#Medusa m47 series#

While the outside shape is different than just about any other gun on the market, it is basically a Taurus TCP shoved in a curved frame.

The 180 Curve is sort of innovative and sort of not. Taurus 180 Curve: The 180 Curve hugs you in ways you have never been before. The pistol wasn’t really adopted by anyone and as best as I can tell was largely overlooked in the gun shops during its production run. The stock that turns it into a machine pistol? The Mauser Schnellfeuer 712 already kinda did something similar. Sure, there was a spring-loaded striker, but let’s face it, that has been done before. Other than the material used for the frame, there wasn’t much else that was revolutionary about the VP70. It was introduced in 1970 so you could argue that the pistol was facing some pretty stiff skepticism as a result of the M16’s abysmal initial performance in Vietnam. For whatever reason, the VP70 just wasn’t appreciated by the shooting public. The Heckler Koch VP70 was the first pistol to use polymer as a frame material, beating the Glock 17 to market by over a decade. Heckler Koch VP70: Photo Credit: Eric Eggly Archon also plans to offer a full-size gun that is more reminiscent of the original Strike One pistol as a Type A at some point, but no word as to when that might happen. Now the Strike One design is being revived as the compact Archon Firearms Type B to be released later this year. I have only seen one Strike One in person and that happens to be the gun that I own, that should tell you something. I am not going to harp too much on why the pistol failed on its first go here in the US but will simply say that the importer that had exclusive rights to the Strike One in the USA did an awful job promoting the gun and getting it into gun shops. The unique locking block that was reminiscent of the Bergman action keeps the bore of the pistol extremely low and makes the pistol very flat shooting. While the locking system in the Arsenal Firearms Strike One wasn’t new, it was innovative when applied to a polymer pistol.

Medusa M47:Īrsenal Firearms Strike One: The Arsenal Firearms Strike One Unfortunately, the popularity seems to end there as best as I can tell. The gun is popular with shooters that I might describe as gun hipsters and saw very limited adoption as a service weapon. My guess? Steyr failed to market the pistol properly in America when it was launched in the early 2000’s and never was able to recover.

#Medusa m47 series#

So why does the M series not get any love? It is a wonderful pistol by all accounts and is just as reliable as you would expect a modern pistol to be. While the M series doesn’t reap the benefits of serializing the chassis, it is removable and can be transferred to another firearm.

The Styer M series of pistols arguably laid the groundwork for the Sig P320, Beretta APX, Remington RP, and other pistols that have a removable chassis system. I do want to note that not all of the pistols mentioned below are good firearms, they just had some innovative features. Some of the guns on the list are still in production but seem to have rather low sales numbers. I tried to limit the time frame to the last several decades and not dive into anything that might be considered historical. I have compiled a short list of firearms that could be considered as innovative that were launched in the last several decades. Tell me what your thoughts are on the aforementioned pistol mounted red dots and 600 to 1,000-lumen pistol lights? What are your concerns? I guess the shooting community just needs to warm up to the idea of innovative accessories that enhance the performance of your gun. Funny enough the same objections were made when red dots on rifles started becoming commonplace, I don’t hear any of the same objections when it comes to long gun red dots or high output lights on a rifle.