New: POF Tombstone 9mm Lever-Motion Rifle

Lever-action rifles have skilled a large resurgence in recognition over the previous few years, and it isn’t laborious to see why. Whereas they’re clearly not as combat-effective as trendy semi-auto rifles just like the AR-15, lever weapons can be utilized very successfully for looking something from varmints (in pistol-caliber kind) to huge sport (in rifle calibers akin to .30-30 and .45-70). Additionally, in states and international locations the place semi-auto rifles are closely restricted, lever-action rifles often aren’t topic to the identical invasive guidelines, even when outfitted with trendy options. Above all, they’re merely enjoyable to shoot, as evidenced each time we take our Marlin 336 Darkish Collection challenge to the vary. POF USA has introduced its personal entry into the modernized lever-action rifle market with the brand new Tombstone 9mm carbine.

POF USA Tombstone 9mm Carbine

The brand new POF USA Tombstone is a contemporary, lever-action, pistol caliber carbine (PCC). POF says it is “initially provided” in 9mm, however this language tells us different pistol calibers could also be accessible sooner or later. From entrance to again, it contains a free-float, fluted, 16.5-inch barrel with a two-chamber muzzle brake over commonplace 1/2×28 threads. The barrel is surrounded by a ten.5-inch Modular Receiver Rail (M.R.R.) which incorporates M-LOK slots, Picatinny rail sections, and QD sockets for a sling.

Ghost ring sights are constructed into the rail system, however we suspect most customers will set up a pink dot sight as proven in these pictures.

Magazines & Controls

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The receiver contains a magwell and button launch for the removable 9mm magazines, that are a proprietary POF USA design suitable with the Tombstone and Phoenix sequence. Commonplace Tombstone fashions embody one 20-round magazine; Colorado-compliant fashions embody a 10-round magazine as a substitute. Further 35-round magazines are additionally accessible individually.

This rifle’s guide of arms needs to be considerably acquainted to anybody who has used lever weapons up to now. It begins with a proprietary 3.5-pound, single-stage, flat-face set off. The Tombstone’s hammer has the half-cocked place many lever-gun customers will already be accustomed to. There’s additionally a shotgun-style cross-bolt security on the rear of the aluminum receiver. The lever is contoured to suit a normal Magpul SGA shotgun inventory, which affords the flexibility to just accept size of pull spacers, cheekpieces, and QD sockets from Magpul.

Whole weight of the Tombstone is 5.75 kilos, and complete size is 36 inches. MSRP is firmly positioned within the premium finish of the spectrum — $1,962 for black variants and $2,097 for FDE tan variants. Further magazines are $35 every.

Teaser Video

We’re to get our arms on the brand new POF USA Tombstone later this month at SHOT Present, and we hope to overview one sooner or later as effectively. Within the meantime, take a look at the video beneath from POF’s YouTube to see the Tombstone in motion.

Written by Patrick McCarthy