bigdave24

My understanding is that the Redback uses the same buffer as the Sphinx, which were available online. You can confirm this with the Attic.

I’ve been happy with the HBI Theta trigger.

Had it milled for a holosun 407k. Fabricated Arms did a very nice job.

I had a Glock 19 and a Steyr M9 A1 back in the day. Beside having a much better grip, the Steyr had less felt recoil. The A2 is even better.

I recently picked up a Steyr L9 A2 MF from Palmetto during one of their one day sales. I really like it. The build quality seems the equal of my HKs. It comes with a nice case and two 17 round all-metal magazines, which again seem very high quality. I field stripped and lubricated the pistol prior to taking it to the range. (It came absolutely bone dry). Take down was very easy. I shot about 100 rounds of my reloads. No failures, slide locked back when it should. Quite accurate. The beaver tail and trigger guard are undercut to allow a very high grip on the pistol. Controls are minimally sized so they don’t interfere with the grip at all. The grip texture is aggressive and helped ensure a firm grip. It comes with three different backstraps and two different size side panels. Just had to use a punch to remove one pin to change them. For what it’s worth I ended up with the medium size backstrap and the more contoured side panels. Perceived recoil is personal, but for me I found it recoiled quite a bit less than my CZ P10-C or HK VP9, both of which I like. Very impressed with that. (Yes, I know it’s a 9 mm so there is no recoil). I had no problem with the trapezoidal sights. They wouldn’t be my first choice, but they’re fine. I also had no problem with the much maligned trigger reset. It’s only faintly audible, but reset distance is quite short. Rapid fire was easy, the trigger pull is very short, and I never short stroked it. I was able to order extra mags from Steyr USA for $20 each (on sale). Ordered a holster from Shadow Defensive. I’ll probably have Fabricated Arms mill the slide for an optic. All in all I’m very impressed with this pistol. And the sales price made it a no-brainer for me. I assume they’ll eventually come out with an optics ready model, but I think it’s hard to beat this pistol at the current sales price. Mandatory photo: [img]https://i.imgur.com/f2UjLOV.jpg[/img]

I always found extended safeties on CZs kept me from getting a high enough grip on the gun.

I ground down a safety on my Redback and blued it. I don't think the factory flat ones are in the USA at this point.

Do you know how the sear cage is fixed so it doesn’t come out when changing the safety? The Phoenix Redback is similar in that regard.

I like flat safeties on my CZs. The wide safeties interfere with my grip. I’ve used after market flat safeties, and I’ve ground down and blued regular safeties. Both work.

I like the flat safety on the Drake.

The Attic Imports in North Dakota.

Sorry to hear that. I think even with the screws out it's going to be tough to remove. Have to find some purchase with a wood dowel to tap off I would think.

Nice. Don’t think those are in the U.S. yet.

Not sure why the photos don't show up, and some aren't even showing as active links. Fixed it, flickr worked better.

I’ve never liked the extended LH safety on my Phoenix Redback Gen 1. It interfered with my grip. I like keeping my left (weak) hand very high. When parts finally became available from the Attic, I ordered a small LH safety. Unlike the CZ safety, in the Redback the safety plunger spring and safety plunger fit into the safety itself. They act as the detent. A new set comes with each safety. Removing the safety is similar to the CZ. The sear spring must be pushed out of the groove in the spindle so the LH safety can be pulled out. The RH safety comes out as well, and the sear stays in place! Not sure how it’s fixed in place, but it made placing the new safety much easier than on a CZ. The right hand safety has a spindle that fits into the LH safety spindle. When in place the grooves line up, so the sear spring will keep both LH and RH safeties in place. Pretty clever. The fit of the RH safety into the LH safety was very tight, so I oiled the spindles and put them together and apart several times before installing, to make sure there wouldn’t be any interference. Because I only use this particular gun on the range, and never use the safety, I ground the safety down and blued it. The new safety didn’t need any adjustment, but if it did, it would be exactly like the CZ. Took it out on the range and was very pleased with my improved grip.