With a street price around $1,500 the KRISS Vector GEN 3 is among the more expensive submachine guns-turned-pistol-caliber-carbines on the market. For personal defense, it’s a standout among the big dogs of the pack which includes semi-auto clones of the H&K MP5 series and the SIG MPX Copperhead. The 16 inch barrel KRISS Vector GEN 3 carbine is more versatile and easily customizable than the GEN 2 model with an improved, removable, aluminum forend with M-lok slots for accessory mounting on three sides, a reversable magazine release redesigned to minimize the chance of accidental activation, a shortened and more ergonomic folding charging handle, a Picatinny mounting rail at the rear of the receiver for attaching a buttstock or brace, a new minimalist telescoping, side-folding, buttstock that can be configured to fold to the left or right side, and it accepts all standard AR pattern pistol grips. It also accepts standard Glock magazines and KRISS offers 40 round magazine adapters for truly massive firepower.
The core feature of the KRISS Vector series remains their patented Super V Recoil Mitigation System which redirects a significant amount of recoil energy from a horizontal vector to one nearly vertical which works to reduce felt recoil and muzzle jump when firing for dramatically faster recovery between shots. The result is more shots on target in less time. The 8.5 pound, 16 barrel, carbine version is nose heavy and is not as quick to the target as lighter guns, but once there, it can hammer round after round home with remarkable speed and efficiency.
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