B&T USW-G: The Most Useful & Misunderstood Pistol Enhancement Chassis

[@donh1572]

I’m surprised this isn’t more popular than the flux raider. The quality seems far superior

[@SeanGoBoom]

One is a poor knock-off of the other. I'll let you discern which one is which. The raider has a spring loaded brace which seems cool, until it fails, but it isn't holster-able. There are pistol enhancement chassis's that people by to make their pistol into a PDW for the poors, and there are pistol enhancement chassis's that enhance the pistol without it losing its primary functions and capabilities.

[@Furiouspenguin27]

The flux has a superior feature set in every conceivable way

[@SeanGoBoom]

Totally… the Flux Raider has more length, more width, more height, substantially more weight, more drop safety issues, more malfunctions when suppressed, more accuracy issues, more gas in your face when shooting shouldered, more clumsy to shoot as a pistol… yep, a USW knockoff that does so much more. 🤡

[@Weegeehunter1]

It honestly comes down to marketing IMO. Flux is all over the place on IG, FB and what have you. All I ever hear about is Flux.

[@royclements3]

Plus the flux let's you bump fire with the shaky extra mag holder

[@snappr2523]

Reference the vertical grip. You can attach one that has a picatinny rail and mount the light.

[@SeanGoBoom]

Yet, still a vertical foregrip eliminates the ability to holster the gun, and gives no perceived improvement in shooting performance. It is a pistol enhancement chassis, not a pistol regression rig. If you want to adorn it with all the extras, just get a PDW and let the G17 retain it's own stock usefulness.

[@coupesix]

Great information! Do you know if this will work with the G47? It’s similar to the G17…just curious and I thank you either way for your time.

[@SeanGoBoom]

That's a really good question. The G47 is basically a G17 with a shorter dust cover and thus only one slot in the accessory rail. Asking a few associates at B&T I've gotten the "it should, but I've never tried." I'm gonna do a little more digging on this. Not sure if I've ever shot a G47... it's kind of a niche configuration.

[@coupesix]

@@SeanGoBoom Thank you for looking into this. I have one of the Glock USW’s on the way and have a G47 just wanted to see if it would work or will I have to buy a G17. Don’t mind buying another pistol however if it’ll work I’ll spend the money of an acro. Thanks again for your time.

[@LoadingMag]

does it scratch up the glock in any way through use?

[@SeanGoBoom]

Not anymore than using your Glock without it does.

[@Weegeehunter1]

No. The section you might think would is slightly larger than the glock slide and it doesn't ride or grind against it.

[@Datsmepepe]

do these attachments make it into and NFA item? I have a g22 that I just dont have a use for in everyday life, but a nice bag gun for hiking utah I could see it becoming. I was looking at recovertactical attachment but it is definately a nfa item at that point.

[@SeanGoBoom]

Yes, attaching a stock to a centerfire firearm with a barrel shorter than 16" is classified as a Short Barreled Rifle (SBR) according to the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 and is subject to further regulation on the Federal level and likely the State, County, and City level (depending on where you live). Utah's regulations are pretty uniform, and make the acquisition, transportation, and use of NFA items for personal protection pretty universal as long as you possess a current and valid Concealed Firearm Permit.

[@Datsmepepe]

@@SeanGoBoom thank you for the clarification. I think this will be a great addition to my g22 that just sits on the shelf.