5.7 BEAST

KELTEC’S P50 PISTOL BRINGS 50+1 ROUNDS OF HEAT AT A BARGAIN PRICE

FRANK JARDIM

At first glance, the KelTec P50 pistol looks like an awkward beast—something you would see in a Sci-Fi thriller. After testing the pistol, I hope the U.S. Space Force considers it a standard issue for its troops. It would be ideal for CQB defense of the control room inside mission control or for satellite repair and maintenance soldiers to keep slung across their lower back as they work in the lattice of the rocket towers on the launch pad. The P50 has a lot in common with another Personal Defense Weapon (PDW), the groundbreaking FN P90. As PDWs went back in 1990, the FN P90 was way ahead of its time with its out-of-this-world ergonomic design, bullpup layout, 50-round magazine and unique, low recoil, soft body armor-defeating 5.7x28mm chambering. It…

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Tactical Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2023

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