Masada 9mm pistol1/13/2024 ![]() The frame of the pistol is molded from fiberglass reinforced polymer, sports a very natural-feeling grip angle and includes three interchangeable backstraps that will accommodate most any size hand. The Masada ships with two easy-loading flush-fit 17-round magazines (or 10-rounder’s for communist bloc states), three-different sized interchangeable backstraps and optic-mounting plates that support the Trijicon RMR (or SRO), Vortex Venom, Leupold DeltatPoint Pro and SIG ROMEO1 platforms. ![]() For testing we mounted a Trijicon SRO, which, not surprisingly, occluded the open sights. The slide just forward of the rear sight has a flat machined into it to accept sight bases (five included) for the most popular red-dot sights: Trijicon RMR and SRO, Vortex Venom, Leupold Delta Point Pro and Sig Sauer Romeo 1. There are no loaded-chamber or cocking indicators. Staring at the top, it features a black nitride finished steel slide with front and rear cocking serrations a 4.1-inch, low-profile, bushingless, cold-hammer-forged steel barrel, polygonal rifled at a 1:10-inch twist rate dovetailed 3-dot sights with drift adjustable rear beefy external extractor/ejector and a striker-fired operating system with single captured recoil spring. An oversized trigger guard leaves ample room for gloved hands Both slide stop and magazine release controls are ambidextrous. Barrel is cold-hammer-forged and features polygonal rifling. The Masada uses a modular/removable, high-grade-steel trigger mechanism housing which also serves as the serialized component. ![]() Designed with input from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), it was developed to provide a robust and precise solution to modern battlefield requirements. Priced at only $480, the Masada has everything we covet in a fighting pistol, except night sights (which are available through Meprolight, an IWI subsidiary. It’s not often that a new striker-fired, polymer-framed pistol raises an eye brow around here, but the new Masada 9mm from Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) did just that. Sub-1-inch precision and an impressive feature set meet affordability
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