Type Semi-automatic pistol Manufacturer KRISS USA | Place of origin United States Cartridge .45 ACP | |
The KRISS KARD is a prototype of semi-automatic pistol being developed by KRISS USA (formerly Transformational Defense Industries (TDI)). It is chambered in .45 ACP, and utilizes the same Super V System as the KRISS Vector, but in a much smaller package to minimize recoil and muzzle rise. It will not have a blowback slide; instead it has a T-shaped cocking handle on the rear.
Design and features
The KARD’s is a handgun with a fixed barrel, rather than the more conventional and common tilting barrel system present among most pistols. To provide inertia, a weight is installed at the front of the weapon with a bolt actuator. The weight, which tilts downwards during recoil, provides the same functionality of inertia of a slide on conventional pistols. By the time the bolt and barrel separate, the pressure inside the barrel will be at safe levels. A recoil spring pulls the bolt back intro battery and stripping a round off the magazine on its return, ready for firing. The recoil mechanism transfers some of the recoil energy in a downward direction at front of the weapon, rather than rearwards like a slide does in conventional pistols. This is to assist in keeping the weapon on target. Due to the fact there is no slide present on the weapon, optical attachments can be more easily installed on the weapon. A fixed barrel is more accurate than a tilting barrel and will assist in making it easier to install muzzle attachments such as suppressors.