Brownells Gun Tech™ Keith Ford shows us his rare Uzi Pistol. No, not the Uzi submachine gun or the Uzi Micro machine pistol, but the semi-auto Uzi PISTOL. Set your wayback machine to the early 1980s, when Action Arms was importing into the U.S. the Uzi Carbine, a semi-auto, 16" barreled version of the renowned IMI Uzi submachine gun. AA wanted to get into the handgun market and asked IMI to build a pistol variant, which entailed far more engineering than just shrinking the subgun. Keith field-strips his pistol to show us what's under the hood and how it works. His gun is chambered in .45 ACP, but caliber conversion kits were available, and Keith shows us how easy it is to switch his Uzi pistol to 9mm Luger. In 1986, IMI decided to adapt the Uzi pistol for full-auto operation, and after adding a stock and some other accoutrements, the result is the select-fire Uzi Micro. Remember: Micro = select fire, Pistol = semi-auto. About 4,000 Uzi pistols were produced from 1984 to 1993. Much larger than most standard pistols and decidedly ungainly, the Uzi pistol wasn't a huge success. It's still one heckuva cool looking gun! Chuck Norris boosted his already substantial Badass Factor by carrying a pair of them in the 1985 movie "Invasion USA" (hint: do an image search for the movie's poster). Want to learn a lot more about the Uzi and other classic guns? Check out our friend Richard Hoffman's BWE Firearms channel.
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I feel like I was groomed to own one being a '80s baby having one as a toy water guns from the ice cream trucks.. I wish I could afford to have the real thing :(
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I just inherited one of these when my stepdad passed. Not sure what I want to do with it. I don't see it being much else except a safe queen.
broo uzi is a smg not PISTOL
Hello - nice gun you have there! Is that crooked trigger guard exclusive to the pistols? Or were micros also made with that same crooked trigger guard, rather than the rounded one you also see? Thanks!
I will have one. Someday ..
Cool. I always wanted one cuz Chuck Norris.
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I had one of these in early 2000s. I carried it daily in a Bible cover for few years.
Way fun gun.
1,800 rounds a goddamn minute?! Holy smokes man!🤯
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Going to be honest, the only reason I bought one of these is due to caliber conversions. Many of my concerns have been addressed with the UZI Pro but I won’t bother with getting one because they don’t have caliber conversions. Problems: weight, stupid cocking sight on the top (real distraction) no grip protection for the front of the weapon.
Now the mini-Uzi was NICE!!! I loved the 19 inch barrel and magazines were interchangeable.
IWI screwed the pooch with the Pro and it’s proprietary magazine.
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They made the original UZI bolt telescopic (and large/heavy), because it's straight blowback and 9mm is too powerful of a round to be straight blowback (without a heavy bolt)... but then they came out with the pistol that has a much, much smaller, lighter bolt (that's also straight blowback with no locking system)... so I'm just wondering why they needed to make the original UZI bolt so large and heavy. (Another example is the Hi-point pistols. I believe they are all straight blowback also, which is why they are so large and bulky... and the bolts aren't even solid steel if I'm not mistaken). Also, with the UZI being an "open bolt" design (originally), wouldn't the heave bolt slamming forward to fire make the gun harder to aim and control? Sorry for the rant. Would appreciate hearing other people's info and opinions.
I have the water pistol version... :)