PDW contest amendment
Hi all,
this is an important amendment for the PDW contest. Some people think that guns chambered in .308 can reasonably be called a PDW because they *technically* perform the role of one.
The issue with PDW is that it is a somewhat vague term that covers a wide range of gun types, from autopistols to certain carbines. So that is why I am making this in order to try and add some guardrails and make the builds more comparable to one another.
1: if the weapon was ever officially classified as a PDW, it’s a PDW. An example of this would be the honey badger, a PDW chambered in .300 BLK.
2: if it’s chambered in anything greater than an intermediate cartridge, it isn’t a PDW. Shortening a battle rifle chambered in 7,62x51mm, a round used in some sniper rifles, should not classify it as a PDW.
3: if the weapon rivals the length of a full length rifle, it isn’t a PDW. PDWs are supposed to be compact weapons. If we don’t include this, you could technically argue that an M16 is a PDW (yes, some people unironically have argued that guns nearly a metre long are PDWs)
4: a lot of SMGs are PDWs. They fit a lot of the criteria most people agree on when it comes to classifying PDWs. This means that you can submit an AKS-74U (a gun officially classified as an SMG) for the contest, and it would be a valid submission.
5: shotguns are excluded because… they’re shotguns.
6: everything from the earlier clarification post still applies. They need to be self-loading and must be able to be fired from the shoulder to qualify.
due to the vagueness of this contest, we most probably won’t do a PDW contest in the future, instead focussing on more specific gun categories.