Spike's Tactical Mini-Recluse: Gun Digest Tests a Suppressed 9mm SBR

Gun Digest took the Spike's Tactical Mini-Recluse, a factory short-barreled 9mm with a built-in suppressor, to the range. The outlet notes that zero-dollar tax stamps and recent NFA deregulation make two-stamp guns like this far easier to own.

Key points

• Specs: A straight blowback 9mm with a 6.75-inch barrel, 24 inches long with the stock collapsed, 7 pounds 5 ounces unloaded, and a $2,495 MSRP.
• Magazines: It feeds from 30-round MP5 magazines, so there is no last-round hold-open, and the test gun shipped with only one.
• Recoil system: Spike's pairs its 5.5-ounce T3 tungsten buffer with a variable pitch spring that slows the bolt gradually to soften felt recoil.
• Range results: Across a couple hundred rounds it ran well on 124- and 147-grain loads but kept choking on cheap Turkish 115-grain ammo.
• Trigger: Pull averaged 6.5 to 7 pounds, clean with slight stacking, and hits out to about 100 yards came easily with a Trijicon MRO.

Quick take

Gun Digest's reviewer expected to love the Mini-Recluse and came away feeling only "OK" about it. The review calls it well built and praises the recoil work and integral suppressor, but says the quad rail, trigger, blowback action and Magpul CTR stock feel dated at about $2,500. The rails also heat up under rapid fire, which is why Spike's includes a rail wrap.

Read the full story at Gun Digest.