10. An AR or AK pistol is in the wish list, and the price of this looks reasonable.
    I can keep a pistol in a car but not a rife. So one of these would be great for WWZ

11. Man, I feel like such a boring old dude sometimes anymore… Chalk me up as another one that doesn’t get the AR pistol thing, but I’m sure it would be fun to blast off at the range. Not knocking anyone who likes them, I guess I just can’t find a legit use/spot for one in the collection. Slap a stock on it so I can get a nice cheek weld and actually aim, and a 16″ barrel to burn up the powder, reduce blast and get good velocity and then you’re talking… oh, yeah, an AR.

12. I have never heard anything good about the quality of MP Arms.

13. I blacklist companies that blacklist fair and honest reviews.

14. I would think that a professional response to a bad review would be to correct the problems, send an improved specimen for a second review, and thank the reviewer for his product-improving evaluation.

15. It’s always funny when people make universal declarations based only on comparing a given thing against their own particular standards, with nary a nod toward anyone else’s basis for decision making. Take these 5.56 pistols, for example. “Range toy”, “giggle inducer” and so forth. C’mon, just because it isn’t your thing, does that mean it has no value beyond frivolity? Truck gun was mentioned, and that’s valid, so is motorcycle gun. Even with a collapsible stock, an AR is still looking at an LOA of what, 32″ or so? That can be tricky tucking into a saddle bag.

    What about as a home defense firearm? These give you a mid-range rifle caliber in a nice little compact size. How much accuracy do you need across a room or down a hall, anyway? You can also easily toss this into a backpack for a hike in the woods or even around town, too, and no one’s the wiser. Sling an AR to your back in a decent sized city, even in Texas, and see how long you go about your business unmolested.

    Really, there’s a market for these because there are applications for these beyond the gun range. We shouldn’t be so swift to dismiss their utility outright based on personal preference (or prejudice.) After all, there’s a whole category of firearms owners out there who believe that there are basically only two types of civilian firearms: 3+1 bolt action rifles chambered in 30-06 and 2 shot break-action 12 ga. shotguns, and that everything else is at best a dangerous prop in fringe dwellers’ fantasy lives.

    • ^^^^This +1000. I have a POF with a 7.5 inch barrel that shoots MOA from the bench with a 1x4x24 Accusport scope. I thought we finally debunked this whole short barrel makes for less accuracy theory by now???

16. I don’t know why, but I want one.
    They look like a lot of fun

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