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·Steyr M9, $610
The Steyr is the "other" pistol made in Austria. It is a strikingly handsome pistol topped with a unique pair of sights that are both its strength and its greatest weakness.
The front sight is a bold whitetriangle, and the rear aperture appears as a pyramid as well. The actual front sight is a trapezoid with white inlay measuring approximately 0.22 inch. The rear "notch" is the lower portion of another triangle with white lines inlaid on the sides. This is an unusual arrangement that we found works quite well out to 15 yards. Indeed we felt like our acquisition on closer multiple targets was fast and sure. From a rest we rapid- fired magazine after magazine of Black Hills 115-grain and 147-grain ammunition into a sub 3-inch hole. However, once we moved the tar- gets back to 25 yards, we just could not get the sight picture we needed. As a result, accuracy fell below what we feel this gun is capable of.
That we nevertheless managed toaverage five-shot groups measuring 3.1 inches and under for two out of the three munitions should indicate that this is a very good pistol. What may have been its saving grace (be- sides the fact that the sights are dovetailed in so they can be changed out to suit your tastes) was the trigger. This may be the closest you can get to a single-action feel from a striker-fired pistol. Once you de- press the safety in the trigger and move it the tenth of an inch (approximately) that it takes to reach the breakpoint, you are ready to fire
The M9 comes with two magazines. It may seem like a small matter, but the presentation case features cutouts for storing both mags, which means the gun can be put away without a magazine in place.
Additional safeties include a block, which drops down from the frame just ahead of the trigger. This works, but requires the use of a second hand to set it. Deactivation is a matter of pushing upward with the trigger finger, which at worst upsets the shooter's grip. There is a locking device that requires the use of a key, two of which are supplied. This is meant not only to lock the action but prevents unauthorized disassembly as well. However, we could not get the lock to turn and only managed to score the pistol with the two-pronged key.
This lock is on the right hand side next to the breakdown lever. When this lever is rotated, the top end comes off in a flash. Reassembly is just as fast because the breakdown lever returns automatically to a locked position as soon as the slide is fully reapplied to the frame. The Steyr M9 relies upon two sets of steel rails, one at the center and another to the rear, to stabilize the slide. Like the Walther, a flat recoil spring is used captured over a plastic guide rod. The barrel of the M9 is deeply crowned and features wide but shallow lands and grooves in what appears to be more twist than we are accustomed to seeing.
It was our perception that the M9 recoiled more heavily than the other pistols in this test. At the same time Steyr has gone out of its way to create a very low boreline above the grip. The angle of the grip is also raked to promote a locked wrist, and the circumference of the grip is reduced from the deeply undercut backstrap to beneath the trigger guard. Despite the creation of this built-in beavertail, how well this works for your hand is an individual matter. We would have preferred an arch to the profile of the backstrap to keep the hand forced high against the undercut of the frame
http://www.xd-hs2000.com/hsarms/news/guntest_5_01.html
http://www.mvcr.cz/casopisy/policista/2 ... steyr.html
this one i guess is Polish
The Steyr is the "other" pistol made in Austria. It is a strikingly handsome pistol topped with a unique pair of sights that are both its strength and its greatest weakness.
The front sight is a bold whitetriangle, and the rear aperture appears as a pyramid as well. The actual front sight is a trapezoid with white inlay measuring approximately 0.22 inch. The rear "notch" is the lower portion of another triangle with white lines inlaid on the sides. This is an unusual arrangement that we found works quite well out to 15 yards. Indeed we felt like our acquisition on closer multiple targets was fast and sure. From a rest we rapid- fired magazine after magazine of Black Hills 115-grain and 147-grain ammunition into a sub 3-inch hole. However, once we moved the tar- gets back to 25 yards, we just could not get the sight picture we needed. As a result, accuracy fell below what we feel this gun is capable of.
That we nevertheless managed toaverage five-shot groups measuring 3.1 inches and under for two out of the three munitions should indicate that this is a very good pistol. What may have been its saving grace (be- sides the fact that the sights are dovetailed in so they can be changed out to suit your tastes) was the trigger. This may be the closest you can get to a single-action feel from a striker-fired pistol. Once you de- press the safety in the trigger and move it the tenth of an inch (approximately) that it takes to reach the breakpoint, you are ready to fire
The M9 comes with two magazines. It may seem like a small matter, but the presentation case features cutouts for storing both mags, which means the gun can be put away without a magazine in place.
Additional safeties include a block, which drops down from the frame just ahead of the trigger. This works, but requires the use of a second hand to set it. Deactivation is a matter of pushing upward with the trigger finger, which at worst upsets the shooter's grip. There is a locking device that requires the use of a key, two of which are supplied. This is meant not only to lock the action but prevents unauthorized disassembly as well. However, we could not get the lock to turn and only managed to score the pistol with the two-pronged key.
This lock is on the right hand side next to the breakdown lever. When this lever is rotated, the top end comes off in a flash. Reassembly is just as fast because the breakdown lever returns automatically to a locked position as soon as the slide is fully reapplied to the frame. The Steyr M9 relies upon two sets of steel rails, one at the center and another to the rear, to stabilize the slide. Like the Walther, a flat recoil spring is used captured over a plastic guide rod. The barrel of the M9 is deeply crowned and features wide but shallow lands and grooves in what appears to be more twist than we are accustomed to seeing.
It was our perception that the M9 recoiled more heavily than the other pistols in this test. At the same time Steyr has gone out of its way to create a very low boreline above the grip. The angle of the grip is also raked to promote a locked wrist, and the circumference of the grip is reduced from the deeply undercut backstrap to beneath the trigger guard. Despite the creation of this built-in beavertail, how well this works for your hand is an individual matter. We would have preferred an arch to the profile of the backstrap to keep the hand forced high against the undercut of the frame
http://www.xd-hs2000.com/hsarms/news/guntest_5_01.html
http://www.mvcr.cz/casopisy/policista/2 ... steyr.html
this one i guess is Polish
