AMG brings Lock, Stock and Barrel system for G17
A new player in the Glock pistol-to-carbine conversion game, American Manufacturing Group, has a system for the 4 Gen Glock 17 that swaps out the barrel of the handgun with a rifle-length drop in and adds a M4 style stock– while remaining ATF compliant.
Why a carbine kit?
Pistol caliber carbines date back to the 1850s and the concept in and among themselves are not new. Taking a standard handgun action and adding a short, rifle length (16-20 inch) barrel and a buttstock, you now have a longarm that still fires a pistol round. The stock and forearm provide a much better and more stable platform than a pistol’s grip alone. With a longer barrel, you get a longer and much more accurate sight radius. This means that basketball sized groups at 25-yards with a handgun can very easily become softball sized groups with that same handgun in a carbine configuration. With a little practice and a steady shooting position, 100-yard shots are a real possibility. You just can’t do that with a standard handgun.
AMG Sporting
Vincent Chiarenza’s American Manufactures Group has been around since about 2001 and markets a lot of different firearms accessories including a neat little 22LR reloader. One of their newest products is the Lock, Stock and Barrel system for the G17.
Simple in concept, it replaces the standard barrel on your Glock 17 (4th Gen only at this time), with a rifle-length 16-incher, a new Guide Rod Assembly with Accelerator and Accelerator cuff, and a Phoenix stock system that is currently considered kosher by the ATF’s Technical Branch– which means its NFA-compliant.
According to AMG, the system can be swapped out in two minutes and the changes are not permanent and is billed as improving accuracy “up to 70 percent.”
On the downside, you have to use 124-grain 9mm or higher to acutate the slide.
MSRP is $299.
