Israel has a history and a culture of innovation. After all, they didn’t make the AK-47, but with the Galil, they made it better. They didn’t invent the bullpup, but their Tavor is one of, if not the best versions of that platform. They didn’t invent the CZ-75, but with the inclusion of a safety/decocker, the IWI Jericho might very well be a better version of even that hallowed sidearm.
Israeli Weapons Industries (IWI) didn’t invent the serialized chassis, either. They certainly didn’t invent the striker-fired, polymer framed gun. But with the MASADA, they might just have created the best striker-fired, polymer framed serialized chassis pistol on the market today.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_182052-700x525.jpg)
Stylistically, the semi-automatic MASADA is a deceptive mix. Aggressive cuts in the fore and aft ends of the slide make manipulation easy, but also serve to tie in an aesthetic that continues to the rails on the frame. That gives the gun a cut-up, industrial look. But take a closer look, and you’ll see that the rest of the gun is rounded throughout.
A good example of this is the blended and smoothed angles on top of the slide that lead to those cuts on the sides, and down past the nose, into the frame rail. It’s a smooth look that ends up sharpening at the slide cuts and rail.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190917_070739-700x525.jpg)
Chassis pistols are a neat concept. When the concept is fully employed, you can swap between some calibers, as well as a wide array of frames, barrels, and slides. With a wide menu to support the serialized chassis, a truly modular firearm is possible.
Right now, IWI ain’t there and I can find no information that says it’s going to get there. IWI doesn’t seem to offer even a threaded barrel, much less different frames or slides.
That’s a big disappointment, as I’d choose the MASADA over the other chassis guns — any of them — on the market in a minute. But that’s only if IWI steps up and offers a full array of options. It’s still early in the handgun’s release, so I’m hoping those other frames, barrels, and slides are forthcoming. Fingers crossed.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190820_114435-700x525.jpg)
Oddly enough, the included instruction manual provides no clue on how to remove the chassis from the frame. But if you’ve ever pulled one out of a SIG SAUER P320, it’s pretty obvious. If you haven’t, read the SIG P320 manual or watch a video online and you’ll get how to remove the chassis from the MASADA . The entire process requires no tools, and took me about 30 seconds to accomplish. It doesn’t require the user to pull the trigger, either.
Even with this base duty model, the MASADA gives the shooter options with sights, optics, controls, and backstraps.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_181942-700x525.jpg)
The sights on this particular pistol are the standard white 3-dot version. They are completely functional for daylight shooting, but a much better version is the available tritium 3-dot option.
Both the front and rear sights are drift-adjustable. Unfortunately, the rear sight is ramped in the front, but with a small textured ledge. This makes one-handed emergency slide manipulation in the case of a malfunction hit-or-miss.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_181843-700x525.jpg)
I am waiting for IWI to send me their own pistol red dot for testing, but the MASADA ships with interchangeable mounting plates for red dot sights like the Vortex Venom, SIG Romeo, Leupold DeltaPoint, and Trijicon RMR.
IWI ships the MASADA with three different sized backstraps. All three sizes have the same width and texture. Like most interchangeable backstraps, the primary benefit to most shooters will be that this allows a correct length of pull and allow for shooters with different sized hands to get their trigger finger in the optimal position for fast, accurate shooting.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_182236-525x700.jpg)
The MASADA includes wrap-around textures on the large grip surfaces. The side texture is mostly ornamental, with relatively little grippiness. The front and rear, however, have a different, and much more aggressive texture, helping to lock the gun tightly into the shooter’s hand.
The slide lock/release, as well as the magazine release are ambidextrous, not just switchable from one side to the other. The MASADA also has one of the better laid out magazine releases I’ve seen on a polymer striker-fired pistol.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_181827-700x525.jpg)
The magazine release isn’t quite square, but polygonal, with the larger area to the bottom of the gun. The texturing on the release is also in a bit of a pyramid shape.
Small details like this can have big results, and in this case, a very positive one. For my size-large hands, it means that my thumb simply has to sweep down to hit the button. There’s no awkward changing of my grip, and I never failed to hit the magazine even once, whether I used my right or my left hand, with or without a glove. Empty or full, the magazines never failed to eject quickly and completely.
