Demro TAC-1

Demro TAC-1
Type	Carbine/Submachine gun
Place of origin	United States
Specifications
Weight	Unloaded: 7.7 lbs
Length	25.7 in
Caliber	.45 ACP
Action	Screw-delayed blowback
Muzzle velocity	960 frame/s
Feed system	.45 ACP: 30-round box magazine 9mm: 32-round box magazine
Sights	Iron

The Demro TAC-1 is a semi-automatic carbine chambered in either .45 ACP or 9x19mm Parabellum. It is visually similar to the Thompson submachine gun. It is unusual in that it is one of the few open bolt firearms that it is legal to own and sell in the United States.

Design

The TAC-1 is an open bolt, blowback-operated firearm that uses a screw-delayed blowback operation that was first used on Mikhail Kalashnikov's submachine gun prototype.

The weapon has a grip safety as well as a safety lever on the left side of the receiver, over the pistol grip. The standard version also has a combination lock above the trigger near the safety lever. In the selective-fire variants, this safety lever doubles as a fire selector. The magazine release is found behind the magazine well, and the charging knob is on the left side of the upper receiver.

The stock, pistol grip, and foregrip of the TAC-1 are wooden.

Variants

TAC-1M

Weapons with no combination lock bear the designation TAC-1M.

Selective-fire version

As the weapon was originally marketed towards law enforcement, the earliest models had selective-fire capability.

XF-7 Wasp

The XF-7 variant is identical, internally, to the standard TAC-1, but has a plastic stock, foregrip and pistol grip and a folding stock.

References

• Long, Duncan (1986). Assault Pistols, Rifles, and Submachineguns. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-87364-353-4.