Windham Weaponry Rp9sfs-762m 762x39mm Pistol With Brace Review
Windham Weaponry RP9SFS-7: forgettable name; memorable pistol
11.19.18
Lately I've had my hands on a test model of Windham Weaponry'due south RP9SFS-7, an AR-fashion, gas impingement pistol chambered in .223 Remington/5.56 NATO. For simplicity, it'south chosen "pistol" in this commodity.
It's easy to find this pistol attractive for both form and function. The Windham group made a lot of good decisions, in this author's stance, crafting and outfitting this footling shooter. And by "fiddling," I mean it's brusk, just 24.75 inches overall, and lite; 5.5 pounds sans magazine.
Working from front to back, we find a archetype birdcage wink hider crowning a ix-inch barrel with Melonite QPQ stop. Within, the barrel has i:7 right-manus twist rifling. Effectually the barrel is 7 inches of Windham's own gratuitous-float handguard with Pic rail on top, and a sweetness two-inch section of accessory rails on the left front.
That rails continues rearward atop a Windham-forged 7075 T6 aluminum receiver. Information technology'due south outfitted with a Magpul trigger guard and has a black, anodized finish. The trigger is mil-spec. In that location's a standard ii-position safety, marked on both sides. Inside is a Carpenter 158 Steel bolt. The finger-groove, beavertail grip is a Hogue product. Bringing up the rear is an update to this pistol from that currently shown on Windham'due south website: SB Tactical'southward slim, trim SBA3 AR pistol stabilizing brace, a $170 item when purchased alone. The brace telescopes to four positions and has a socket for a sling mount stud.
The charging handle, at 2.0 inches broad, is 0.25 inches narrower than milspec. It's a perfect and practical fit for this compact weapon, and helps insure it'll fit in the tight spaces where many will stow it.
In add-on to the perfect amount of accessory rail included on the pistol, it has other touches that make it useful and ready to go, right out of the box. There are adaptable, polymer front and rear flip-upwards sights past Kriss, and a QD sling swivel attached at the rear of the receiver, on which to clip the included web sling. It's also shipped with a thirty-round metal mag.
With my own reddish dot sight on a quick-release mount, I had the RP9SFS-vii whacking steel at 175 yards afterward a couple small windage adjustments. While its firmness makes it more than suitable for short-range engagements, I found it quite capable of firsthand transitions from bedroom-distance shots to moderate-range hits.
This is a solid platform that has run without one hiccup and so far, at the 200 round marking, and having been fired by iv different shooters. Information technology's gloriously easy to carry, with the exception that the inexpensive, stretchy elastic ane-bespeak sling I put on it (a factory sling wasn't included in the writer's kit) was basically useless as the rubberband bottomed out fast, leaving the muzzle to hang annoyingly low.
Not completely useless, the cheap sling does permit one to brace the pistol on the neck, providing stability. I found this technique useful and fun when shooting from the flat of my back, a weird and unlikely shooting position, but one in which this platform is easier to handle and aim compared to a carbine.
In addition to the providing a identify to mount a light, the two-inch rail provides a palpable, intuitive index betoken for the support manus, one that supports safe shooting via gently blocking the back up hand from moving forward into muzzle blast territory. Almost left-handed shooters would benefit from moving the rail to the opposite side of the handguard.
The Kriss sights adjusted hands and grade a overnice lower-third co-witness with my Aimpoint Micro T1, mounted on a LaRue Tactical high mount.
3 associates and I put the RP9SFS-seven through its paces from several different positions that precluded shouldering the gun. To do so would automatically turn this "pistol" into a "brusk-barreled rifle" under the nonsensical National Firearms Act. We fired it from an single, extended arm, a difficult position to concur for long. Adopting a cheek weld and keeping the SB Tactical brace all the way forward and then as non to gamble shouldering it, the pistol did all we asked in terms of accuracy. Fifty-fifty with the niggling .223 circular, one limitation of this platform, when shot without shoulder contact, is recoil recovery fourth dimension. Looking at pictures from the range exam, I was surprised at the degree of muzzle jump while in the standing position using a cheek weld and 2-handed grip. Bracing it using the sling around my neck and articulatio genus contact in a sitting position offered ameliorate control.
Ane thing none of us did was use the SB Tactical SBA3 caryatid as an arm brace. The slim profile of this brace has a downside, and that is its branches are too brusk, and the Velcro strap is the aforementioned, for wrapping it around a forearm. Merely I concord with Windham's motility to this brace, which is dissimilar than the one shown on this pistol on their website as of this writing. The SBA3 is a streamlined, like shooting fish in a barrel-to-pack stock that should warm the hearts of bedside and truck gun enthusiasts, not to mention people who are running out of room in the safe. There's always a niggling room left for this compact and easily secreted "pistol." In this writer's estimation, it's also perfectly appointed for the job of compact self-protection, with room for a lite, included flip-up sights, and a handy manner to hang a sling. Equally a big fan of keeping defensive gear simple and functional, this one'due south got everything just equally it is—unless y'all want to add an optic.
The but criticism I take is the proper noun. Could Windham Weaponry have come up up with something less memorable than RP9SFS-7? I don't think so. This pistol volition surely give interruption in the minds of gun owners who think it's silly to name a firearm. Telephone call it Ray, or Chuck, or Sue, anything other than RP9SFS-seven!
Despite the proper noun, this is an altogether high-quality pistol that's a joy to shoot. And at that place's every reason to feel good most owning it. Windham offers a lifetime, transferable warranty. As a company, Windham Weaponry represents American resiliency. When Bushmaster left Maine for New York in 2011, it effectively left its experienced core group of employees loftier and dry. Bushmaster'south founder re-established Windham Weaponry where Bushmaster had once been. The company continues has thrived on the investment and hard piece of work of those who brought it into being.
The RP9SFS-7 is 1 of Windham Weaponry's most modern creations, and should please anyone in the market for a truly functional, well-machined, well-appointed AR-style pistol. MSRP is $1,254; look for real prices around $1,000.
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