The large ambidextrous slide stop/release was a bit more of a challenge. Not that it was hard to hit, but that it was easy to hit. Those size-large hands come with size-large thumbs, and I found it difficult to keep my firing hand thumb from hitting the slide stop, resulting in a lot of failures to lock back on an empty magazine. This is a common problem I have with guns that have pronounced slide stop/releases, and it goes away entirely when I drop my thumb for single hand firing.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_181810-700x525.jpg)
This model didn’t come with a safety, but according to the IWI website, a model with an ambidextrous safety is being offered by special order.
The front of the frame includes a 4-slot standard Picatinny rail for mounting any number of lights and accoutrements. A quick Duck Duck Go search provided several examples of holsters for the MASADA ready to ship.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_182023-700x525.jpg)
Each pistol ships with two 17-round magazines, made in Italy. Again, little things matter. Each of the magazine base plates have cut out ledges on each side. I never had a stuck magazine while shooting the MASADA, but if I had, these relief cuts would allow ample purchase to pull or pry the magazine from the pistol. Additional magazines are available from the IWI website for about $30.
Like most striker-fired polymer framed guns, the trigger on the MASADA is a solid “meh”. There is definitely some squishiness to the trigger, and some mush at the back of the break. However, it’s not too heavy, measuring right at 6 lbs on my Lyman scale. It’s also a surprisingly short pull with a solid reset. Unlike many other pistols in this category, I had no issues keeping the sights on target through the trigger pull.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_182128-700x525.jpg)
As any duty-oriented firearm should, the MASADA operated with perfect, wonderfully boring reliability. I shot a little over 500 rounds through the gun over a few weeks time, and a couple of other people put another hundred rounds or so through it.
I mostly shot the Armscor 115gr FMJ, but I also shot IWI’s 115gr and 147gr Die Cut HP round, as well as 100gr frangibles, and 124gr HPs from a couple of different manufacturers. I lubed the gun with plain old Rem Oil prior to shooting it, and never again during the entire review. I didn’t experience a malfunction of any kind.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_182156-700x525.jpg)
The external extractor may, at least theoretically, help with reliable extraction. It’s marked in red on the top edge, providing a subtle but recognizable loaded chamber indicator.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190915_153415-700x394.jpg)
On the bench, the IWI MASADA was a solid, but not spectacular performer. Regardless of manufacturer or type, the heavier grains were universally more precise from the pistol’s 4.1″ barrel. No 115gr round shot better than any 147gr round.
Oddly enough, it was bullets from Armscor that bracketed the potential precision of the pistol. Shooting five-round groups from a bench at 25 yards and averaged over 4-shot strings, the worst performing round was the Armscor 115gr FMJ. That round printed an average of 2 1/4″. The best performer was, again, Armscor, but this time the 147gr hollow point, printing an average of 1 1/4″ groups under the same conditions. Every other round I tested fell somewhere between those two extremes.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190915_153353-700x519.jpg)
I was impressed with the MASADA after my first range session. It’s a controllable, easy to shoot gun. A controllable gun is a fast gun, and that’s the impression that the MASADA leaves the shooter with.
In long, fast strings of fire, the front sight remains low throughout the recoil cycle. Combine that with a decent, short trigger, and quick follow-up shots are easy, either double or single-handed.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_181737-700x525.jpg)
The MASADA is very much an example of the sum being greater than the parts. The trigger, the full and well textured grip, the deep “beavertail”, the mass of the full length slide, and relatively low bore axis all come together to create a great shooting experience. Every shooter who put rounds through this gun during my review came back with the same conclusion. It’s another striker fired polymer framed duty gun, but one that doesn’t feel like you are squeezing a brick on a stick to make bullets come out of it.
The Israeli Defense Force is a bit bipolar. It’s known for rapidly innovating and deploying solutions, and often holding on to worn out and outdated equipment at the same time.
Their current pistol, the Jericho, isn’t a bad gun by any means, but the MASADA is a solid step up and soldiers on the ground would be well served by it. Of course, the same can be said for shooters here in the US as well.
