So this weekend my wife decided she wanted to take a ride up to The Heritage Guild in Branchburg to look as some bows (my wife is into Archery). While there I was looking at accessories for my AR, after a few I started talking with Victoria (one of the sales people there and...OMG she's HOT!!). Anyway, after hanging out with Victoria we started talking about guns we'd like to get. I mentioned the Kriss Vector and she says "oh, we carry them, we have one but it's already reserved, but gimme your name/number and if one comes in we can call you". Then she shows the one that's "spoken for" and this thing is SWEET. So, after cleaning up my drool (hot blonde, Vector...sigh) lol, one of the other sales people comes over and she starts explaining how I want one of these and she was letting me check it out. Then we find out that yes, there is one that is reserved, BUT NOT THIS ONE!!

 

So, she's says to me "well, if you want it, it can be yours, if you want just put a deposit on it and we'll hold it for you" (it's expensive), which I promptly did. So, needless to say, I go back over to the archery section, my wife is just about done and we head out to the car, as we're doing so my wife says "so, did you see anything you want to take home", to which I could only respond "you have no idea"

 

Can't wait to get my Vector

Very cool! I wish we could own the version without the super long barrel in this state =/ Will definitely turn heads when you take it to the range!

They had one at Lucianos a few weeks ago. Had the fake silencer on it. They are hard to keep in stock they tell me.

One of my friends has one. Cool to shoot, for sure.

 

I handled one not too long ago. Really like it. I may have an opportunity to shoot a full auto one soon. Really hope I get that chance

I handled one not too long ago. Really like it. I may have an opportunity to shoot a full auto one soon. Really hope I get that chance

 

Do whatever you can to get that chance. Insane fun!

 

 

Do whatever you can to get that chance. Insane fun!

 

I plan on it

no pics of Victoria?

LOL, that would have been awkward, LOL

I saw someone use this for an indoor static steel match. It shot as fast as the 22lr rifles.

Actually the guy using it won overall. Very fast shooting carbine and the cool factor is

through the roof! Every time he'd use it people would surround him and hold their cell

phones out. It was like he was a celebrity, haha.

It's funny, when I was putting money down on the Vector that's what Victoria was telling me "That's gonna be so cool at the range, you'll be like a star" LOL

Having owned the Kriss (about 2 years ago ?) I cant say I was terribly happy with it. It has a couple..... quirks. I was told directly from TDI that they new about it, couldnt figure out a solution and therefore had no intention of solving it. The build quality was not what I would expect for that $ figure either. I liked the PS90 better. But it too had some things I didnt like. In the end I found that being behind enemy lines made owning any of the firearms in the PDW catagory to much frustration to bare! Now if I could SBR it or fold it or put a can on it or any combination, we have a diferent convo.

Shane,

 

can I ask what quirks you found? This is the first I'm hearing about any issues, just wanna know what to look out for.

 

Thanks.

i actually bought their first vector last wednesday!! its $,$$$.$$ but well worth it put 250 in it day 1 at the pa range shot real nice. on sunday brought it up to a friends farm and did several mag dumps in the woods, needless to say it was a blast!!! so i put roughly. 350 rds in it so far. ill b using it at the static steel shoot this sunday. but i do want to put an eotech on it

Ah, so you got the first one. When I found out it was sold I was heartbroken, LOL Yeah, it is a lot of $$$ but I've wanted one since I first saw them so when I found out there was a 2nd. available I jumped. I'm glad she's working out for, can't wait to get mine.

_{Seems to me there is would be some real demand out there for a handy, quality made, reasonably affordable reliable pistol caliber carbine. I have a kel-tec sub 2000, which is a great idea that was poorly executed and now hard to find from what I hear. The KRISS is very expensive and hard to find. Marlin and RUger discontinued their carbines. Enough with the small CCW pistols already! How about a reliable polymer .45 acp carbine for $500?}

The quirk I couldnt live with was the problem the Kriss has with ejecting live ammo. Some reportedly do not have this issue but many do. Not a big deal for a range toy but if you want firearms you can rely on, its a problem, I was function testing when I found the problem. I confirmed with a bunch of people that had the same issue. I spoke with TDI and was not happy with the answer. I was running a cof and had a light primer strike, went to clear and had the failure to extract/eject tying up the rifle so I traded it off that week. The sad part is I think I could solve the issue but I wasnt about to start experimenting on it at that $.

 

Shane

That's like buying a semi auto Thompson that you can't shoot full auto.No use for something like that!

Now I have to stop in at HG (cause it's really close to home) to see Victoria...............

Now I have to stop in at HG (cause it's really close to home) to see Victoria...............

 

Yep, that alone is worth the trip :-)

Shane,

 

Thanks for the info man, appreciate it.

Anytime

How much did they want for the Kriss?

Jezzzz! These things cost around $1700? Ohh man, I could buy a couple of rifles for that price. I mean the "COOL" factor is definetly there for this but at that price? I really can't see myself buying one. I mean a Garand has that cool factor too IMO that unmistakeable "PING" sound and an awesome rifle over all would be my first choice and a few extra hundreds to spare for ammo.

 

To each his own, I mean it really does have an attention getter cool factor, just not for me.

To me the KRISS operating mechanism in 45acp is a solution looking for a problem. It is a nice idea and a nice range toy, but commercially it is probably doomed to failure.

 

Now if they could somehow adapt it to a gun which fire a rifle round it might get somewhere.

The Vectors are very nice and I hope you enjoy that beauty, I just wish the didn't cost that much.

 

 

Now if they could somehow adapt it to a gun which fire a rifle round it might get somewhere.

Thinking 300 blackout?

The Kriss is a fantastic gun, especially suppressed or full auto. =)

Yeah baby!!

 

Thinking 300 blackout?

Ramsey outdoor in Ramsey has one on consignment. Asking $2k for it. The guy at the counter suggested offering $1700 and the owner might accept...

 

 

How much did they want for the Kriss?

 

At HG Raritan they were asking $1889 for it.