Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/739629
www.fragoutmag.com Courtesy of Best Hunters, local PWS dealer, we had an opportunity to make acquaintance with the new PWS rifle. It wasn't for long – but it was long enough to see the writing on the wall: one of these days those beau- ties are going to join our stash, no doubt about it. The rifle we had the opportunity to examine was an 18-inch barrelled 'javelin' – 12-14 inchers fit our taste much better, so our future purchase would one of those. But anyway, this being the first MOD2 we were able to get our dirty hands on, we didn't whine and complain. We were not yet able to properly test the weapon – that would come when we own them and have much more time to make fun. This here and now was but a weapon familiarization session to take a good look at the novel ri- fle and give us an opportunity to describe what's all the MK1 MOD2 fuss about. It differs from the predecessor at a first sight – it is just like sighting a thoroughbred race horse amongst the workhorses. The MK1 MOD2 is something of a 'race-gun', a sporting weapon, not your typical 'paratactical' Black Ri- fle, like the previous iteration was. First of all, the weight-reducing measures were applied wherever possible: thinner gauge profiles, lightening holes, the works. As a result several dozen grams were removed, making the carbine – even in its javelin guise – svelte, and adding the jazzier, more modern, aggressive design. The receiver is reinforced with side ribs, so that thinner sides won't buckle under stress. One of the things that had to go was the forward assist – which at the same time turns back the clock: the orig- inal USAF M16s also lacked it. Wonder how all that cut- ting would affect functioning, especially in longer strings of fire? One thing is obvious: the MK1 MOD2 would need more care taken of, than its predecessor. But that's a race gun, for Pete's sake.