![IWI MASADA 9mm Pistol review](https://cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190926_181913-525x700.jpg)
Specifications: IWI MASADA Pistol 9mm Pistol
Caliber: 9x19mm
Action: Striker Fired Semi-Automatic
Total length: 7.4″
Barrel Length: 4.1″
Barrel: Cold hammer-forged polygonal rifled barrel
Barrel Twist: 1/10
Weight: 1.4lbs w/o magazine
Height: 5.6″
Width: 1.3″
Sights: Fixed 3 Dot or Tritium
Rail: MIL-STD 1913
Capacity: 17+1
MSRP: $480 (about $450 retail)
Ratings (out of five stars):
Style and Appearance * * *
All the textures, but they tie together well. The finish is smooth and even throughout.
Customization * * * *
At this point, additional backstraps and a couple of sight versions are standard. The addition of multiple plates for a wide array of optics is a plus. If the chassis option menu gets fully developed by IWI, this category has a lot of potential.
Reliability * * * * *
Perfect reliability using multiple types of rounds, standard and +P, with multiple shooters.
Accuracy * * * *
At the far end, a duty gun shooting 2 1/4″ groups is OK. Shooting heavier rounds cut that by another inch. Close to five stars, but not quite.
Overall * * * *
IWI has a solid performer in their first introduction to the pistol market in a long time, and their first ever striker fired polymer framed gun. It’s easy and enjoyable to shoot, reliable and accurate. If IWI fully supports the MASADA line with multiple barrels, slides, and frames, this gun would handily outperform the current competition, especially with a street price under $450.
It would be hard to beat the trigger on the Sig 320. The thing I hate about the Sig is you have to buy a new frame to get a larger size. That is an advantage for Sig but not for me. Beretta has the replaceable back straps but the trigger assembly is a little trickier to change out should you want to change it. This might be promising and the price is okay too.
This looks a lot like a Ruger American to me. Not a gun I liked.
Not any more attractive even in Israeli clothing.
I’ll pass. Good to have choices
Exactly what I was going to say. It’s the Ruger American…now improved with front slide serrations & a cut for mounting optics.
As for Armscor ammo, its always been good when I’ve been shooting it. The stuff labeled Armscor USA is made in Stevensville, Montana, by HSM Ammunitions (from what I can guess).
I have an American Compact.
There is nothing fundamentally “wrong” with it, but the SR series is arguably a better pistol. Biggest issue I have with the American is it’s just really bulky for it’s capacity. My CZ-75 is slimmer and holds 3 more round.
More like a CZ P10c, which is likely what they modeled it on, given their history of CZ knockoffs.
No….dont think so….
Same contour, profile, length, height, etc of the Ruger American.
https://ruger.com/products/rugerAmericanPistol/specSheets/8605.html
Definitely bears a resemblance to both. I think trigger guard is more CZ-like.
https://cdn.cz-usa.com/hammer/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16z_CZP10_R.png
The Ruger American never interested me either, and I’m generally a Ruger fan. I’ve been happy with my SR9c. I don’t see much of an improvement in the RAP over the SR series.
I am a SR fan as well. Especially the C.
Don’t know what they were thinking with the American.
Looks aren’t everything. You really need to put it in your hands and FEEL the way it fits your palm with the interchangeable back-straps. Feel the nice smooth and light trigger pull and crisp release. Shooting it makes the biggest positive differences between the Masada and most other striker fired pistols that I’ve shot. this gun is extremely comfortable and controllable.
Beats Glock on price and it’s from a reputable company. As long as mags are affordable and other calibers come out IWI has a winner.
Masada OEM mags are $30, glock OEM are $25, but good aftermarket glock mags can be had for $15. If there was a Masada-PCC that accepted the same mags, we’d have a winner.
As long as you have just the one chassis it doesn’t matter how many barrels, frames, slides you have. You still have only one gun.
I’m not sure I like that idea.
Agreed.
The big advantage I see is if you do your own stipple job and ruin a grip frame, they are easily replaced. Or if you just a more festive colored grip frame.
Beretta frames seem to be reasonable. Dont know about IWI.
I’d love to be able to swap back and forth between 9mm and .357Sig, as well as a full frame/slide to compact versions depending on how I’m dressed and using the gun.
