Why I'm here.

I grew up in a somewhat liberal, extremely pacifist household in the equally liberal Washington state. I had some good friends who introduced me to the errors of my upbringing. Guns (any weapons really) were a forbidden topic in my house, so when I was first introduced to shooting sports I fell in love- kind of a forbidden fruit thing I think. My mother still wonders where she went so wrong.
Because of my upbringing, and my poverty in college, I am not your average gun guy. Most “gun people” buy a gun and it stays in the family, passed on through generations when the owner goes to their heavenly reward. I, on the other hand, go through guns like they were work pants. I get bored, or I look too close, or I shoot them till I don’t like them anymore. Over the past five years I have bought, shot, and sold or traded More than 50 firearms. Along the way I have learned TONS, established opinions, and had a great time. Now some will ask, “Why” ? It all comes down to a deal I made with my incredibly beautiful, and patient wife. When we were first engaged we talked about lots of important things in great detail, and one of those was firearms. She knew I liked guns and enjoyed shooting (though at the time neither of us had any idea how big this would become). She was worried about having hundreds of guns strewn everywhere around the house. We set a four gun limit at any given time. Over the years that deal has been revisited and modified, but the rule made me sell a gun before I could get a new one. It also has led me to play with a ton of platforms and a ton of accessories. This review blog is based on the experience gathered along the way. I have also figured out how to self-fund my gun addiction. In our house “gun money” is a separate entity, though I have on occasion used it to spoil my wife. “Gun money” is money made from a gun sale that is used for buying another gun or ammo. (Gun money also magically accumulates when I let my wife pick our sons names). Guns have become a real investment to mee, they hold their value very well. I have made a lot of additional “gun money” along the way. My addiction started with a $550 initial investment and has grown to around $15,000 in guns, and around $8000 in ammo (though little of that is left) in the course of five years.

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The Steyr m9a1 (9mm)


At a competition a few years ago a saw a guy running a pistol I had never seen before, it had a pyramid front sight and a very high grip angle, plus it seemed to be of high quality when I handled it, so when I saw the same gun for sale at a pawn shop I quickly haggled and traded him the a500g mentioned above. Steyr is best known for the Aug bullpup used by several militaries around the globe but they also make pistols and really expensive sniper rifles. The m9a1 is a polymer auto pistol, in 9mm it holds 17 rounds and mine shot great. Muzzle flip is very light because the grip is so high and the slide is so short. I love the pirimid sights and wish I could put some on an M&P, the only problem with the m9a1 that I found is that there are not aftermarket parts for it. Extra mags are very hard to find and as such quite expensive. You want a holster? Good luck! It is a travesty that this gun never took off in the U.S. it had such potential and should have dealt glock a death blow. This is another great pistol, and one that I have seen sell for as little as $350.

THE GOOD:
I love the trigger and sights on this gun right out of the box.
Accuracy is fine
Very reliable
good trigger
Very little muzzle flip
THE BAD:
Finding spare parts is imposable
Getting more mags is hard
FINAL THOUGHTS:

If you like your glock, this is the gun for you, it should have been a game changer for the us market. I really wish this had caught on, it is an amazing little pistol.



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