The Arsenal Firearms "Strike One" is a

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- framed, short recoil operated, striker-fired

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introduced by the company Arsenal Firearms in 2012. The Strike One is known in Russia as the «Стриж» ("Strizh", Swift bird).

Development

The AF-1 Strike One uses a Bergmann System introduced in the

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. Unlike the Browning system, the barrel does not tilt. It is locked with a Y shaped part that during the recoil locks the barrel and bolt and halfway through it drops, releasing the barrel. The barrel stops its motion, the bolt continues back, ejecting the spent cartridge case and loading fresh cartridge and on its way back the Y shaped locking fork reengages and the barrel and bolt move together forward. Instead of tilting the barrel only moves in a straight line, thus increasing the accuracy. The Strike one is rated for +P+ ammunition and specifically set up to fire Russian 9×19mm ammunition 7N21 and 7N31 which are close to .357 SIG in their performance. The pistol will be available in:

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, 9×21mm IMI,

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, and .40 S&W. There is no discussion for

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.45 ACP The .45 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol) or .45 Auto (11.43×23mm) is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol. After successful military trials, it ...

versions, although a

.38 Super The .38 Super, also known as .38 Super +P, .38 Super Auto, .38 Super Automatic, .38 Super Automatic +P, or 9×23mmSR, is a pistol cartridge that fires a bullet. It was introduced in the late 1920s as a higher pressure loading of the .38 ACP, a ...

version is being considered due to this cartridge's popularity in Italy in particular (Italian laws forbid civilians to have weapons in the same caliber as military and police). A fully automatic version of the Strike One has been offered for the

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. Longer barreled version (300mm) is also available. The Strike One pistol features a low

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as the distance from the barrel central axis to the top of the grip is . Other 9×19mm Parabellum chambered service pistol designs have higher bore axes like the

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, locked breech, tilting barrel Caracal F ,

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and

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The

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and

, rotating barrel lock Beretta Px4 Compact designs both have a bore axis height.

Stryk and Archon variants

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in 2016, Arsenal Firearms announced that they would be partnering with Salient Arms International (SAI) and

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in the newly formed ''Prime Manufacturing Group'' (PMG) to produce in the United States a redesigned version of the pistol known as the ''Stryk''. This newer generation was initially announced to be manufactured and sold by SAI in the US as the Stryk-A full size (same dimensions as the former Strike One) and Stryk-B compact variants, at a lower cost and maintenance and an even greater profit margin. In 2018, due to a potential trademark dispute, ''Arsenal Firearms'' rebrands its US subsidiary ''Arsenal Firearms USA'' as ''Archon Firearms''. On the American market, the STRYK-B is named the Archon Type B. Concurrently, SAI still sells the remaining production of the original "Tier One" Strike One on the US market. Arsenal Firearms originally produced the AF1 Strike One in Italy. Newer STRYK-A of similar dimensions and the more compact STRYK-B (as well as the American variant, Archon Type B), are now manufactured by Swiss company

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in Germany and Hungary. STRYK-A/B and Archon Type B pistols feature Glock-compatible sights with a fiber optic on the front, upgraded gripping surfaces and ergonomics, a redesigned flat-faced and short reset trigger, a different slide profile and other modifications. The compact (B model) has a 15-round magazine.

Gallery

File:22_LR_Strizh-Strike_One_Moscow_International_Exhibition_ARMS_%26_Hunting_2013.jpg,

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Users

* : The Strike One (or Strizh in

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) was not adopted as the service pistol in the

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,Убийца "Глока" // журнал "Оружие", № 1, 2014. стр.16-23 even though

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troops have been seen wielding them.

References

External links

* Official Distributor for USA (United States Of America): https://americanprecisionfirearms.com/
Arsenal Firearms International website

Arsenal Firearms European website
(featuring STRYK-B)
Arsenal Firearms Italian website
(featuring many variants of the Strike One)
Archon Firearms website
(US subsidiary of Arsenal Firearms, featuring the Archon Type B) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arsenal Firearms AF-1 Strike One 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols .40 S&W semi-automatic pistols 9×21mm IMI semi-automatic pistols .357 SIG semi-automatic pistols Semi-automatic pistols of Italy Semi-automatic pistols of Russia