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Actually, it's a P90.

What!? No mention of it's usage on the Stargate series!?! --TiagoTiago (talk) 07:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(this is going to sound noobish, but what the hell) I do remember reading somewhere that when Stargate came along, a lot of people thought it was not a real weapon, and got it some attention. It was a long time ago, but I will try to find the source. BrickBreak (talk) 01:51, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's no Stargate mention because after years of asking nobody has been able to come up with a reliable, non-trivial secondary source which indicates that the P90 is in some way associated in popular culture with SG-1. Simply being in it is not enough to warrant inclusion, per the tests at WP:POPCULTURE. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 08:54, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, several modified prop versions of the P90 have made an appearance in Doctor Who. Off the top of my head: the episode "The Doctor's Daughter" (Link). Not sure if it counts, though. --80.7.248.15 (talk) 02:28, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Straight blowback or short recoil barrel?

I thought P90 uses straight blowback, but there is strange part in the text (Design):

The P90 is a selective fire straight blowback-operated weapon with a short recoiling barrel and fires from a closed bolt.

There are three references for this sentence, but I think it is a lie. P90 uses straight blowback.Zaqq (talk) 16:53, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is straight blowback and the sources say that. A short recoiling barrel is never mentioned in the sources so I don't know where that text came from. ROG5728 (talk) 20:41, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's delayed blowback, the barrel recoils. It's "locked" temporarily to the bolt via cartridge pressure, as in the Five seven pistol. 203.59.35.6 (talk) 03:40, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of sources

There were recently a relatively large deletion of a lot of the existing source citations from this article. Sources should not be removed just to "remove clutter." Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and requires that the stuff we say here is verifiable. The other recent changes are fine; but the citations supporting many claims should not be deleted unless the claim the citation supports is also deleted. Mvialt (talk) 18:11, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the edits more closely, the citations were moved to a new column in the table. In the cases where I removed citations to reduce clutter, I retained several other citations that support the same information. Everything in the table is still supported by a verifiable source -- see the reference column. ROG5728 (talk) 19:54, 25 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your clear and kind response. I will look at the edits more thoroughly on another day when I have more time. In the meantime, I'm fine with the source removal based on your claim that every item in the tables are actually sourced by the remaining sources that have been left. Mvialt (talk) 05:42, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stargate

Just as a note that might help some scifi fans. It's the gun most commonly featured on the TV show "Stargate SG1" (and it's spinoffs). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.42.126.82 (talk) 19:28, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Caldwell Borough, NJ police department

The source in question says that the Sparta, NJ police department, not the Caldwell Borough, NJ police department, uses the P90. Furthermore, the Sparta, NJ police department is already listed in the table as a user (actually, the IP editor who added Caldwell Borough to the table simply copied the citation from Sparta's entry in the table). ROG5728 (talk) 10:40, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake. Remove it then. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:48, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feed issues?

There is nothing here indicating that it has feed issues due to it's magazine. Was this article written by a fan-boy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.78.183.102 (talk) 14:35, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The P90 magazine does not have feed issues. That was a myth created by HKPro (and perpetuated by people who don't know any better). ROG5728 (talk) 19:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Assault Rifle?

The introduction reads "could be classed as a compact assault rifle" This is erroneous as the 5.7x28 (as well as the 4.6x30, 7.92 VBR, etc.) is an armor-piercing 9mm replacement.