Sterling Arms R9 - Available by month end. **UPDATED**
- Thread starter Siwash Sports
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- East Kootneys
I bet you are a lot of fun at parties?......
I bet your nick-name is kill-joy!.........
Cause the barrel has giant slots in it? What do you expect a muscle device to accomplish when much of the gas is going out the side of the barrel?Who will be first to ask why it isn't threaded for a flash hidder?
It's a joke
So, I'd pay 1659$ just to make sure I have 1 10rnd Mag guaranteed right in the box
- Location
- Chilliwack BC
Fair, but you're not his only potential customer. 10 rounders will be available.
I just don't like the idea of my snagging a rifle but not being able to get a 10rnder cuzsome one buys up 100 of them at once
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- Chilliwack BC
I’ll announce it on this thread for sure, the spares are coming with the rifles. We will have 40.
$1600 isn't exactly a king's ransom. It's not even very expensive compared to the rest of the market. I'm sure there will be loads of people lining up to buy these.
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- Chilliwack BC
Not anymore, $1600 is equal to $1280 in 2019, prior so the super inflation from the idiot response to COVID 19.
R9 MSRP is ~40% more than the Homesteader, ~110% more than the (out-of-stock) M1-9, therefore is (currently) the most expensive PCC on the Canadian market. That's nothing to do with the relative buying value of $1,600 in 2025 - nor does it factor in the market disruption caused by the OIC(s) that will have a lot of basic buyers sit this out.
Therefore R9 is aimed at buyers who prioritise features over price.
The Homesteader is fugly in a Fudd kind of way. The M1-9 is notoriously unreliable, so ought not be considered. The JR Carbine is difficult to strip and assemble, and is fugly so ought not really be considered either. That leaves us with just a small group of PCCs priced under the R9. Let's look at the price of most other (currently prohib) PCCs which we can reasonably expect to return to the Canadian market:
- B+T APC-9 Pro: $4.7K
- B+T SPC9: $4.6K
- BRS-99: $3.5K
- SIG MPX: $2.7K
- FN PS90: $2.6K
- B+T GHM: $2.5K
- IMI X95: $2.5K
- Colt 9mm SM
$2.5K- Kriss Vector: $2.3K
- HK USC: $2.3K ________________ SAI R9: $1.6K
- CZ Skorpion EVO 3: $1.4K
- Freedom Ordnance FX9: $1.4K
- Ruger LC Carbine: $1.3K
- S&W FPC Carbine: $1.2K
- Henry Homesteader: $1.2K
- Kodiak K9: $1.1K
From the above list, we can see that the R9 at $1600 is clearly priced in the lower 1/3 of the PCC price spectrum. So, comparitively speaking, it is not expensive at all, but rather an economy-priced PCC that will punch far above its weight in terms of the quality of its manufacture, fit and finish, etc. Assuming that the R9 is both reliable and reasonably accurate, it ought to be a winner as one of the most economically-priced, quality PCCs available on the Canadian market when all reasonable options are brought to the table and considered. The only real competition at the R9's price-point in terms of quality of manufacture, degree of development and ease of disassembly is the CZ Skorpion EVO3.
Features over Price? Not necessarily... More like Features AND Price!
E.T.A. Prices come from the RDSC website, which maintains the last known price for recently prohibited firerarms including those prohibited back in May 2020.
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The Homesteader is fugly in a Fudd kind of way. The M1-9 is notoriously unreliable, so ought not be considered. The JR Carbine is difficult to strip and assemble, and is fugly so ought not really be considered either. That leaves us with just a small group of PCCs priced under the R9. Let's look at the price of most other (currently prohib) PCCs which we can reasonably expect to return to the Canadian market:
- B+T APC-9 Pro: $4.7K
- B+T SPC9: $4.6K
- BRS-99: $3.5K
- SIG MPX: $2.7K
- FN PS90: $2.6K
- B+T GHM: $2.5K
- IMI X95: $2.5K
- Colt 9mm SM
- Kriss Vector: $2.3K
- HK USC: $2.3K ________________ SAI R9: $1.6K
- CZ Skorpiron EVO 3: $1.4K
- Freedom Ordnance FX9: $1.4K
- Ruger LC Carbine: $1.3K
- S&W FPC Carbine: $1.2K
- Henry Homesteader: $1.2K
- Kodiak K9: $1.1K
From the above list, we can see that the R9 at $1600 is clearly priced in the lower 1/3 of the PCC price spectrum. So, comparitively speaking, it is not expensive at all, but rather an economy-priced PCC that will punch far above its weight in terms of the quality of its manufacture, fit and finish, etc. Assuming that the R9 is both reliable and reasonably accurate, it ought to be a winner as one of the most economically-priced, quality PCCs available on the Canadian market when all reasonable options are brought to the table and considered. The only real competition at the R9's price-point in terms of quality of manufacture, degree of development and ease of disassembly is the CZ Skorpion EVO3.
Features over Price? Not necessarily... More like Features AND Price!
E.T.A. Prices come from the RDSC website, which maintains the last known price for recently prohibited firerarms and even those prohibited back in May 2020.
Thank you for your edits, the list is more complete and the sentiment is fairer.
But even restricting our sample to predominantly premium models (that aren't currently available), and ignoring # unit sales distribution, the (original) claim of "lower 1/3" is proving to be a stretch. Mid tier perhaps?
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