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Push the recoil spring unit forward slightly and lift it out of the slide. Grasp the slide with your left hand and pull it forward off the frame. Using the supplied key, depress the internal safety lock cylinder on the right side of the frame and rotate it 90 degrees to the rear. Then let the slide run forward and dry fire the pistol. First, remove the magazine and ascertain there is no cartridge in the chamber. I found the L9-A1 an extremely easy pistol to disassemble. When the slide goes into battery, the barrel hood enters the ejection port, locking the two units together. The captive recoil spring unit under the barrel then pulls the slide forward, stripping the next round from the magazine and chambering it. When the pistol is fired, the barrel and slide recoil together a short distance until the barrel is cammed down, allowing the slide to continue rearward, extracting and ejecting the spent case. The metal magazines feature extended base pads that increase capacity to 17 rounds, help ensure the magazine is completely seated during reloads, and prevent damage when ejected magazines land on a hard surface.īreech locking is accomplished by the barrel hood moving up into, and bearing on the front edge of, the ejection port. Using a special key (a pair of which are supplied with the pistol), you push in the cylinder behind the takedown lever and rotate it 45 degrees to the rear to lock the trigger and sear so as to prevent unauthorized firing. Lastly, the design features an internal safety lock. When the pistol's chamber is loaded a pin extends out past the rear of the slide to provide a tactical indication of the pistol's condition while a small, semi-circular cutout in the barrel hood allows you to visually verify if there is a round in the chamber. In addition, a complete stroke of the trigger deactivates the internal striker and drop safeties. The L9-A1 has a trigger safety consisting of a small, spring-loaded inner trigger housed in the wider, outer trigger that prevents trigger movement until it is depressed. The slide reciprocates on four integral lugs of a metal insert in the frame, which also contains the trigger mechanism, sear, and ejector. The bottom of the grip frame is scalloped, exposing the magazine base plate so the shooter can drag the magazine out of the grip in case of a malfunction. Relief cutouts on both sides of the frame permit easy access to the magazine catch, which can be reversed for left-handed shooters. A Picatinny rail on the dust cover permits mounting lights, lasers, or other tactical accessories. This and the aggressive texturing provide improved handling and recoil control. The trigger guard is shaped so that a shooter can get a very high grip on the pistol. The front sight contains a non-luminescent white triangle contrast element designed to mate with two white rectangles on the rear sight for fast alignment.Ī lot of thought went into the design of the grip frame. The manufacturer claims that this arrangement provides faster target acquisition for instinctive aiming. The front sight is a triangular blade while the rear is a trapezoidal notch. Grasping grooves on the front and rear of the slide allow retraction from a number of positions when reloading the pistol or clearing a malfunction, even with wet hands or when wearing gloves.Īnd the L9-A1 has the most unique sights I have seen in a long time, perhaps ever.
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A small roller on this pin allows for the striker to move smoothly as it is compressed by the trigger stroke and for a "cleaner" break when the striker is released. Steyr also redesigned the trigger by incorporating a pin beneath the rear sight that bisects the striker firing-pin channel.