Springfield Armory has just announced the Kuna, a roller-delayed 9mm pistol made by HS Produkt of Croatia.
The MP5 is great, but it’s getting pretty old. For parties interested in roller-delayed 9mm PDWs but want something a bit more modern, they now have the Springfield Armory/HS Produkt Kuna to consider.
Featuring a 6-inch cold hammer forged barrel, the Kuna is sold as a pistol either with or without a Strike Industries folding brace. The brace attaches via Picatinny rail on the rear of the receiver so you can install whatever brace model you desire, or stock if you choose to SBR it. Like the MP5, the Kuna uses a roller-delayed operating system. The smooth, low-recoil shooting experience that roller-delay provides is one of the big reasons why the MP5 was and is so loved, so odds are the Kuna will be a great shooter too.
Other features of the Kuna include a 1/2×28 threaded barrel (comes with multi-port brake installed), a monolithic aluminum upper with integral M-LOK slots and a flat-faced trigger. The charging handle is folding, non-reciprocating and reversible, and the controls are ambidextrous and similar to an AR-15’s. The grip is also AR-15 pattern and can be swapped. As for iron sights, the Kuna ships with a set of adjustable flip-up hybrid sights. When folded down they’re similar to handgun notch sights, and when flipped up they’re more precise aperture sights.
The Kuna uses proprietary 30-round magazines that are made out of a translucent polymer and have a round count molded into both sides. They have metal feed lips and Springfield is selling them for $25 a pop.
Steve Kramer, Vice President of Marketing for Springfield Armory, said this about the new 9mm:
The performance of the Kuna speaks for itself … With its roller-delayed operating system and ruggedly durable design, the Kuna represents the new benchmark of capability.
The Springfield Armory Kuna is available now and has an MSRP of $999 without a brace and $1,149 with a brace included.
For more information, visit springfield-armory.com.
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