After 1 year on waiting for my NFA paperwork to clear, I got a call from my LGS this week. Very long story short, I was shooting my Maxim 9 in my back yard after work last night.
The gun is a lot of fun. It's my first experience with a centerfire suppressor and it was not as quiet as I thought it would be, even though it was about 94 degrees out. (2500 feet of altitude though). That said it was about as quiet as a high velocity 22LR out of a semi-auto rifle. Perfectly satisfactory for my back yard range.
I shot some 158gr Fiocci, 158gr PPU, 147 Lawman, 147gr CCI and 150gr S&B. I also tried some supersonics: 124gr Lawman and 124gr Gold Dots. Everything was definitely hearing safe. I did all my shooting in the long configuration. You can also remove two baffle sections to make the gun shorter, but louder. For my use, I don't see the need to do that.
The Maxim shot nicely. The trigger is heavy and rough as a lot of people have complained about. That will need to be polished. I have the spring set for it, but I'll try polishing first since I've heard reports of light strikes with the lighter springs.
The gun looks like it would be long and awkward, but does not feel that way. The long sight radius is a nice thing too. It is clearly not a CCW, but it is fine for a full size range toy or night stand gun. It has a fixed 4.5" barrel with a unique delayed blowback system. The front section is mostly empty space with the suppressor baffles and chambers and mostly made of aluminum. Most of the weight is at the rear, so the gun balances nicely. Weight wise, it feels about as heavy as a 1911 govt model.
It definitely favored the 147gr bullets over the 158s accuracy wise, and they weren't noticeably louder. The three dot night sights are good, and it uses Glock sights if I wanted to switch them out to something else. It also uses Glock mags. It comes with two 17rd Magpuls and I also tried 17rd ETS mags. Shooting about 150 rounds, there were no function issues at all.
Overall I'm really happy with the Maxim. For me it is worth the wait and cost. It's definitely a niche item, but it's a unique gun and fits my need/want very well.
The other toy I picked up was a CGS Kraken 9mm suppressor. Shown below on my 9mm AR15 pistol. That was a lot of fun too.
The gun is a lot of fun. It's my first experience with a centerfire suppressor and it was not as quiet as I thought it would be, even though it was about 94 degrees out. (2500 feet of altitude though). That said it was about as quiet as a high velocity 22LR out of a semi-auto rifle. Perfectly satisfactory for my back yard range.
I shot some 158gr Fiocci, 158gr PPU, 147 Lawman, 147gr CCI and 150gr S&B. I also tried some supersonics: 124gr Lawman and 124gr Gold Dots. Everything was definitely hearing safe. I did all my shooting in the long configuration. You can also remove two baffle sections to make the gun shorter, but louder. For my use, I don't see the need to do that.
The Maxim shot nicely. The trigger is heavy and rough as a lot of people have complained about. That will need to be polished. I have the spring set for it, but I'll try polishing first since I've heard reports of light strikes with the lighter springs.
The gun looks like it would be long and awkward, but does not feel that way. The long sight radius is a nice thing too. It is clearly not a CCW, but it is fine for a full size range toy or night stand gun. It has a fixed 4.5" barrel with a unique delayed blowback system. The front section is mostly empty space with the suppressor baffles and chambers and mostly made of aluminum. Most of the weight is at the rear, so the gun balances nicely. Weight wise, it feels about as heavy as a 1911 govt model.
It definitely favored the 147gr bullets over the 158s accuracy wise, and they weren't noticeably louder. The three dot night sights are good, and it uses Glock sights if I wanted to switch them out to something else. It also uses Glock mags. It comes with two 17rd Magpuls and I also tried 17rd ETS mags. Shooting about 150 rounds, there were no function issues at all.
Overall I'm really happy with the Maxim. For me it is worth the wait and cost. It's definitely a niche item, but it's a unique gun and fits my need/want very well.
The other toy I picked up was a CGS Kraken 9mm suppressor. Shown below on my 9mm AR15 pistol. That was a lot of fun too.
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