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TEC-9
Model: Intratec TEC-9The quintessential "gangsta gun", the TEC-9 is one of the most controversial handguns in modern history. The TEC-9 and its variants were among the 19 weapons banned by name by the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and was one of the weapons used in the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. It received some attention in the 1990s as well due to the ease of converting it into a full auto machine pistol, supposedly common among street gangs. This gives the gun an extreme negative reputation.
The TEC-9 is a high-capacity handgun designed by Interdynamic AB of Stockholm, Sweden. When the gun failed to find a military buyer, their American offshoot, Intratec, began producing it for the commercial sector. The weapon has gone through a number of variations; the original KG-9 marketed to the military, the TEC-9 that everyone knows, the TEC-DC9, which is essentially the same as the older weapon, and the AB-10, a weapon with no thread on the muzzle and a 10-round magazine (though it could accept the high-capacity mags of the older weapons).
| Specifications: | |
| Weight: | 1.23 kg - 1.4 kg (2.7 - 2.71 lbs) |
| Length: | 241 mm - 317 mm (9.5 - 12.5 in) |
| Barrel Length: | 76 mm - 127 mm (3 - 5 in) |
| Cartridge: | 9x19mm Parabellum |
| Action: | Blowback |
| Muzzle Velocity: | 1181 ft/s (360 m/s) |
| Effective Range: | 55 yd (50 m). |
| Feed System: | Detachable box magazine. 10, 20, 30, 32, 50 |
| Sights: | Rear U-notch, front post |
Where to find
The TEC-9 has a reputation as a cheap weapon, though the Assault Weapons Ban, Intratec going out of business in 2001, and bad publicity has made it relatively difficult to find. Despite this, a never-used weapon only costs about $300, not a lot for a pistol with such a large magazine. Used weapons are even cheaper.
Complexity
Unfortunately, you get what you pay for. The TEC-9 has a reputation as a weapon only good enough to put lead on a target at 30 feet and not much else. When converted to full auto, it tends to spray uncontrollably, making it nearly useless past across-the-room distances. The magazines are not interchangeable with other weapons, it's not especially accurate, and often has trouble feeding.
Controls
List all controls in a bullet point format, with their location and how to manipulate them; what does what, basically. Example below.
- Safety: The safety is built into the operating handle. Push it in for SAFE and pull it outward for FIRE.
- Magazine catch: Located in front of the trigger guard.
- Operating handle: Located on the left side of the upper receiver.
Loading
Condition One, or "Locked and Cocked." Chamber loaded, magazine full, hammer cocked and safety applied.
- Point the weapon in a safe direction. Critical step in case it accidentally discharges!
- Take a loaded magazine and push it up into the magazine well until it clicks.
- Pull the operating handle back and let it snap forward under spring tension.
- Push the operating handle inward to put it on safe.
- Cannot be done.
Condition Three. Chamber empty, magazine full, hammer down, safety off.
- Point the weapon in a safe direction. Critical step in case it accidentally discharges!
- Take a loaded magazine and push it up into the magazine well until it clicks.
Unloading
How to unload the firearm and make safe. Presented in a numbered list.
- Point the weapon in a safe direction. Critical step in case it accidentally discharges!
- Push the magazine catch forward and pull the magazine out.
- Pull the operating handle back and examine the chamber for ammunition. Release the operating handle.
- Pull the trigger.
Field Stripping
How to disassemble the firearm for cleaning. Presented in a numbered list.
- Point the weapon in a safe direction. Critical step in case it accidentally discharges!
- Unload the weapon as described above.
- Push out the assembly pin in front of the magazine well and lift the upper receiver off by the barrel.
- Use a quarter to remove the threaded rear disk cap.
- Pull the operating handle to the disassembly notch and pull it out of the bolt assembly.
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Thread started: Feb 12 2011, 10:17 PM EST
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without a doubt one of the most unreliable semi auto made. stamped out of cheap pot metal and plastic it does not even work well as a club. pick something else
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