Joe Williams
Shooter
- Jun 26, 2008
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Anybody use these, know anyone that does, or know anything about them?
Took a look at them at Big R today, mildly interested in the EAA EZ 9, might actually be more than mildly interested in the ATI HP9, depending on what I can find out about them.
Judging by what the slide said, right now I'm guessing the ATI gun is built in Turkey. There are some awfully fine guns being built there, at good prices. The ATI is on sale for $299. Couldn't take it down in the store, but from what I could see with the slide back, it actually looks to be decently made. Nice, even finish, no tooling marks to be seen anywhere, including the underside of the slide. They've got a sign on it that says Hipower Clone, but it surely isn't. The slide looks kind of like a HP slide, but that's about it. It's double action, single action was light and crisp once the usual DA/SA semi-auto slack it taken up. Double action felt pretty smooth, kind of heavy but not to much so. Trigger reach was good for my average sized (at best) hand. Safety, trigger, and trigger bar are reminiscent of the 92FS. Safety felt very postive, no sloppiness, trigger and trigger bar felt like plastic, which is used to good effect on plenty of other guns. Sights were decent. Grip is a little long, about as long as that on the XDm, might be better off carrying Cathy's 1911 if I have a need to carry really for real concealed. Like I said, I'm interested if I can find out good things about it, and about things like mag availability. I'm guessing nylon holsters would be a necessity until I could catch Raven Concealment at the next 1500 if I went this route.
The EAA EZ9 looks like a fairly close copy of the Sig 226 with a light rail on the frame., but rougher of course. It's on sale for $379, not as well finished as the ATI gun, the underside of the slide showed quite a bit of tooling marks. I'm wondering if it can accept 226 magazines. I'm wondering if it would work in some 226 holsters.
Like I said, if anyone has any actual experience with these guns, especially regarding reliability and accuracy I'd be interested in hearing about them. "Save up and buy a Glock" posts won't be particularly helpful, though
Took a look at them at Big R today, mildly interested in the EAA EZ 9, might actually be more than mildly interested in the ATI HP9, depending on what I can find out about them.
Judging by what the slide said, right now I'm guessing the ATI gun is built in Turkey. There are some awfully fine guns being built there, at good prices. The ATI is on sale for $299. Couldn't take it down in the store, but from what I could see with the slide back, it actually looks to be decently made. Nice, even finish, no tooling marks to be seen anywhere, including the underside of the slide. They've got a sign on it that says Hipower Clone, but it surely isn't. The slide looks kind of like a HP slide, but that's about it. It's double action, single action was light and crisp once the usual DA/SA semi-auto slack it taken up. Double action felt pretty smooth, kind of heavy but not to much so. Trigger reach was good for my average sized (at best) hand. Safety, trigger, and trigger bar are reminiscent of the 92FS. Safety felt very postive, no sloppiness, trigger and trigger bar felt like plastic, which is used to good effect on plenty of other guns. Sights were decent. Grip is a little long, about as long as that on the XDm, might be better off carrying Cathy's 1911 if I have a need to carry really for real concealed. Like I said, I'm interested if I can find out good things about it, and about things like mag availability. I'm guessing nylon holsters would be a necessity until I could catch Raven Concealment at the next 1500 if I went this route.
The EAA EZ9 looks like a fairly close copy of the Sig 226 with a light rail on the frame., but rougher of course. It's on sale for $379, not as well finished as the ATI gun, the underside of the slide showed quite a bit of tooling marks. I'm wondering if it can accept 226 magazines. I'm wondering if it would work in some 226 holsters.
Like I said, if anyone has any actual experience with these guns, especially regarding reliability and accuracy I'd be interested in hearing about them. "Save up and buy a Glock" posts won't be particularly helpful, though