It’s a neat idea if they price the parts reasonably. Sig charges so much for the conversion kits you are better off buying a second gun, especially since they don’t to my knowledge sell the FCU by itself. I’ve seen conversion kits for sale priced over $400 when you can buy a complete P320 for $465.
With the P320 about the only ’conversion’ that makes sense is if you buy the Mid-sized 15 round 9mm, you can buy a Compact frame and 12 round magazine for about $80.
Ya I have a 9mm and had thousands of rounds of .40. I got the .40 conversion kit for around $400 with X-Mas $ and shot the .40 as 9mm prices were going up. When the .40 ammo was gone I sold the conversion kit on gun broker, so it all worked out. If it wasn’t X-Mas $, I would not have considered it ‘free’ and never have paid that price. But I’d also have a bunch of .40 ammo with no guns that shoot that as well.
You see it as a cool gadget that you can swap bits on. My take is that I have an excuse to buy more guns. 🙂
Agree. I like my .22 kit for my Beretta 96 and might consider the Kadet kit for my CZ but generally I’d rather have a another gun than a modular kit in multiple calibers
You make a strong point.
is it me or does it look like the silencerco Frame?
So… copying a production Sig is the new bar for being an innovative company, huh?
K.
As long as the Masada isn’t something you need to send back to the factory for malfunctions within the first couple hundred rounds…and continue the same malfunctions after getting it back (like two Sig P320’s that I had), then I’d much prefer the “copy” over the supposed game-changing original.
Honest prayer: “Lord, please watch over and protect our men and women in uniform. Because the Sig P320/M17/whatever they wanna call it probably won’t do such a good job of it. And Sig Sauer doesn’t seem to care as long as they have the contract.”
Did you read the first paragraph?
Nothing innovative comes out of Israel. They just take all our money and weapons.
Have you ever seen a TAvor? It’s a piece of junk.
Yeah I probably don’t have more than 20 or 30 thousand rounds through a Tavor. Neat guns.
I have about 6000rd through m16 and and m4. About 100 rounds in combat! I have about 100ish through Tavor. It’s oddly balanced, inaccurate, crappy bullpup trigger, and just generally shitty. I’ll take an AR any day over some crappy oppressive parasite nation’s export junk.
Not to mention- gas messing with my eyes. Junk. Sad!
Didn’t need 30000 rounds to tell you that. That’s like $10000 of ammo. Holy cow.
Even if it was great, I don’t think anyone can support Israel with a clear conscious.
I’m sorry. If I had realized I was talking to a POG wouldn’t have responded to your comment in the first place.
Agree, the AUG is superior.
POG? Fuck you. Do you know what Helman was like? It was walk around until you get blown up. I was 11B, btw.
Have fun inhaling exhaust from your ZOG Tupperware.
Yes, I do, and no, you weren’t.
Is troll spelled TOOL?
Seems like anything guns and tactics related that comes out of Israel is mildly retarded and has a cult like fanatical following. Their tacticool shooting stuff is hilarious.
Chuck Yeager wearing a toupe?
I think you are getting an American hero mixed up with an American clown.
Don’t you mean James Yeager????
LMAO…. you are absolutely right.
At least you kinda knew what I meant .
Don’t forget the tactical shimmy get your head shot off maneuver!
https://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2019/04/04/the-tactical-look-shimmy-is-so-hot-right-now/
I’d like to actually see some of the “tactical” courses/dance clubs be experienced with Simunition. Lets see how people really move when the aren’t acting and actually have some skin in the game.
I have a little experience with Israeli weapons. Mostly rifles and SMG. No doubt this is a serviceable pistol, but I think it will be lost in the tidal wave of polymer pistols.
Um…Masada? A handgun for mass suicide LOL! There have to be a thousand better names…..
Maccabbee
A small group of refugees held off an entire Roman legion, 10,000 men, for years. The Romans then used captive Jewish slaves to build a siege ramp to the city. Instead of becoming slaves themselves, the Jews living in the Masada refuge decided to kill themselves, dying as free men and women and inspiring generations to resist.
