{"id":206161,"date":"2024-11-09T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=206161"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:29:38","slug":"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can&#8217;t Get"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">6<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our right to keep and bear arms has allowed the United States to establish one of the largest civilian firearm markets in the world. We can get just about anything, especially in the handgun realm. Sadly, we can&#8217;t get everything, and today, I want to pour over five foreign-made handguns I can&#8217;t get in the United States but want.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-taurus-pt57c\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" data-level=\"2\">Taurus PT57C<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-norinco-np762-nbsp\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" data-level=\"2\">Norinco NP762&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-mp-412-my-foreign-gun-crush\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" data-level=\"2\">MP-412: My Foreign Gun Crush<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-creapeiron-elysien\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" data-level=\"2\">Creapeiron Elysien<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-vigrand-007-nbsp-the-foreign-james-bond\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" data-level=\"2\">Vigrand 007&nbsp;&#8211; The Foreign James Bond<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-foreign-guns-don-t-always-reach-america-nbsp\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" data-level=\"2\">Foreign Guns Don&#8217;t Always Reach America&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-taurus-pt57c\">Taurus PT57C<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know how Taurus makes a quasi-Beretta 92-style firearm? Did you know they make a variant that chambers the .32 ACP that&#8217;s compact? Yep, they make it for foreign markets, and sadly, it&#8217;s not available to you and me. The one true caliber, .32 ACP, isn&#8217;t popular here. I love the .32 ACP and would love a modern DA\/SA pistol with a double-stack magazine for concealed carry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/taurus-32-acp-1024x719-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/taurus-32-acp-1024x719-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/taurus-32-acp-1024x719-1-400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/taurus-32-acp-1024x719-1-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/taurus-32-acp-1024x719-1-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Taurus PT57C is the most modern .32 ACP on the market. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I would and occasionally carry the .32 ACP daily. The PT57C offers a 4-inch barrel, which offers excellent velocity, so you can throw some 71-grain pills very quickly. It will give you some decent expansion with JHPs. What exactly would it do over the standard .380 or <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/first-look-springfield-armory-xdm-9mm-optical-sight-pistol-osp\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3718\">9mm pistol<\/a>? (Besides, satisfy my.32 ACP needs.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Low recoil. Very low recoil, almost .22LR levels, with the reliability of a centerfire cartridge. It&#8217;s a niche that would provide recoil-sensitive shooters with a capable but lightweight and compact weapon with almost no recoil. I could see a real possibility of the gun being imported, but it seems unlikely since .32 ACP isn&#8217;t a popular cartridge. Still, it&#8217;s a practical and affordable series of foreign-made <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/firearms\/handguns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\">handguns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-norinco-np762-nbsp\">Norinco NP762&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1994 U.S. Customs Agent Hipple, along with former Green Bay Packer lineman Agrent Braggs, uncovered a scheme by an arms dealer working with PolyTechnologies and Norinco to sell guns to criminals and launched Operation Dragonfire. Operation Dragonfire concluded with a ban on most Chinese-produced firearms, including the Norinco NP762.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1l511d8bth0a1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1l511d8bth0a1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1l511d8bth0a1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1l511d8bth0a1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1l511d8bth0a1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1l511d8bth0a1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1l511d8bth0a1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Just look at this beast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Norinco NP762 brings us the awesome 7.62 Tokarev cartridge in a SIG P226 clone. The gun comes with two 17-round magazines and offers you a modern DA\/SA metal frame pistol with an accessory rail for lights and rails. It&#8217;s one of the few modern 7.62 Tokarev foreign-made handguns on the market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a fan of the SIG P226 and have always enjoyed shooting the hot 7.62 TOK. In a modern handgun, it&#8217;s likely a fun, flat-shooting pistol. With the right ammo, it&#8217;s a capable cartridge that hits hard and certainly reaches enough velocity to expand. Sadly, unless someone in Canada drops them in a river and it floats to Florida, I won&#8217;t see one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mp-412-my-foreign-gun-crush\">MP-412: My Foreign Gun Crush<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I fully blame Battlefield 4 for giving me this insane desire for the MP-412 REX. The Russians are behind this gun, and REX stands for Revolver for Export. Izhevsk Mechanical Plant produced the gun to sell overseas, but its market got cut quickly when Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin signed a voluntary ban on Russian imports to the American market. That seemingly killed the design; I don&#8217;t think many of these foreign-made handguns were ever made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/q8yv9oli8gr81.