I ordered this from IRUNGUNS. $229 USD was just too good an offer to refuse.
https://www.irunguns.us/product.php?p=diamond-back-firearms-db9fs-9mm-4-75
It is made in USA (Coco Florida) by a company better known for making cheap pocket pistols.
The transaction went very smoothly. I ordered on IRUNGUNS website and within a week had the pistol. It comes in a nice little hard plastic gun case, with a simple owner’s manual (with full colour pictures). The warranty is void with +P loads or handloads. For $300 CDN, who cares?
It comes with only 1 mag. That is annoying. The good news is that the mag is a modified Beretta M9 mag, so military surplus ones are available for less than $15USD. I ordered 4 more. To work in this pistol, and extra notch is cut in the Beretta mag, much the same as we modify a CZ mag to work in a Grand Power.
The mag supplied is a pinned 15 shot military surplus Check-Mate mag. It only holds 9 rounds. I will have to re-pin it.
The grip is comfortable in my largish hands. No adjustments are available. For me, it is more comfortable than a Glock but not as comfortable as a M&P9. I added a small strip of skateboard tape to the front and rear of the grip. I do this to most pistols. The magwell is flared a bit, so inserting a mag is fast and easy.
The mag release is easy to use and the mag drops free.
The black stainless steel slide looks like a Glock, with better sights. The slide has sharp serrations, front and back, for racking the slide. The rear sight is a Novack style steel unit that sits in a dovetail. It is anchored with a small Allen screw. The rear sight notch is wide, giving lots of clearance on either side of the front sight. This makes for fast aiming. I really like the sight picture. Much better than the stock Glock or M&P.
The barrel to slide fit is tight, as is the slide to frame fit. Much better than I expected.
The trigger is fair. Better than M&P, not quite as good as Glock. Feels to be around 6 pounds. I will polish the key parts. Reset is fairly long.
It does not have a mag safety. Yea!!
The slide release is a bit heavy. I won’t use it. It reliably locks back on an empty mag.
Barrel is a bit longer than Glock or M&P – about 4.75”. Sight radius is about 6”. Barrel has conventional rifling, so lead bullets should not be an issue.
Take down is pure Glock. The frame feels incredibly light. I can’t help but wonder how strong it is. I won’t drive a truck over it to find out.
Features
Rail on bottom of frame for a light or laser. Steel, not plastic rear sight. Drop free mags. Cocked indicator (small protruding pin at rear of slide). Peep hole to see if a round is in chamber. It only weighs 1.5 pounds.
Shooting
I took slide off and it looked to be almost dry inside (opposite of a Norinco) so I lubed with a few dabs of CLP.
I cant a handgun slightly, so it will group left unless I adjust the sights. So before going to the range, I adjusted the rear sight about 3mms left. Groups were on paper, so I was able to test it for grouping ability with three power levels of ammo. I shot at a fairly fast pace at 20 yards. One shot every 5 seconds. It grouped well.
That is the good news. The bad news is that I was aiming at the target above the one I hit. It shoots 5” low. My M&Ps, out of the box, also hit low, so I had to replace the front sights.
Conclusion
A great gun for the price. It cost me $300 Cdn, plus shipping. I can’t really compare it to anything, because no other 9mm costs so little, except maybe a Norinco Tokarev – which it out performs.
If you need a cheap 9mm of some purpose – this is a good bet. If you need a cheap 9mm for CQB, IDPA or IPSC, this will work just fine. I like the fact that it uses cheap and readily available surplus Beretta mags. Some off brand pistols use proprietary mags that are expensive or difficult to source.
My only complaint is the trigger. It is better than my M&P – but it got an Apex treatment and is now superb. This trigger will get polished and should then go from Fair to Good. The rear sight will have to be replaced with a taller one. I might have something in my parts drawer that will fit.
https://www.irunguns.us/product.php?p=diamond-back-firearms-db9fs-9mm-4-75
It is made in USA (Coco Florida) by a company better known for making cheap pocket pistols.
The transaction went very smoothly. I ordered on IRUNGUNS website and within a week had the pistol. It comes in a nice little hard plastic gun case, with a simple owner’s manual (with full colour pictures). The warranty is void with +P loads or handloads. For $300 CDN, who cares?
It comes with only 1 mag. That is annoying. The good news is that the mag is a modified Beretta M9 mag, so military surplus ones are available for less than $15USD. I ordered 4 more. To work in this pistol, and extra notch is cut in the Beretta mag, much the same as we modify a CZ mag to work in a Grand Power.
The mag supplied is a pinned 15 shot military surplus Check-Mate mag. It only holds 9 rounds. I will have to re-pin it.
The grip is comfortable in my largish hands. No adjustments are available. For me, it is more comfortable than a Glock but not as comfortable as a M&P9. I added a small strip of skateboard tape to the front and rear of the grip. I do this to most pistols. The magwell is flared a bit, so inserting a mag is fast and easy.
The mag release is easy to use and the mag drops free.
The black stainless steel slide looks like a Glock, with better sights. The slide has sharp serrations, front and back, for racking the slide. The rear sight is a Novack style steel unit that sits in a dovetail. It is anchored with a small Allen screw. The rear sight notch is wide, giving lots of clearance on either side of the front sight. This makes for fast aiming. I really like the sight picture. Much better than the stock Glock or M&P.
The barrel to slide fit is tight, as is the slide to frame fit. Much better than I expected.
The trigger is fair. Better than M&P, not quite as good as Glock. Feels to be around 6 pounds. I will polish the key parts. Reset is fairly long.
It does not have a mag safety. Yea!!
The slide release is a bit heavy. I won’t use it. It reliably locks back on an empty mag.
Barrel is a bit longer than Glock or M&P – about 4.75”. Sight radius is about 6”. Barrel has conventional rifling, so lead bullets should not be an issue.
Take down is pure Glock. The frame feels incredibly light. I can’t help but wonder how strong it is. I won’t drive a truck over it to find out.
Features
Rail on bottom of frame for a light or laser. Steel, not plastic rear sight. Drop free mags. Cocked indicator (small protruding pin at rear of slide). Peep hole to see if a round is in chamber. It only weighs 1.5 pounds.
Shooting
I took slide off and it looked to be almost dry inside (opposite of a Norinco) so I lubed with a few dabs of CLP.
I cant a handgun slightly, so it will group left unless I adjust the sights. So before going to the range, I adjusted the rear sight about 3mms left. Groups were on paper, so I was able to test it for grouping ability with three power levels of ammo. I shot at a fairly fast pace at 20 yards. One shot every 5 seconds. It grouped well.
That is the good news. The bad news is that I was aiming at the target above the one I hit. It shoots 5” low. My M&Ps, out of the box, also hit low, so I had to replace the front sights.
Conclusion
A great gun for the price. It cost me $300 Cdn, plus shipping. I can’t really compare it to anything, because no other 9mm costs so little, except maybe a Norinco Tokarev – which it out performs.
If you need a cheap 9mm of some purpose – this is a good bet. If you need a cheap 9mm for CQB, IDPA or IPSC, this will work just fine. I like the fact that it uses cheap and readily available surplus Beretta mags. Some off brand pistols use proprietary mags that are expensive or difficult to source.
My only complaint is the trigger. It is better than my M&P – but it got an Apex treatment and is now superb. This trigger will get polished and should then go from Fair to Good. The rear sight will have to be replaced with a taller one. I might have something in my parts drawer that will fit.
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