Vektor CP1

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My wife is interested in the Vektor. Does anyone have any experience with it? It looks nice but it is a blow-back design with delay gas buffer to tame recoil. Does this really work? Anybody know the price?

Will


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Expensive POS. About $500.00. Only good for 4000-5000 rounds then you throw it out.
Gets dirty real easy. Stops working when it does. Leave this one alone.

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Glocks may come, and Glocks may go, but WALTHERS are FOREVER!!!


Off my meds (quit smoking), armed to the teeth, and loose on an unsuspecting society!!!
 
There are many other better makes out there.
I am guess she wants something compact and in semi? I would look in to the glocks and sigs,s&w. Denfoote is right it is expencive and for that much you can get a much better handgun.Also the life of the gun is not to long. I have a glock17 when they first came out, that was about 1981 when i got mine i have maybe over 10000 rounds in that gun all i have ever han to change was the spring in the mag and the recoil spring but as the frame and barrel ( yes still the original barrel) is still going strong.

hope this helps
 
DONT

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WLM,

I'm doing a comprehensive review of the Vektor CP-1 for a magazine, and will report what I find here as soon as we finish.

For some reason Vektors have generated lots of rumors--like that the gun was only designed for 5000 or so firings--that it is essentially disposable. This definitely isn't true and apparently arose from a typo in Vektor literature. I'll be putting 10,000 or so rounds through the thing. If the gun can't handle it I'll let everyone know.

The fixed barrel, gas retarded design ought to offer much less recoil and greater accuracy than standard Browning type actions.

What's interesting about the Vektor is that it appears to have many of the qualities that make HK's P7 probably the best defensive handgun ever--that is, controllable accuracy, supreme reliability, easy carrying, and intuitive simplicity. The P7 requires much less practice to achieve good competence, and the theory goes that the same may be true for the Vektor, but at a dramatically lower price. If this is true, and we'll find out shortly, your wife would undoubtedly love a CP-1--I've never met a woman who, upon shooting a P7, didn't consider it the best among ANY defensive pistol or revolver. Same for plenty of men.
 
Might be a great pistol but it'll likley never catch. That means few holster choices, difficulty of finding spare parts in the future, cost of magazines, warranty support and little possibility of custom work.

If you're considering a compact 9mm I second the suggestions of others to stick with a reputable manufacturer like SIG Sauer or Glock.

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So many pistols, so little money.
 
I will play the Devil's Advocate. These things take a long time to break in. You gave to clean them every 20 rounds for the first 200 rounds and from then on things get better. If you don't follow the cleaning/break in routine the thing freezes up and is hard to take apart. If you do follow the owners manual it would make a descent carry piece. Not many carry pieces are shot 4-5,000 times in the real world. Regards, Richard.
 
They sell for about $399 in OKC. They have the shiniest looking bore I have ever seen. So shiny and smooth that it was hard to see the rifling at least on the one I saw. The one I examined briefly looked well made (and kind of bizarre too). Has anybody actually shot one? I too read the article about them lasting only 4000-5000 rounds. I am amazed at the things gunwriters expect us to believe. Seems like maybe the same types of things were said about Glocks a few years back. Disposable gun? Jeez.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by WLM:
My wife is interested in the Vektor. Does anyone have any experience with it? It looks nice but it is a blow-back design with delay gas buffer to tame recoil. Does this really work? Anybody know the price?

Will


[/quote]The Vektor CP1 was designed to be as close to an ergonomically perfect pistol as possible. The gas delayed blow back design does reduce perceived recoil along with a lower barrel axis that reduces muzzle flip. The contours of the pistol allow for comfortable concealed carry. The CP1 is an excellent pistol with great point shooting abilities. I have personally fired thousands of rounds through mine with no problems. The rumors concerning a "disposable gun" are NOT TRUE! The factory states that like all pistols the CP1 after 6000 to 10,000 rounds can be expected to have its recoil and trigger springs replaced. The fit, finish and over all quality of this pistol are superb. Your wife will thank you if you get her this high tech pistol.
 
What really bothers me about the Vector - is the safety. Too Different from traditional pistol safties in the US... also its in the trigger guard. Unless your sights are on the target - your finger should be no where near the trigger.
 
Vector was considered by our Philippine Nat'l Police to be the standard issue for our local cops. Many rejected the idea because it looks like a toy. IMHO it does look like a space gun which I used to play with when I was a kid. But, I would not mind playing with it if I could get one. :D

vega
 
The child within wants to take that gun and go play Star Wars... er... Star Trek or somethin.
The only real problem I would see with that gun, is that I would be afraid that others would think it was a toy and misuse it. Not that I leave my guns laying around, because I don't. I lock them all up tight. Still, it just bothers me that, by some freak accident, my daughter might someday get ahold of it and think it was a toy (she knows when she sees a gun to leave it alone, but this one honestly doesn't LOOK like a real gun).
 
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