Revisiting the STR9! (Properly, considered one of them.) On this article, we return to the archives for a Stoeger STR 9 Overview. Particularly, we’ll be wanting as soon as once more on the STR-9F mannequin. This text was initially printed in Might of 2022.
Whereas extensively recognized for its shotguns, Stoeger Industries branched out into the handgun market again in 2019. Over the previous three years, they’ve expanded upon their preliminary STR-9 choices so as to add an STR 9 Compact, sub-compact, and full-sized 9mm striker-fired pistols to their lineup.
Stoeger has earned a status for sturdy shotguns and intends to construct upon this legacy by bringing reasonably priced and dependable handguns to market, and for essentially the most half, all through my testing, I discovered this to be true.
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Stoeger STR 9 Overview
The total-sized Stoeger STR-9F, reviewed right here, was one of many new weapons of 2022. This pistol comes with a 4.68″ chilly hammered barrel and “excessive energy” alloy metal slide coated with a black nitride floor. Using a full-sized design, the longer barrel supplied nice accuracy, which I’ll get later, and allowed for an extended sight radius to assist the person make extra exact pictures.
Incorporating a novel sample of the entrance and rear slide serrations, Stoeger can machine aggressive slide cuts utilizing fewer cutter passes. This, in flip, offers a completely purposeful firearm with much less machine time to assist go financial savings onto the shopper. The ridges are lots deep to grip and rip when wanted.
Stoeger additionally added an built-in 1913 Picatinny rail, as all fashionable pistols ought to, so customers would be capable of mount a Surefire/Streamlight/and so forth. weapon gentle, Crimson Hint, Viridian or different laser and so forth. (in the event that they so select).
The STR-9F makes use of customary adjustable 3-dot white sights. Whereas these are nothing significantly particular, they’re tried and true. The entrance and rear sights are dovetailed to the slide and in addition appear to be fabricated from metallic. Hopefully, they’ll last more than among the plastic “iron” sights that another polymer striker-fired pistols are incorporating lately.
Observe that the rear sight has a flat entrance edge, which makes racking the slide one-handed simpler.
Grip and Ergonomics
The body suits my fingers nicely. Whereas some folks don’t choose finger grooves on the grip, they’re spaced nice for my fingers and add slightly extra floor space to grip onto.
Stoeger makes use of three several types of texturing, all of which appear to do their meant job nicely.
The rear protruding factors maintain onto my palm nice, and the remainder of the OEM stippling appears fashionable and works because it ought to. Three interchangeable backstraps are included to permit customizing the most effective match for various hand sizes.
The flat-faced set off comes with an ordinary pull weight of roughly 5 lbs. Stoeger says that it has a crisp and clean-breaking set off, however the one I obtained was type of “spongy.”
There was no definitive wall to the set off, however the reset could be very constructive and units your finger proper again on what needs to be the wall. This helps the person to be prepared to interrupt that subsequent shot and eliminates pointless extra finger motion wanted to function the set off.
Stoeger boasts a low bore axis for the STR-9F. Mechanically talking, the decrease you may get the bore axis into the middle of the shooter’s palm, the much less vertical motion can be created attributable to moments and inertia.
I discovered the STR-9F to have a shorter body than a Glock 19, however the beavertail on the body was slightly thicker. This brought about my hand to take a seat decrease on the body, and the good thing about the decrease slide was nearly negated.
Total, the recoil was similar to most different striker-fired pistols available on the market, however I discovered it to be barely extra snappy than a Glock 19. Nonetheless, it was very manageable and cozy to shoot.
You may additionally wish to learn our earlier overview of the STR-9.
STR9 Journal Efficiency
Stoeger presents two choices when buying the STR-9F. Both model would be the very same 9mm pistol; the distinction can be within the magazines. As of this writing, there’s a 10-round magazine possibility and a 17-round magazine possibility.
From what I can inform, it appears just like the 17-round magazine is the very same because the 15-round magazine they promote for the usual STR-9 however with an prolonged baseplate. It has spherical marker cutouts, however they’re solely 15, which confused me at first.
Relaxation assured, you may load two extra rounds for a complete of 17, although.
The journal fed with out subject. The one subject all through my overview was once I was loading the journal. After loading up round ten rounds, the ammunition received right into a bind and type of locked up.
All it took was a fast unload and a extra cautious reload earlier than I used to be good to go once more. It’s a minor subject, positive, however I wished it to be famous. Because the STR-9F solely ships with one journal, this needs to be stored in thoughts.
Accuracy Evaluation
That includes a full-sized body, the STR-9F packs a 4.68″ barrel, which carried out nice. I shot three totally different groupings from 10 yards standing unsupported and imagine I used to be the limiting issue on the subject of group sizes.
Apparently, I can also’t rely, so after desiring to shoot 5 spherical teams, I shot one 4 spherical group by accident.
Listed under are the groupings from 10 yards for the closest 4 (4) rounds from every group:
2.3″ — Fiocchi 158gr FMJ 0.9″ — Blazer Brass 124gr FMJ 1.8″ — Hornady 100gr FTX
Taking pictures a few hundred rounds of 124gr Blazer Brass via this pistol, I had zero malfunctions or points to notice. I by no means even added oil. Straight out of the field, the STR-9F kicked butt and actually far exceeded my expectations for a pistol on this value vary.
The dimensions and really feel of this pistol are very corresponding to that of different full-sized handguns, however a gun eager to compete within the already crowded striker-fired market must convey one thing to the desk. The benefit I discovered was that it delivers largely the identical efficiency as among the “large names” whereas undercutting their costs by a major margin.
Whereas I couldn’t afford to run a few thousand rounds via it to talk in direction of the long-term reliability, it thrived for the couple hundred rounds I threw at it.
The Stoeger STR-9F packs some critical efficiency for its class and value.
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Stoeger STR9F Specs and Options
Caliber: 9×19.Operation: Semi-automaticAction: Striker FiredSlide and Barrel: Chilly hammered barrel, slide and barrel excessive energy alloy metal with nitriding floor treatmentSights: Commonplace 3-dot systemFrame: Technopolymer, strengthened with glass fiberOverall size: 202 mm / 7.95″Barrel size: 119 mm / 4.68″Barrel rifling: 6 proper grooves, pitch 250mm.Total width: 31 mm / 1.22″Total top: 142 mm / 5.59″Sight radius: 176 mm / 6.93″Distance between barrel axis and higher again grip: 19 mm / 0.75″Journal capability: 17Weight with empty journal: 735±5 gr / 25.9 oz
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