The traumatic pistol Thunder-05 is produced by the Russian company Tekhnoarms. The developers took Fort-18R as a basis, the goal of the engineering team was to adapt it under Russian legislation for self-defense weapons.
general information
At the heart of the automatic system of this gun is the principle of operation using recoil at a free gate. A special spring, which the engineers placed under the barrel, holds the shutter-casing in the extreme forward position. The frame of the weapon itself is completely made of ordinary plastic. Other parts, which account for the main load during the shooting, are made of high-quality steel, which is used in the manufacture of weapons. For the movement of the shutter-casing in the frame was placed a special metal base.
The manufacturer has firmly attached the design of the barrel to the frame of the gun. The trigger mechanism is quite standard for a traumatic weapon. The Thunderstorm-05 pistol received a double-action mechanism with a hammer-type open position. The cock is cocked on safety type.
For safety, the shooter while carrying a gun uses a safety lever. To activate it, you need to activate the lever, which is located on the left back side of the casing-shutter. The fuse is turned off very simply by a convenient movement of the thumb, so this can be done in the process of removing the tool from the holster or pocket in case of an attack.
The design of the sight is also made very classic for travmatiki. It is based on the front sight and rear sight, which are fixed in special slots in the position "dovetail". For the convenience of users, there is an opportunity to make side corrections by shifting the front sight and rear sight. The magazine snaps into place with the help of an ordinary fly, which is located on the base of the trigger guard on the left of the frame. The store holds 15 rounds, placed in 2 rows. In the process of shooting all the cartridges are rebuilt in one row.
Thunderstorm-051 with EVO barrel
Like any other things in our world, this gun from the developer’s side has undergone a modernization over time, which should have made it better. So, the company "Tehnoarms" took up the development, and then the production of a new model of this gun - Thunder-051 with an EVO barrel.
Outwardly, no consumer can find any changes. The developers have fully preserved the look of the old version. The only thing on which it can be determined that this is exactly the improved version of the traumatics, the index indicated on the instrument itself. Thunderstorm-051 is indicated here.
The main difference, as you might have guessed, is precisely in the design of the trunk. For its production, a new, higher-quality technology is used, which made it possible to improve the technical characteristics of the tool and its quality.
The new technology of manufacturing the barrel is called EVO. In essence, this method of manufacturing the barrel is a continuation of the development of trunks of type v4 or v4.1. The main advantage here is in the barrier, which is installed in any traumatic weapon, in order to exclude the possibility of using metal, combat cartridges. Here it is a non-axial drilling hub. Install it directly in front of the chamber, which reduces the load on it and significantly increases its service life. This technology is currently a feature of all modern traumatic weapons of Technoarms.
As soon as the traumatic Thunder-051 pistol demonstrated EVO technology, it immediately became very popular. The fact is that due to such a trunk, the number of various failures is reduced, and also the accuracy of shooting is improved. In general, such a trunk has the following advantages:
- Good accuracy when shooting any bullets;
- The absence of any significant separation from the heap;
- There is no need to change the mainspring for specific types of cartridges;
- Roll back and feed cartridge stably with any type of cartridge any power.
Ultimately, there is a significant improvement in the reliability of the weapon. When using cartridges with a high level of emitted energy, the Thunderstorm-051 pistol will not yield to any traumatic weapon. If, however, to fire cartridges with low energy released, then such a weapon will be much better than many types of travmatiki. In general, the trunk of the EVO in its characteristics has become much better than the trunk v4.1.
Each model has a perfectly polished chamber with excellent calibration. The magazine is adapted exclusively for 9 mm RA cartridges of any kind. Due to the design features, which were introduced here by Technoarms engineers, any possibility of putting a cartridge into the upper part of the chamber is excluded.
After the first few installments, the manufacturer quickly responded to all feedback from users with flaws and corrected them, offering the Russian arms market for self-defense a great option. This gun can, as mentioned above, work with any 9 mm RA cartridges. It can also be attributed to the special features that the EVO barrel significantly increases the energy released by weak cartridges.
Reviews of the owners of this weapon
In order for you to decide whether it is worth buying this gun for daily carrying in self-defense or not, we have gathered for you two reviews from real buyers who have been using the Storm for several months now.
Alexander writes: "This weapon can be used for shooting sports. With fast shooting from a distance of 15-17 meters, the spread of bullets is no more than 30x30 centimeters. Personally, I use this tool only for shooting sports (about 200-300 shots per day), because he has a low weight, his hand doesn’t get tired because of him. The most favorite cartridges for firing from this weapon were powerful charges of 80 or more J. In general, you can carry it with you regularly. No discomfort it delivers, in practice emergency situations so far Thank God, I didn't have to use it. "
If you are going to buy this traumatic gun, then you definitely need to know about its technical characteristics:
- 9 mm PA cartridges are used;
- 207 millimeters in length;
- 124 mm - barrel length;
- 131 millimeters in height;
- 34 millimeters wide;
- The discharged pistol weighs 700 grams;
- The store holds 15 charges.
Dmitry writes: “First of all, it suits the weight of the pistol even with a fully charged store. exactly as it should. I manage to covertly carry it, even in summer, when wearing an ordinary T-shirt, despite the fact that I don’t have a large physique: 173 centimeters - height and 70 kilograms - weight. I am not there, everything is convenient. So far I have only been able to shoot at targets in the forest, to chnostyu and accuracy of content. "
