Hey guys.. well im from a few states away.. Iowa in fact, and i recently stumbled upon this thread via google, and thought i should add my 2 cents.
I've owned 1 diamondback db9. I encountered multiple FTF, and FTE in my initial 500+ round mark. Not to mention the chipped feed ramp, the trigger pins shifting out of place, and the frame being battered (ie.. thin strips of polymer were being stripped off the frame internally) Then after 564 rounds my trigger went limp, it snapped and would not even allow me to field strip this handgun. I sent it back to diamondback headquarters to get it fixed, paid for by DB. It was sent back some weeks later, and the trigger failed to reset after every 20th round or so, after receiving a new frame from the initial trigger failure. so once again i was left with a limp trigger. I sent it back to DB a second time in which they replaced the frame, and trigger a second time at which time i sold it.
I could not trust this firearm at all. It made me sick thinking i paid 350+ for this gun then around 150+ in ammunition cost to determine this gun could not be trusted and belonged in a trash can.
a total waste of my time, and cash. If DB would replace the trigger components with non MIM parts, update the trigger pins, redo the magazine entirely( ie.. new feed lips, and new spring) and somehow redo the entire frame which allowed the recoil spring to move freely within the slide they would have a winner on their hands. But considering their .380 is still had multiple bugs to work out, i dont see their DB9 becoming a success any time soon.
I've owned 1 diamondback db9. I encountered multiple FTF, and FTE in my initial 500+ round mark. Not to mention the chipped feed ramp, the trigger pins shifting out of place, and the frame being battered (ie.. thin strips of polymer were being stripped off the frame internally) Then after 564 rounds my trigger went limp, it snapped and would not even allow me to field strip this handgun. I sent it back to diamondback headquarters to get it fixed, paid for by DB. It was sent back some weeks later, and the trigger failed to reset after every 20th round or so, after receiving a new frame from the initial trigger failure. so once again i was left with a limp trigger. I sent it back to DB a second time in which they replaced the frame, and trigger a second time at which time i sold it.
I could not trust this firearm at all. It made me sick thinking i paid 350+ for this gun then around 150+ in ammunition cost to determine this gun could not be trusted and belonged in a trash can.
a total waste of my time, and cash. If DB would replace the trigger components with non MIM parts, update the trigger pins, redo the magazine entirely( ie.. new feed lips, and new spring) and somehow redo the entire frame which allowed the recoil spring to move freely within the slide they would have a winner on their hands. But considering their .380 is still had multiple bugs to work out, i dont see their DB9 becoming a success any time soon.
) Diamondback does maintain a regular presence on the site, which is how I knew to contact Scott (and Jason before him). I don't know of any other gun company that makes their personnel readily available in this manner.
