Comments by "Colonel K" (@Paladin1873) on "Beretta M93R: Exploring the 'Robocop Auto 9', with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson" video.

A close friend of mine wrote an article for "Machine Gun News" in the late 1980s while the movie Robocop was being filmed in Dallas, Texas. He was given access to the original blank-firing prop guns to photograph for the article. In addition to the prop version, several live-firing versions were built by my late friend Tim Bixler. Tim then worked with designer Utah Conner (yes, that's his name) to build a folding SMG that would be used in the Robocop II movie. This gun was the UC-9, which subsequently became the DEB M21, following Connor's collaboration with David E. Boatman (DEB) to build more guns. That project waxed and waned for years. After Conner died it was assumed by many that the project had died with him. As it turned out, several dozen registered receivers were eventually located by an enterprising individual who managed to acquire them and have them built into fully functioning SMGs of a revised/improved design. As you can expect, both the Robocop Beretta pistols and the folding SMGs are rare as hen's teeth and command quite a princely sum on the collector's market today.
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@rowbownerd Brad, which issue of MGN was it? I contacted Small Arms Review (MGN was renamed SAR in 1997), but their online archives do not extend to MGN. They do have some warehoused copies of MGN, but even they don't remember which issue I was talking about. If you could provide me with the year and month, I'll look through my own back issues (assuming I can locate them). If I can't find the copy, I'll ask SAR if they have one I can buy.
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@rowbownerd Thanks.
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@rowbownerd It will be more pleasant to shoot in semi auto. Every FA pistol I've fired was virtually uncontrollable and about as accurate as Yosemite Sam.
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@rowbownerd Thanks. Now all I have to do is remember where my back issues are stored. I think they may be with my old Soldier of Fortune magazines.
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