True story. I didn’t realize they had used Jewish slaves but was thinking that the Romans had forced their own soldiers to stack rocks up the side of the mountain. I’m not Jewish but I have spent periods of time there in my younger days. I hiked up the Masada switch back trail one morning before sunrise, (it was wisely suggested since it was summertime). It was a great experience and a beautiful view from the summit at sunrise. A year later I had recently married and took my wife up on the cable car to make it easy on her. Not one to trust man-made structures at great heights I dang near had a nervous breakdown in front of her while in the cable car. I lost my “tough guy” image pretty quickly that day. LOL.
I’ve always been somewhat fond of Israeli weaponry but not because I find it impressive in every aspect. To me it seems slightly crude in fit and finish compared to that of higher end Western European firearms manufacturers. To be simple, robust, and reliable seems to be the objective, a reflection of the people themselves. How can it be otherwise when perpetual combat is a sad but realistic lifestyle for those folks. And NO, contrary to what western academics and media purvey, the common citizenry has no desire to be imperialistic. Like EVERY race and/or ethnic group the Jews have committed their share of evil in human history but that is not an accurate description of the common contemporary Israeli. As a whole, they have not been the aggressors for millennia. That myth is spun as cunningly as the “firearms are the cause of murder” story line. For the modern Israeli life is a perpetual defensive posture. Everyone around them wants them wiped off the face of the earth and that is a very insecure life to wake up to every day. As a nation, the citizens just want to be left the hell alone in their tiny country. Granted, there ARE a few extremely powerful, (and evil), Jewish men around the world who are orchestrating global control but they are in no way adherents to nor representative of typical Jewish ideology and faith. As a matter of fact, they are the chief enemy of modern day Israel, unceasingly stirring up the hatred of their neighbors and inciting them to violence.
MAKE TEXAS A NATION AGAIN!
ummm, what’s the chance the spring hanging down into space when the chassis is out get’s bent/damaged? No way to figure out how to put some material around that to keep it from potential damage?
From my perspective, the P320 is fully mature at this point with plenty of aftermarket support. Not sure this one is going anywhere except with the IWI fanboys…
Nope, I’m a IWI and IMI fanboy, own an uzi, tavor, 2 different jerichos… this hold no interest for me.
I might have to pick one up to add to the collection. My favorite striker fired pistol I own right now is my CZ P-10c. Next in line would be my Grand Power Q100. I will have to compare the three.
I support Israel enough with my tax dollars. Remember the USS Liberty!
Wrongthink goy. Next you’ll start doing the math on the Holocaust- how many ovens per body per hour? Oh no…
Yad Vashem had to admit the lampshades were fake.
Boomers only love Israel because they watch TV. Which is owned by Jews.
Mossad finances 9/11 and ISIS. #truth
Kill your TV. Smash it.
At lest those Israeli jokers didn’t let 19 rug heads bring down the whole system in US, not to mention killing so many innocents….and so far no one is held responsible.
Would love to show one of these to my lefty, almost commie, BDS supporting ex neighbors. 👍
Edited to pass censors: I will not buy just to anger my Zio OccupationalGov supporting, America-second, c. u-ckservatives. I believe in America-first!
Why do you support That country so much? They just got caught spying on us. We give them so much money it’s not even funny. And USS Liberty?
They displaced and stole homes from Christians to create their bizarre Communist Fornicating Kibbutz experiment. Hard pass.
Zionism is truly bizarre. The communism, the whole kibbutz wife sharing thing- would truly appall most Christians.
People forget about the large Christian Palestinian population.
Wake up boomers. Israel is not your friend.
Wow. Holding a conversation with yourself just to appear to have support. Fucking unreal loser.
White don’t manufacturer’s understand what “modulatority” means?
It would seem manufacturers are missing out on extra income by selling us modules.
I meant “modularity”.
Is the grip angle different than Sig P320?
Grip is thinner than the p320
If I were looking to buy a full size handgun today, the Masada would be in the mix. Thanks for the thorough rundown, as always, JWT!
I’m honestly just glad to have a JWT review again! Do you write anywhere else? Two months between reviews is too long.
Thanks. I’ll have a couple more reviews from TTAG this month. No, I don’t write reviews for anyone else. I just don’t have the time to spend writing much over the last year or so, and I don’t see that changing soon. TTAG is always looking for writers.
