The Just Right Carbine

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posted on July 22, 2013
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Whether you’d like one for home-defense, just want to have some fun on the range or still pine for the good ol’ days, - when your rifle and your sidearm took the same ammunition – you can appreciate a pistol caliber carbine. Today we’ve got one that goes a step further – it accepts your favorite pistol-caliber magazines, too.

Based out of Canandaigua, New York, Just Right Carbines was formed in 2009. Its founders had one mission in mind: to engineer a simpler, more reliable and more flexible carbine in center-fire pistol calibers. The gun I’m holding, simply called a Just Right Carbine, is the result of their work. It’s a straight blowback-operated, semi-automatic, pistol-caliber carbine with a telescoping 6-position collapsible buttstock and free-floating quadrail forend.

To learn more about Just Right Carbines, check out the video below, hosted by Associate Online Editor Shawn Skipper

Technical Specifications:

Caliber: 9 mm, .40 S&W or .45 ACP

Barrel Length: 16¼"

Overall Length: 30¼" collapsed, 33½" extended

Weight: 6.5 lbs.

Magazine: Can accept appropriate Glock or 1911 style magazines (model dependent)

MSRP: $599

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