Winchester-Western has created two new cartridges specifically for the Wildey Auto Pistol: 9-mm Winchester magnum, with the highest velocity of any commercially loaded handgun round, and 45 Winchester magnum, the biggest caliber amongst magnum pistol cartridges.

The ballistics are impressive: 9-mm Winchester magnum loads with 115-grain full-metal-case bullets provide a muzzle velocity of 1475 fps and muzzle power of 555 ft-lb. The numbers for the 45 Winchester magnum with 230-grain FMC bullet are 1400 fps and 1000 ft-lb. For $16.15 you are able to purchase a box of either fifty 9-mm magnum cartridges or twenty 45 magnum cartridges.

The double-action Wildey Auto Pistol is constructed of stainless steel, and has a fixed barrel, obtainable within your choice of five-, six-, seven-, eight-, or 10-inch lengths. With the six-inch barrel, the Wildey measures ten inches overall and weighs about 51 ounces.

The 9-mm magnum version holds 15 cartridges in its magazine, although the 45 magnum's capacity is eight rounds. The rear sight is adjustable for windage and elevation, and the ramp front sight is mounted on a ventilated rib. Grips are made of select hardwood best replica watches paypal , finely checkered.

The new Wildey is excellent for big-game hunting and metallic silhouette target shooting, the sports for which it was designed. Recoil levels with the effective 9-mm magnum and 45 magnum pistols are well beneath these of revolvers firing 357 magnum and 44 magnum cartridges.

Suggested retail prices for the pistols start at $389.95. The manufacturer is Wildey Firearms Co. breitling watch replica , Inc., Box 284, Cold Spring imitation breitling , N.Y. 10516-Paul Wahl

First gas-operated semi-automatic pistol

Self-loading handguns are usually either blowback-or recoil-operated . The new Wildey is unique-the world's very first production-model gas-operated semi-automatic pistol. Inside the patented Wildey program, a portion of the powder gases is exhausted from the barrel via six ports, where it impinges around the operating piston, driving it rearward to operate the slide and rotary bolt action. An adjustable gas-regulator ring controls the gas flow to accommodate different cartridge loads. With all the gas ports entirely reduce off by the regulator, the Wildey becomes a manually operated handgun.