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SEARCHAvailable chambered for either the 9mm Luger or .40 S&W, Steyr Mannlicher's L9-A1 has many of the features of Steyr's earlier pistols along with several new ones. In addition to a noticeably longer slide, the L9-A1 has extremely distinctive sights. For more details, read Paul Scarlata's review of the Steyr Mannlicher L9-A1 Duty Pistol .
Photos: Becky Leavitt
The trapezoidal rear sight has two white bars to outline the front sight. Note the loaded chamber indicator at the top left of the rear face of the slide.
This top view shows the cutout at the rear of the chamber hood which allows you to visually verify if there is a round in the chamber.
The pyramid-shaped front sight has a large white insert. Note the square cut front grasping grooves on the slide.
Recoil, even with +P loads, was very controllable.
The L9-A1 proved to be a fine handling, naturally pointing pistol.
This is a sample target fired from a rest at 25 yards.
The L9-A1 is Steyr-Mannlicher's newest polymer frame pistol. Visible here is the trigger block safety lever on the face of the trigger, large extractor, take-down lever, internal safety lock cylinder, extended magazine baseplate, and low-mount, no-snag rear sight.
Visible here is the L9-A1's large magazine release, slide release lever, and the low-mount sights.
Offhand drills at 7 and 12 yards produced a well-ventilated target.