I’m guessing it doesn’t pay enough to be your day job. 😬
TTAG makes up less than 1% of my income. It’s always been about the guns.
Without fail, literally any review featuring an Israeli made firearm or accessory, no matter the author’s reception to said item, all the anti-Semite conspiracy theorists pop out in the comments.
Christian Arabs have it worse under Muslim Palestinians then they do under Jews, period. Using that example is pretty flawed.
The rest? Yeah, I’m not even wasting my time on the full bore conspiracy “Jews rule the world” nonsense.
Masada Trigger:
I bought a Masada recently and found it to be very reliable. However, the metal trigger bites into my finger after 10 rounds or so and becomes so uncomfortable that I want to stop shooting it. Has anyone else noticed this to be an issue?
Based on reviews, I picked up a new Masada yesterday at a gun show. I think I got more than my money’s worth in value. Feels just right comfortable in my hand and the trigger feels like I won’t have to mess with it at all. Nice crisp release. Wife can operate the slide where she can’t move my Glock. Barrel looks like you could put a million rounds through it and not mess it up. Looking forward to some range and ranch time with it. As far as the political comments here, I’ll just say, I’d rather pay a Jew for a hand full of sand than receive free water from a Muslim. 🇺🇸
All these comments, and just when God thought he could archive The Covenant paperwork for a while. Enemies of Israel seem to come in all kinds of diverse flavors, colors, and sizes, but they all have the same chassis; stupidity.
It is a very decent gun but I find the sharply curved trigger to be very uncomfortable after about 15 rounds. The trigger is made of metal and the tip digs into my finger. I filed the tip down as much as I could but still not much relief. My Masada will be a safe queen until someone comes out with an after-market flat-faced trigger, which hopefully will be made of plastic.
It seems to me to be a well made and designed pistol created to compete with the Glock 19. Lots of features that you would pay extra for if you bought a Glock, such as night sights and a pre-cut opening for RMRs along with four mounting plates for the leading red dot brands. The trigger shoe, unfortunately, is made of metal and becomes quite uncomfortable for my finger after firing a few rounds.
I picked one up recently, and I’ve been Very pleased with it. Although there seems to be some variation in triggers; mine is nicer than the Apex in my 19X, but three others I dry fired weren’t as good. Trigger is predictable, clean, crisp break, reset is quite short and positive. This is a fast shooting gun, and the low felt recoil impulse makes it easy to get or regain a sight picture running fast & hard. It’s a well finished gun, mags are quality metal mags. Sights are decent enough, metal at least & not plastic.Being red dot ready at this price point is a big bonus, and including four mounting plates for common ones, pretty smart. I had a Vortex venom on the shelf, so I mounted it and haven’t really even shot the iron sights, though they don’t look too bad. Take down is easy & quick. The one negative is how stiff the mag release is on my copy. It’s loosen up a good bit, but the first couple hundred rounds it was pretty stiff. I think this gun could be used for competition without needing much of anything, right from the box. With a couple of “go fast” mods, I think it could give some CZ75’s and Glock 34’s a solid run. For the price point, there isn’t another gun out there that gives you better bang for your buck right now
Seems like a lot of opinions without much experience.
I have this pistol with a Deltapoint Pro. It’s a tackdriver with 147 grain bullets (Federal). Trigger is so far superior to my Glock 19 ZEV that it’s not funny.
There are indeed lots of polymer Glock 19 form factor competitors. This one has to be objectively in the top 5. Forget the politics. Evaluate the Gun on its merits. This is a winner. Not an innovation but a solid top shelf performer.
It is a good pistol with one very unpleasant design flaw that would not be apparent to most people checking it out in a gun shop. The highly curved metal trigger and metal trigger safety will bite into the lower part of your finger after about 15 rounds of shooting. Eventually some company will make a flat-faced replacement trigger but, for now, it is a “safe queen.”
i put a couple 100 rounds through mine this past weekend an that never happened to me
I had no problems with ‘finger bite’ from my Masada, and I have fairly small hands. Maybe there was a manufacturing change or one batch was machined/stamped on a different machine from the ‘biters’.