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/q8yv9oli8gr81.jpg 550w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/q8yv9oli8gr81-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/q8yv9oli8gr81-109x150.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The MP 412 was likely produced in very small numbers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The MP-412 REX is a modern double-action revolver that chambers six rounds of .357 Magnum. Okay, nothing crazy there. However, the gun&#8217;s most notable feature is that it&#8217;s a top-break revolver that automatically ejects the cartridges when opened. The MP-412 would theoretically be much faster to reload than a swing-out cylinder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MP-412 would have been a slick import, although I would have been curious to know the strength of the top latch and how many full-powered .357 Magnum rounds it could take. The Russians don&#8217;t have a long history with domestic revolvers, which could be a weak point. I&#8217;d still shoot the piss out of .38 Special through one!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-creapeiron-elysien\">Creapeiron Elysien<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Elysien by Creapeiron is the only foreign-made handgun to have a prologue. Seriously, it&#8217;s a page on their website. It details what Elysien means and how the gun relates to the name. The Elysium sold me on its looks alone. It looks both elegant and insane at the same time. Kinda like Johnny Depp&#8217;s ex-wife.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cryeaperion_elysien.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cryeaperion_elysien.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cryeaperion_elysien-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cryeaperion_elysien-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cryeaperion_elysien-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you just read the specs, it&#8217;s nothing crazy. It&#8217;s a full-sized DA-SA 9mm handgun with a metal frame and double-stacked magazine. It borrows a lot from the CZ-75, and it&#8217;s admittedly a Czech design so that&#8217;s not a surprise. Where we depart from the norm is everything else. The gun uses a cold-forged, triangular-shaped barrel that provides better lock-up, according to Creapeiron.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gun uses many magnets, including screwless grip panels. Its slide is optics-ready, and you can mount a fixed optics mount slightly above it. It&#8217;s bizarre and alien-like, and I like it. I don&#8217;t love the 5,000 Euro price point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vigrand-007-nbsp-the-foreign-james-bond\">Vigrand 007&nbsp;&#8211; The Foreign James Bond<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vigrand 007 has nothing to do with James Bond, but it could be his next pistol. The Vigrand 007 is another 9mm handgun with a double-stack magazine. It&#8217;s a DA\/SA handgun that&#8217;s hammer-fired and seems to have some CZ-75-like design characteristics. It looks CZ-like, but under the hood things get radical.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/p3-04d14962.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/p3-04d14962.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/p3-04d14962-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/p3-04d14962-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/p3-04d14962-768x577.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">While the Vigrand 007 is real, and they have taken it to shows, their website sadly only displays this concept picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Vigrand 007 is a roller-delayed blowback pistol. Much like the MP5, it uses the roller-delayed system to its advantage. It allows for a fixed barrel design, which can help with accuracy overall. The slide remains very light, which helps reduce rearward recoil. It also sports a low-bore axis, but I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s low enough to make a difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/beretta-92-compact-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\">Beretta 92 Compact: A Classic Reborn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vigrand 007 appears to have options for metal and polymer frames and the polymer frame can be partially removed and replaced to swap colors and potentially add or remove rails. I want one hardcore, but at 3,500 dollars I might not be an early adopter of these foreign-made handguns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-foreign-guns-don-t-always-reach-america-nbsp\">Foreign Guns Don&#8217;t Always Reach America&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>American-made is awesome, but it seems like a lot of the more interesting and unique stuff comes from overseas. America is stuck on the striker-fired polymer frame pistol while our foreign gun enthusiasts are making some really crazy stuff. I will just keep lusting over these<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/cz-new-p-09-c-nocturne-what-we-didnt-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\"> foreign-made<\/a> handguns and hoping some brave importer will bring them to American shores.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"five-foreign-made-guns-americans-cant-get-but-i-want\" title=\"Five Foreign Guns Americans Can't Get\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to pour over five foreign-made handguns I can&#8217;t get in the United States but 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