Today is day three in the hunt for the healthcare CEO who was gunned down in New York. Lots os speculation about the firearm used. It seems that the shooter had trouble with the gun and that has led some to believe that it was a particular type f firearm.
I haven't yet found the raw video of the malf, but more likely, the gunman was simply unfamiliar or unpracticed with the gun/suppressor combo. I have virtually no experience with suppressors, but I can understand that being unfamiliar might cause a malfunction.
NYPD thinks that they are closing in on this guy. Hopefully we will learn more over the weekend
UPDATE; A Welrod? That would be archaic. I doubt it. More likely a modern pistol with feeding probems.
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Some semi-auto pistols with short-recoil systems need a Nielsen compensator when a suppressor is added. The additional weight of the suppressor slows the rearward stroke of the slide+barrel which start out locked together. When the rear of the barrel tips down and releases the slide, the slide does not have enough velocity to travel far enough rearward to strip another round off the magazine.
This problem can be solve by using pistols firing low power rounds like .380 ACP or .22 LR in simple blow-back actions.
The shooter seemed to expect the lack of cycling and did not bobble, so either he practiced or this was not his first rodeo.
Didn't look like a Welrod to me. Too long. Looked like a standard pistol with an external suppressor attached.
Probably using subsonic ammo to take full advantage of the suppressor, so it wasn't making enough pressure to cycle the action....hence the malfunctions after every shot. He either didn't test the combo beforehand, or he knew it didn't work and didn't know how to fix it so he just accepted that he was going to have to cycle it by hand after each shot.
This was obviously well planned out, but just the fact of the malfunctions tells me it wasn't a "pro". Plus what was the point in the suppressor when you're going to do the deed on a public street in full view in broad daylight? Maybe to protect his own hearing? Could have used earplugs for that and had a much smaller, easier to conceal weapon that probably would have cycled properly.
Just my opinion. Not based on anything concrete.
I have no idea 'what' the pistol was...
The weapon used was a B&T Station Six 9mm bolt action pistol made for veterinary use. You have to rack it between each shot. Ian McCollum has a video on it. A modern take on the Wellrod. Empty casings had Delay, Defend, Depose scratched in them.
I watched the video and thought it was a Glock style pistol with a log suppressor installed one it. I still think my initial pistol assessment was correct but have also learned more about the booster required for some suppressed set ups. The shooter didn't seem to be bothered by the hand cycling necessity. I hope that the shooter is apprehended w/o incident sooner rather than later.
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