From everything I’ve read and seen, this seems to be a great offering. I only wish it would make it to production. The simplicity makes me think GLOCK. Sleek, smooth and an easy shooter. A perfect vehicle firearm. I am tempted to by the AirSoft version although I don’t own anything AirSoft yet. (The idea is appealing due to limited ammo availability.)
What does the vast majority seem to think of the idea?
I think many of us were (and still would be) very supportive of this concept, and it certainly generated a lot excitement when it was announced. The problem is that you cannot buy a product that is never released, and every time Magpul has been asked about this in recent years, they have indicated that it remains something of a back room bench project for them. Not forgotten, but not moving forward very quickly, either.
Obviously, no production plans have ever been announced. This can be interpreted to mean many things. Perhaps the shooting characteristics of it just aren’t especially tolerable. Perhaps the design is not technically mature. Perhaps the company’s market research hasn’t justified allocating the funds to get things started. Perhaps they are working on something that supersedes the original design. Perhaps they just wanted to test a concept, and have no desire to deal with the kind of production woes that accompanied the Masada/ACR project. Perhaps they were really just trying to generate some government interest with this idea, and grew discouraged when things didn’t quite come together. Perhaps they aren’t ready to deal with the legal entanglements of building an SBR for the general market.
Whatever the case, this remains one of the most promising stillborn SBR PDW weapons ever devised. A full-powered rifle in a P90-like package? What could really be any cooler than that? Oh, that’s right: an actual, deliverable product.
For the foreseeable future, an Airsoft mockup is probably about as close as you’re ever going to get.
Needs to have TDP fleshed out, but the mechanism is designed. Lots of work to be done, but far from a shell. You never know what could happen in the future.
Not that video games matter much, but I did notice that the PDR was a weapon in Battlefield 3. I apologize if that brings down the level of this thread. Just thought the press for it was notable.
Definitely a blast from the past. Fell in love with the concept since the 2007 Shot Show. I know I would personally buy at least four.
I wish, dare I say it, that Magpul would sell the idea to Smith & Wesson. Would be a great LE, go anywhere, responded to anything, all the time with a personal-type weapon. The “M&PDR”.
Maybe Ruger could pick it up considering they have been Xeroxing other companies’ ideas lately. The “LC-PDR” or the “SR-PDR”.
Although I always wondered why Magpul didn’t design a lower handguard picatinny rail, ala PDR-D, for a detachable P90-type VFG of the PDR-C. Also a snap-in/on pistol grip extension to the PDR-C. Then it would be just a very modular PDR…no -C or -D.
PLEASE Magpul, are you guys listening? Produce them!!!
The PDR does not and will never exist. No firing prototype has ever been made, just a plastic mock up. Nor should you expect Magpul to ever make another firearm. It’s a waste of time and money on their part.
I know that I’m probably going to get slapped on the wrist for this, but to me they are pretty dang close.
I will be the first to admit that Red Jacket ain’t even close to being the best in the industry, but if you are truly desperate for something, you can try their ZK22. I imagine the feel is pretty close to the PDR.
