NICE! Trigun, did you get the 2 dot or the 3 dot sights? I agree, its a hot gun, probably the best looking pistol available IMO.
Thanks for the welcomes guys. This board is huge and really active with lots of nice and knowledgeable people. Good to be here.
Hmm, I am torn between the standard M9 and the M9A1. I like the grip stippling on the M9A1, but the rail ruins the form of the frame IMO. If only the standard M9 came with the stippling, or if the 92FS still had the straight dust cover, and had the stippling.
I was wondering the same thing when I was looking to purchase, whether the look of the gun was affected by the rail. I decided to go with it because I like the options available by having a rail. After having received it there is no question, the M9A1 is awesome and hot looking. Now I think the rail adds to it even in terms of looks.
Either one would be a good choice, if you can find them. I did not find them available anywhere but TSE in Calgary, and I got the last one I believe. Other canadian stores, including my local shop, all said they had them on order for a long while and the orders were not getting filled. I've read stories of Americans looking for up to 2 years and not finding one.
Looking at the boxes of the guns from those who posted in this thread, they all look to be the same series of production, the camo sheet over the cardboard box that reads "celebrating 20 years of service with america's armed forces". Maybe this was a limited production run of a commemorative civilian release? As discussed earlier, there are some features of this gun which differ from that which is issued to the us armed forces. I currently believe this to be a limited release civ version of the M9 and M9A1.
