When the pistol's chamber is loaded a pin extends out past the rear of the slide to provide a tactical indication of the pistol's condition while a small, semi-circular cutout in the barrel hood allows you to visually verify if there is a round in the chamber. In addition, a complete stroke of the trigger deactivates the internal striker and drop safeties. The L9-A1 has a trigger safety consisting of a small, spring-loaded inner trigger housed in the wider, outer trigger that prevents trigger movement until it is depressed.
The slide reciprocates on four integral lugs of a metal insert in the frame, which also contains the trigger mechanism, sear, and ejector. The bottom of the grip frame is scalloped, exposing the magazine base plate so the shooter can drag the magazine out of the grip in case of a malfunction. Relief cutouts on both sides of the frame permit easy access to the magazine catch, which can be reversed for left-handed shooters. A Picatinny rail on the dust cover permits mounting lights, lasers, or other tactical accessories. This and the aggressive texturing provide improved handling and recoil control. The trigger guard is shaped so that a shooter can get a very high grip on the pistol. The front sight contains a non-luminescent white triangle contrast element designed to mate with two white rectangles on the rear sight for fast alignment.Ī lot of thought went into the design of the grip frame. The manufacturer claims that this arrangement provides faster target acquisition for instinctive aiming. The front sight is a triangular blade while the rear is a trapezoidal notch. Grasping grooves on the front and rear of the slide allow retraction from a number of positions when reloading the pistol or clearing a malfunction, even with wet hands or when wearing gloves.Īnd the L9-A1 has the most unique sights I have seen in a long time, perhaps ever. A small roller on this pin allows for the striker to move smoothly as it is compressed by the trigger stroke and for a "cleaner" break when the striker is released. Steyr also redesigned the trigger by incorporating a pin beneath the rear sight that bisects the striker firing-pin channel.
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