I’ve always been intrigued by the PDW concept and have dabbled in it with a 7.5” 5.56 build with a folding GHW Tailhook brace. Yes, I know 5.56 ballistics are severely compromised by the short barrel - but it is very easy to make hits out to 100M plus it folds up tiny.
I Springfield announced a PDW version of their Saint pistol at SHOT. I’m surprised to see it has some high zoot components - the Maxim linear brake is $200 retail, and their PDW brace is $350ish. This may make a decent PDW for the average Joe, I’m guessing street price will be $1400 or less.
I know the Saint line doesn’t seem to get much respect, but I have three friends who have various models and haven’t had issues. None of them have run theirs hard in a class setting, I’d be curious to see how they stand up.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/s...hot-show-2020/