The Gunworld article was a wild rave,which is what I've learned to expect from gun rags (except for Gun Tests). I found severl things confusing. The weight of the guns was listed as 6.8 ounces, which seems unlikley.
But more confusing to me was the description of the "underlugs" on the barrel. In one sentence, the article said "this pistol utilizes an 'open slide tilting barrel operating and locking system'." Then a couple of sentences later, the article said that the barrel didn't tilt, "A huge benefit of this arrangement results in more positive feeding because the barrel angle doesn't change during cycling, and recoil is further reduced due this more in-line movement." And a picture of the pistol with the slide back sure looks like it has a tilted barrel.
I am very new to guns, and noticed a while back that a picture of a Beretta 92 didn't have the barrel tilted back the way that a more traditional 45 would have. Someone on TFL explained to me that the barrel on the Beretta 92 didn't tilt as it does on a 1911, that the Beretta used a "falling block" mechanism, or something like that. The description in the 9000S article looks like it might fit the Beretta 92, but not the 9000S. In addition, the bottom of the barrrel pictured in the article looks like it has a lug that functions more or less like the way a 1911 functions (I think).
Doesn anyone know how the 9000S operating and locking system works? It doesn't look like a 92 (or a Cougar for that matter), it looke more like a 1911 (or some tilting variety thereof). What function do the "underlugs" serve?
Thanks,
Munir
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PCV Yemen 1984-86
Local gun shop had them listed in wholesale catalog as available