MAB Silhouette Target Pistol (currently out of production)
Specifications
Action M.A.B. light weight bolt action (concentrically turned off-centre M44B rifle action) single shot, right hand bolt.
Trigger Centre grip : forward transfer bar fully adjustable. All sear surfaces hardened & ground.
Rear Grip : conventional 2-lever trigger fully adjustable for creep, weight & overtravel. All sear surfaces hardened & ground.
Stock Material : Kevlar/Carbon Fibre.
Finish : Stippled 2-Pack Epoxy.
Right hand or left hand.
Standard, small, or large pistol grip.
Customised to suit the individual.
Sights Iron Front : Bond of USA, adjustable for elevation and blade width.
Rear : Bomar of USA, click adjustable for windage and elevation to 200 yds.
Maximum Sight Radius 15 Inches.
Scoped Weaver style bases may be fitted but please note you cannot have scope and iron sights simultaneously. Bomar must be removed to fit a scope.
Barrel Crome-Moly (blued) 6 grooves button rifled maximum length 15 inches. The locking lugs are incorporated in the barrel to facilitate the quick changing of head space without the need for machinery.
Calibres Calibre Of Shooter's Choice.
Most Popular: .223 Rem, 6mm Br, 250/3000, 7mm Tcu, 7mm Br, .308
Weight Maximum Weight: Less Than 4.5 lbs
Rules This pistol complies with the rules of Pistol Australia, S.S.A.A. & I.H.M.S.A.
Mag-Na-Porting Mag-Na-Porting is an optional extra which reduces muzzle jump dramatically and felt recoil by approximately 30%. Before ordering mag-na-porting, it is the purchaser's responsibility to confirm that the procedure is within the rules of the competition as the process is not reversible.
Licences These firearms can only be supplied to customers with the appropriate handgun licence.
Overseas customers are required to supply all appropriate paperwork prior to despatch
Description
The M.A.B. silhouette pistol was designed following several requests from David Dewsbury, the then-APSUA National Director of Metallic Silhouette. The prototypes were produced in 1991 by modifying Omark M44B rifle actions and the first centre-grip pistol, which was built left handed in 7mmBR, was delivered to David at the Narrabri Steel Challenge in may 1992 on the day of the event. David, in his first shoot ever with an M.A.B. SP.44, proceeded to shoot a possible 40 out of 40 and then shot 5 half-size targets, including 2 chickens, in the shoot-off at 200 yards. He was the first person in Australia ever to record 5 half-size targets at 200 yards in a shoot-off. Since then, M.A.B. has gone on to produce several dozen custom built metallic silhouette pistols which have been exported world-wide. M.A.B. silhouette pistols have won numerous state and national championships and have been used in the three World Championships with considerable success which included several gold medals.
Where at all possible, the stock is produced in an unfinished state and shipped to the purchaser to allow him to fit the stock to his personal position or physique. On return to the factory, the outer skin is replaced with either carbon fibre or kevlar and the stippled epoxy finish applied.
A unique feature is that the transfer bar trigger travels down one side of the action, not in the centre, as do others on the market. This allows for u-shaped bedding to fully support the action on pillar bedding.
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