Ever since Frank DeSomma founded POF-USA over 20 years ago, the company has marched to the beat of its own drummer. They started with the AR platform, becoming well-known for their line of piston-driven guns amongst a sea of direct-impingement guns. Moreover, not only did POF incorporate a gas piston design, they developed additional unique features to enhance function and reliability, such as their dual-extraction fluted chamber, oversized heat sink barrel nut, and roller cam pin in the bolt carrier.
For its next magic trick, POF squeezed a .308 into a .223-sized package with its short-stroke gas-piston Revolution rifle — many of its parts are interchangeable with an AR-15, and the barrel extension, bolt assembly, upper, and lower receiver are exactly the same size. Since then, they’ve released various iterations and refinements on their AR-platform guns, in both gas-piston and direct-impingement flavors. And in 2022, the company introduced the Phoenix 9mm subgun, which we reviewed in RECOIL Issue 64.
The next gun in POF’s pipeline is a bit of a departure from the others. You probably wouldn’t be surprised that they’ve been developing a manually operated firearm. And you might expect that they’d build a bolt gun next, as have many other manufacturers. Not