I believe that you might have gotten a flawed production trigger. I can fire several hundred rounds through my girlfriend’s Masada and never experience what you’re talking about. Girlfriend can do the same. It’s an extremely pleasurable pistol to shoot. I have very large hands and she has very small hands, so it’s not trigger/finger angle issue. You might want to call customer service to get that rectified.
has anyone figured out how to remove the slide backplate so you can remove the striker and clean the striker channel?
It locks in place just like the backplate on a Glock. There is a small tube at the rear of the striker channel that seats into the backplate. You can take a small pick and pull that tube forward against the spring and then pull the backplate up and out. Be careful not to let the spring and striker fly out. I did it once, but didn’t disassemble the striker spring assembly once it came out of the slide. I’m no gun expert, I just followed the removal process described for the Glock pistols and it worked.
i picked up a Masada on Friday, took it to the range on Saturday and put a couple 100 rounds through it. it proved to be a “reliable” handgun, very little trigger mush, nice feeling trigger reset, was easy to see the 3 dot sights (and i don’t have the best of eyes), stayed on target between double taps, not a single jam using 115gr and 147gr rounds. i plan to mount a Vortex Venom red dot on it. for $480 out the door i’m very happy with the gun
I’ve been thinking about getting one of these, thanks for the review. Good article!
Anyone here have some experience with the optional/special order:
4.72″ threaded barrel,
the 3 dot tritium night sights
the ambi manual safety?
a couple of internet sites list 1st 2 options included but both are currently O/S
You can use pretty much any SIG night sights on the masada
I watched the 9mm Masada perform on YouTube.
It does seem to be very competitive handgun and seems to shoot straight and true on the target when shooting.
And for the price is affordable.
I can see the IWI will be a competitive in the gun market along with the Other Gun Manufacturers.
Thanks for all the reviews, very helpful as I just put my order in for the Masada. Will let you know after I put a few hundred rounds down range. Thanks again
My only complain about the Masada is the trigger design—-curved with a sharp tip. Once I filed the tip down a little it became more comfortable but I would still prefer a flat faced trigger.
No threaded barrel has been released yet.
I think I would like this Masada quite a bit. It’s a good looking gun. I agree it looks nearly identical to the Ruger American, but I have no firsthand experience with those.
Jericho better than CZ-75? I’ve heard nothing but glowing praise for the CZ-75, but hardly anyone seems to like Jerichos. That’s just my impression from reading about both online.
This Masada seems like a good gun, and even better considering the price. I also like the look and specs and price of the Arex Delta M Gen 2. With relatively inexpensive options like these, it makes it harder to justify purchasing something from one of the bigger gun cos. Regardless, choice and market competition is a good thing.
Inspired from the tv series Yellowstone, this Kelly Reilly Blue Coat is poncho-style outerwear. Kelly Reilly portrayed the role of Beth Dutton, daughter of John Dutton in the series.
“HUAYDED789 หวยออนไลน์ 24 ชั่วโมง ระบบที่ทันสมัย แทงหวยง่าย โอนเงินไว หวยออนไลน์ที่นี่จ่ายสูง ส่วนลดเยอะ โปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ และสิทธิพิเศษมาก มาย แจกเครดิตฟรีอย่างต่อเนื่อง”
ระบบออโต้รวดเร็วจบในที่เดียว Pubgbet สล็อตออนไลน์ คาสิโน เกมไพ่ พนันกีฬาต่างๆ กีฬา ฟุตบอล บาส มวย มีโปรโมชั่นเด็ดทุกวัน เครดิตฟรี ทุกวัน โบนัสฝากครั้งแรก โบนัสฝากรายวัน ฝากถอนได้ไม่อั้น ไม่กำจัดต่อวัน
I am very surprised at the lack of quality control on my Masada 9mm. The slide release is extremely hard to move and the mag release is tiny and awkward to use plus very hard to push. They make aftermarket parts to remedy this but have been out of stock for a long period. I have contacted IWI but so far no reply. It appears they want to make more money selling you new parts. I have an earlier model and have read that these problems are no longer in existence. They rushed these to market like many companies then work out the problems by selling new parts.
Comments are closed.