B&T USW 320

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Building on the success of their original Universal Service Weapon (USW) pistol, Swiss firearms and suppressor manufacturer B&T has designed a new polymer version based on the P320. Besides the modularity of the new USW-320, the frame itself is imported and sold as an uncontrolled part – meaning customers will be able to to buy it simply as a part or accessory and either add their existing P320 fire control group or purchase a new group through a licensed dealer.

Of course, prior to dropping a P320 fire control group into the USW-320 frame with a stock, owners will need to complete an ATF 5320.1 Form 1 – Application to Make an NFA Item – pay the $200 “making” tax and wait for approval. The upside of this process is that without the stock, the USW-320 with the fire control group is just considered a pistol that can be used prior to receiving your Form 1 and tax stamp. In addition, B&T has made the NFA engraving process easier by providing a suitable place for the required markings on the frame rather than directly on the fire control group.

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http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/02/01/usw-320/

http://youtu.be/LtLnnncrXXU

This would work with an M17 and DPP MRDS as well.

This is the only thing that's made the 320 even remotely interesting to me!

Red dot reciprocates. Meh. The stock might make is slightly easier to track, but it looks rather awkward to me, given how short the LOP is. All conjecture, since I've never shot a handgun with a stock.

I really liked the original USW concept, as it theoretically provides 2 (shoulder stock, non-reciprocating sight) out of 3 of the major advantages of a carbine vs. a pistol, in a collapsed package marginally larger than a full sized service pistol. It's still limited by pistol caliber terminal effects, but 2/3 ain't bad.

Although I think the USW is a great platform for the P320 system, I am much less enthused about it retaining the pistol's slide-mounted sighting system. I prefer fixed red-dot for both ease of use and durability/reliability reasons. I'm also really confused about engraving NFA info on the USW portion, which is a non-serialized component, vs. engraving the serialized FCU.

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Originally Posted by DpdG

I really liked the original USW concept, as it theoretically provides 2 (shoulder stock, non-reciprocating sight) out of 3 of the major advantages of a carbine vs. a pistol, in a collapsed package marginally larger than a full sized service pistol. It's still limited by pistol caliber terminal effects, but 2/3 ain't bad.

Although I think the USW is a great platform for the P320 system, I am much less enthused about it retaining the pistol's slide-mounted sighting system. I prefer fixed red-dot for both ease of use and durability/reliability reasons. I'm also really confused about engraving NFA info on the USW portion, which is a non-serialized component, vs. engraving the serialized FCU.

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Engrave the barrel. It meets the letter of the law.

Here is B&T’s competition:

http://youtu.be/hGCX6lC0LXg

That B&T stock along with a ALG style T2 mount would be the perfect sidearm for the vast majority of "foot patrol" security/LE like at airports, military bases, churches, banks, etc.
Especially with a properly designed retention holster and the stock folded to the side.
You could have a pistol sized package with sub-gun shootability.

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Originally Posted by JodyH

That B&T stock along with a ALG style T2 mount would be the perfect sidearm for the vast majority of "foot patrol" security/LE like at airports, military bases, churches, banks, etc.
Especially with a properly designed retention holster and the stock folded to the side.
You could have a pistol sized package with sub-gun shootability.

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Agreed. The EXO ONE is better as a pseudo carbine as theRDS doesn’t reciprocate but it won’t carry like a pistol.

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Originally Posted by JodyH

That B&T stock along with a ALG style T2 mount would be the perfect sidearm for the vast majority of "foot patrol" security/LE like at airports, military bases, churches, banks, etc.
Especially with a properly designed retention holster and the stock folded to the side.
You could have a pistol sized package with sub-gun shootability.

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This is exactly why I liked the original USW. Whether via ALG or the original receiver bridge, a non-reciprocating sight and retention holster would be the bee’s knees for the roles you listed.

I'd be interested in a Glock version of this frame. Yeah I know it would be a firearm in and of itself, but sell it as an 80% receiver and let the end-user form 1 it. I have no use for the 80% frames Glock frames out there right now because they don't offer anything to me that a factory receiver doesn't offer, but something like that would.