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That’s TAC-9, not TEC-9

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You are probably already unknowingly familiar with Melbourne, Florida-based Sol Invictus Arms through their AR components but get ready to meet the all-new TAC-9 pistol. 

Sol Invictus has long produced rugged, and reliable components such as barrels and lower parts kits that are OE for several brand-name AR manufacturers – for example, they ship a whopping 30,000 LPKs a month. However, when it comes to making their own all-up guns, they have had a more pockmarked past, having attempted to bring the AA-12 shotgun back to the market in 2018 before federal regulators gave the project a thumbs down. Now, SI is back with the TAC-9 pistol. 

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I got to mess with one this month at the Shooting Sports Showcase and found it very interesting.

More in my column at Guns.com.

The TEC-9: An immigrant’s tale

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As anyone who was around in the 1980s will tell you, all the coolest guns were plastic (we mean polymer) 9mms. Some, like the Glock 17, were cooler than others. Still, if looks could kill and looks were your thing, in the 80s you turned to Miami, Florida and found the good old TEC9. The thing was, you really did have to depend on its looks because the gun itself often left you hanging.

In invasion-conscious 1970s Sweden, the military was looking around for replacements for its vaunted Carl Gustav M/45, better known as K-gun. The Swedish K was a weapon for issue to commando types as well as truck drivers, vehicle crews and the like. It was a 7.7-pound (unloaded) 22-inch long 9mm burp gun that could chew out 600 rounds per minute. The local firm of Interdynamic AB of Stockholm put one of their designers on the task, a young man named George Kellgren.

His soultion was a gun that became infamous in the US as the TEC-9.
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