Beretta CX4 Storm 9mm

This has to be one of the most fun rifles I have had the opportunity to shoot. The Beretta CX4 Storm is on the cutting edge of pistol caliber carbines. With an all polymer frame it is extremely lightweight. The rifle is completely reversible for left hand shooters.  A selling point on this rifle is its interchangeable magazines with Beretta pistols. The one we have here is my favorite, the 9mm with Beretta 92/m9 mags. This allows you to purchase 15 or 20 round factory mags. 9mm is an excellent choice for this carbine. With a 16 inch barrel a good 9mm load hits you almost like a .357 Magnum. Most 9mm loads will break 1300 fps out of a rifle length barrel. Along with having pretty much no recoil, this gun is dead on accurate out of the box. All my friends and I took turns shooting half dollar groups at 75 feet with moderate rapid fire. With some practice, you really could put every shot through one hole on your target.

The CX4 is lightweight, compact, and maneuverable. Perfect for home defense when a rifle is too bulky or over penetration is an issue. I would trust my life to the iron sights on this rifle, whether engaging multiple targets or making that crucial shot with non-targets close by. At the indoor range when we first started practicing with this rifle, I sent the silhouette to 75 feet and shot 20 rounds as fast as I could alternating chest-head-chest-head. I ended up with a pair of 3” groups dead center chest and dead center face. Coming in around 700$ and offered in 9mm, .40S&W, and 45ACP, this carbine is a good pickup for HD or recreational shooting. In a survival setting, 9mm is the most widely used caliber and stocking up would be dirt cheap compared to larger calibers.

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the 115 grain HP load from Speer is going 1200 fps out of a 4 inch barrel.

Shown above with a one point sling, barrel shroud that nearly eliminates muzzle flash, folding forward grip, and 15 and 20 round mags.

Shown below with a 2 point sling.

 

Here with full top rail, fixed forward grip, laser, scope, and barrel shroud

 From the Beretta stand at the SHOT Show, digi cam with EOTech holographic sight. 

Springfield Armory SOCOM 2

I got the pleasure of holding on to this rifle to do a review. Springfield's SOCOM 2 is easily one of the finest battle rifles available on the civilian market. The hard hitting .308 Winchester or 7.62x51 NATO round is the most powerful defensive cartridge used in modern semi-automatic rifles. The SOCOM 2's 16" barrel and a redesigned muzzle break combine to provide surprisingly low recoil. This rifle provides a compact, tactical vairiation to the reliable M14 platform. All Springfield firearms are covered under the industry's best warranty, so these rifles hold thier value very well. With 20 round box magazines and 100 round drum now available, the SOCOM 2 can replace your smaller carbine with superior stopping power with just a small increase in weight(10.5 lbs. empty). The M14 platform has proved itself an extremely reliable platform under extreme weather conditions and has found a permanant niche in the armed forces in various configurations. The M1a SOCOM 2 provides true mil-spec performance with an under 2000$ pricetag. The integrated quad rail allows allows for the mounting of any holographic sight or scope.

Even with a 16" barrel,  the .308 round provides huge stopping power far past the effective range of its iron sights. With the proper optic the SOCOM 2 can be effective from 500-800 yards. Most .308 loads exceed 1000 ft/lbf of force at 500 yards. Since you would be happy to get your .45 ACP round to provide 400 ft/lbs point blank, .308 Winchester has stopping power beyond neccesary to provide a one shot stop at any range. Along with .308 bieng an excellent one-shot manstopper, it can be a very versitle hunting cailber. With 110 grain loads breaking 3000 fps and heavier loads breaking 3000 ft/lbf of muzzle energy, .308 can be your one caliber choice for all North American game.



Differences from the standard M1a rifle
- 16" barrel with short muzzle break insted of 22" barrel with birdcage muzzle break
- Integrated Mil-Spec quad rail
- Black or Urban Stripe Camo (pictured)

Springfield also offers the SOCOM 16, which is the same as the SOCOM 2 without the quad rail and adding a small top rail mount for a forward mounted optic.

MSRP- 1700$-2000$

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Tritium front sight notch glows in the dark, the same as pistol night sights.

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1. Springfield XD reviews for all models
2. Mossberg 500 buyers guide with full dissasebly details
3. Mosin Nagant identification and buyers guide
4. Everything you need to know about the Saiga 12

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