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SIG MPX: Video and Details

“The next generation of submachine gun is here,” states a SIG Sauer video demonstrating the all new SIG MPX. The SIG MPX is a new submachine gun that the company is expected to show off at next week’s SHOT Show.

There are a number of features that really set this gun apart from others in this category. First, according to the video, the SIG MPX is the world’s first submachine gun to work with a fully closed and locked rotating bolt system. The gun uses the SIG Sauer short stroke gas piston system that the company has used on their other rifles. There is a last round hold open.

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Saiga-9 Carbine

Russian arms manufacturer JSC Izhmash is gearing up to produce the Saiga-9 carbine, a civilian version of the Vityaz-SN submachine gun.  The new Saiga-9 will be chambered in 9mm (aka 9×19).

The new carbine was introduced at the 2012 Russian Hunting and Sporting Goods show in September. Currently, I don’t have much information on the Saiga-9, other than it is the “civil equivalent” of the SMG.

Below is a video of the Vityaz-SN in action. Expect that the Saiga-9 will look similar (with a longer barrel no doubt), but will lack the automatic fire.