Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1365706
Magazine release: totally differ- ent as STR-9 uses proprietary mag- azines OK, these are the facts but we all were curious what's the compatibil- ity between STR-9 and legacy Glock parts. COMPATIBILITY We would live in a perfect world if Glock parts would be fully com- patible with STR-9. But they aren't. It won't work. We have disassembled the STR- 9 and tried to replace its parts with original Glock ones. The idea was the availability of aftermarket parts is so wide that nobody will place Turkish parts in the Glock… We have replaced the firing pin assembly, connector and trigger with trigger bar for the Glock ones. The outcome was not spectacular. In theory parts could work togeth- er but the slide was not racking properly during dryfiring. Probably it could work when shooting only if the Glock firing pin would fit into STR-9 breach. The trigger locked a couple of times and was not re- setting. The main parts could be replaced but there is absolutely no warranty that such a setup will work so we strongly recommend no to try that at home or shooting range. The original Glock firing pin assembly didn't work in STR-9. Legacy trigger, trigger bar and connector in STR-9? No luck. We didn't try to swap the barrel, slide or recoil spring as these parts were totally different in both guns. The conclusions are simple: do not try to replace the STR-9 parts with the Glock ones. It has no use at all and might be dangerous for shooters. It sucks because if STR- 9 would be compatible with Glock parts, then an affordable basic pis- tol could be easily upgraded. We can just hope for Stoeger to release parts in the future. The range is hot! Stoeger STR-9 is a really nice gat. Even straight from the box. The pistol grip is comfortable and al- lows for really high grip. The trigger guard undercut which in Glock Gen 3 had to be DIY'ed, is a standard in www.fragoutmag.com