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As we move into the next decade, the personal defense weapon trend has done absolutely everything but fade away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With numerous companies offering PDWs chambered for a wide range of calibers, including 5.56 NATO and 300 Blackout, the market seems more primed than ever for a massive PDW breakout from some of the more established firearms manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To that end, Georgia-based Daniel Defense decided to jump on that train with the launch of their DDM4 PDW <\/a>at this year\u2019s SHOT Show industry conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The DDM4 PDW comes standard with Daniel Defense\u2019s GRIP-N-RIP charging handle designed for suppressed fire (Photo Ian D\u2019Costa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chambered for 300 BLK, and available either as a pistol with Maxim Defense\u2019s CQB Pistol Brace<\/a> or as a short-barreled rifle with Maxim\u2019s CQB Gen 7 stock<\/a>, the DDM4 PDW hits a niche seemingly still up for grabs and still not dominated by any one gun in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a first glance, the gun looks fairly typical of a Daniel Defense high-end build with the quality and attention to detail immediately evident. With the brace or stock fully extended, the gun measures no more than approximately 21-inches, making it a solid backpack or trunk gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gun is designed to shoot well with both subsonic and supersonic loads, especially thanks to its optimized chrome-lined cold hammer forged 7-inch barrel featuring a 1:7 twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like a number of other PDWs on the market, Daniel Defense\u2019s product can also shoot comfortably when suppressed or unsuppressed. All DDM4 PDWs will retail with a standard linear compensator produced in-house by the company, that directs muzzle blast forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the gun also features Daniel Defense\u2019s GRIP-N-RIP ambidextrous charging handle, built for suppressed fire, which is designed to make life a little easier <\/a>for shooters by redirecting gas flow up and away from the user\u2019s face through the use of strategically-placed cuts and ridges on the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up front, the DDM4 PDW makes use of a shortened (6-inch) version of the company\u2019s MFR XL rail with multiple MOLK attachment points on the rail\u2019s side faces, and retails with a detachable SLR Rifleworks MLOK MOD 2 handstop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one might expect, the gun certainly won\u2019t be cheap, with an MSRP of $1,865 for the pistol version, and $1,935 for the short-barreled rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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