Rob Pincus

Caracal Firearms: The Newest Pistols and Rifles

Rob Pincus
Duration:   3  mins

Description

In late 2013, PDN’s Managing Editor Rob Pincus was invited to participate in an exclusive opportunity to check out the newest Caracal firearms in the United Arab Emirates before they made it to the United States. Rob joined fellow instructor Wes Doss and gun writer David Bahde on a tour of the Caracal factory and a unique range session with the new Caracal firearms, their impressive new precision bolt rifle and even their take on the AR-15 Carbine. This video was produced by Caracal to share the trip with the U.S. firearms community.

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  1. Gary Slemp

    I will buy my weapons made in the USA thank you. I am sure these are fine, but I will not lend my support to a company that most likely will arm enemies of the US military.

My name is Jeff Spalding. I brought some friends of mine over here from the US. Wes Doss, Rob Pincus, and David Bahde. Just to kind of expose them to the UAE itself, to the culture, to what's actually behind the product that we are bringing to the US market. Due to the big demand we're having for Caracal pistols, and other products.

We are to go for this big hanger. The factory is clean and solid and state of the art. The guns are well built, and reliable and accurate. And overall it is a solid gun built really well. Come out here half way around the world out in the dessert and its raining, that's another aspect of this trip, that's gonna be unique and something to remember.

The first few magazines out of the Caracal CP660, you know I was very curious about what this gun was gonna feel like after having liked the first version, so much, the Caracal F, Ergonomically its still the same great gun Ambidextrous magazine release. The high capacity magazine's obviously a great feel on recoil while means rapid multiple shots springs of fire which is what were training for personal defense. I'm impressed, its a very comfortable gun to shot, I'm able to get nice and high in the gun, good bore relationship to my grip, its comfortable to shoot, good trigger, it's a very accurate pistol. The weapon is ergonomic, good fit in the hand, fantastic recoil management, the form, the function. It's incredibly accurate and a very reliable tool, so it's a pleasurable weapon to shoot for literally anybody.

It's an impressive gun. Alright guys, what you're looking at here, this is the Caracal CS308. It's our bolt gun. Completely proprietary design. You're gonna notice a threaded on and clamped muzzle break.

Full-length piccatinny on top. The receiver is 7075 aluminum. Again, made in Abu Dhabi at the Caracal factory. Bolt is a proprietary design, three locking lug system. Two stage trigger, fully adjustable, to suit to end user's needs.

Completely modular system with a detachable butt stock. Very, very sturdy once connected through this locking system We're gonna take a couple minutes here and give you guys a chance to shoot it. If I knew I was going to get to shoot a new model, entirely built by Caracal, the completely new design was pretty cool. And it performs very well. Very comfortable rifle to shoot.

Nice, crisp, and predictable trigger. It's able to get good groups. Adjusts well. Soft recoil, very nice rifle. What I think would appeal to the US market would be the fact that it's level of accuracy, it's level of controllability.

And the ergonomics. The weapon's a very ergonomic weapon. It's hard to fit a lot of people. And it's suitable for that. It's well built.

State of the art in terms of materials and manufacturing. It's comfortable. Fits a wide variety of hands. It's accurate, reliable, and that's true of every weapon I've tried so far, and that sets it apart. There's lot of companies that get most of that right, but not as many get them all correct.

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