The Intratec TEC-9 is a blow-back operated, semi-automatic 9mm Parabellum caliber firearm, classified by BATF as a handgun. It is made of inexpensive molded polymer and stamped steel parts. 10, 20, 32 and 50 round magazines are available. There are 3 substantially different models, all of which are commonly referred to as the ''TEC-9'', although only one model (the KG-99) was sold under that name. The TEC-9 was originally designed by Swedish company Interdynamic AB of Stockholm as the MP-9, a cheap submachinegun for military applications. Interdynamic was unable to drum up any interest among governments, and the MP-9 never entered production. Unwilling to give up on the design, Interdynamic set up a US subsidiary to market a semiautomatic version to civilians. Owing to its submachinegun heritage, the original TEC-9, model KG-9, featured an open bolt design, making it relatively straightforward to illegally convert it to a fully automatic machinegun. Criminals soon discovered this fact and by the mid-1980s it had gained a reputation in the public mind as the weapon of choice for criminal gangs. The ATF responded by forcing Interdynamic--now called Intratec--to convert it to a closed bolt design that is harder to make fully automatic. The closed-bolt model was designated KG-99 and marketed at first as TEC-9 and later the DC-9. The fearsome reputation of the "TEC-9" kept its popularity high among criminals even though few if any were able to convert the DC-9 to full auto. Gun control advocates pushed for the DC-9 to be outlawed, even though it was in reality little more than an oversized, inaccurate, and relatively unreliable pistol. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 banned the DC-9 by name, and forced Intratec to introduce a new model called the AB-10 (for "After Ban") that lacked a barrel shroud and threaded muzzle. A few years later, Intratec went out of business and AB-10 production ceased. More recently, the TEC-9 has found some popularity among collectors, while criminals have returned to using more conventional pistols. The TEC-9 is inherently inaccurate due to loose internal parts tolerances, crude sights, poor balance and less than ergonomic design. It is unreliable unless proper full metal jacket bullets are used. It has been made with a threaded barrel for attachment of a suppressor or flash suppressor to permit night-time shooting. The gun originally sold for around $200 USD. The weapon was among those used by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold in the Columbine High School Massacre. ==External links== * [http://www.impactsites2000.com/site3/class3_10.htm Illinois Firearm Resource] * [http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg136-e.htm Modern firearms] * [http://world.guns.ru/handguns/interdynamic_kg-9_2.jpg] Semi-automatic pistols
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The Intratec TEC-9 is a blow-back operated, semi-automatic 9mm Parabellum caliber firearm, classified by BATF as a handgun. It is made of inexpensive molded polymer and stamped steel parts. 10, 20, 32 and 50 round magazines are available. There are 3 substantially different models, all of which are commonly referred to as the ''TEC-9'', although only one model (the KG-99) was sold under that name. The TEC-9 was originally designed by Swedish company Interdynamic AB of Stockholm as the MP-9, a cheap submachinegun for military applications. Interdynamic was unable to drum up any interest among governments, and the MP-9 never entered production. Unwilling to give up on the design, Interdynamic set up a US subsidiary to market a semiautomatic version to civilians. Owing to its submachinegun heritage, the original TEC-9, model KG-9, featured an open bolt design, making it relatively straightforward to illegally convert it to a fully automatic machinegun. Criminals soon discovered this fact and by the mid-1980s it had gained a reputation in the public mind as the weapon of choice for criminal gangs. The ATF responded by forcing Interdynamic--now called Intratec--to convert it to a closed bolt design that is harder to make fully automatic. The closed-bolt model was designated KG-99 and marketed at first as TEC-9 and later the DC-9. The fearsome reputation of the "TEC-9" kept its popularity high among criminals even though few if any were able to convert the DC-9 to full auto. Gun control advocates pushed for the DC-9 to be outlawed, even though it was in reality little more than an oversized, inaccurate, and relatively unreliable pistol. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 banned the DC-9 by name, and forced Intratec to introduce a new model called the AB-10 (for "After Ban") that lacked a barrel shroud and threaded muzzle. A few years later, Intratec went out of business and AB-10 production ceased. More recently, the TEC-9 has found some popularity among collectors, while criminals have returned to using more conventional pistols. The TEC-9 is inherently inaccurate due to loose internal parts tolerances, crude sights, poor balance and less than ergonomic design. It is unreliable unless proper full metal jacket bullets are used. It has been made with a threaded barrel for attachment of a suppressor or flash suppressor to permit night-time shooting. The gun originally sold for around $200 USD. The weapon was among those used by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold in the Columbine High School Massacre. ==External links== * [http://www.impactsites2000.com/site3/class3_10.htm Illinois Firearm Resource] * [http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg136-e.htm Modern firearms] * [http://world.guns.ru/handguns/interdynamic_kg-9_2.jpg] Semi-automatic pistols
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