Stoeger XP4

[clarky]

Well if we're not going to get a CO2-powered Luger ...

Brief, official video of it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1w5XlzWeGI

and yes it looks very HW40 (or Chinese clone - it is 'designed' in Italy) inside. So hopefully seals (and possibly even other parts like the internal springs) won't be a problem, we can all be sure to check the air inlet on the cylinder for burrs, and the automatic safety can be converted to manual by removing one pin, a spring and a triangular part inside.

At least it is styled differently outside (imagine just getting the HW40 clone badge-engineered), the grip certainly looks different and the sight radius a bit longer, even if the barrel isn't lengthened to match. Personally I'd clean the lines up a bit more - slide retraction grooves on the overlever, really?



Iain

Its probably about as far as this design goes i think. I believe you have to put a few lines into such a moulding to aid stress relieving during the manufacturing process....so theyve simply doubled up with at least some semblance of a feature while adding them.

Yeah ive got sick of HW40 clones now. I mean how many can we have....theres at least 4 to my knowledge.
So ill look at this thing when it comes available.....at least they have come up with their own mould tooling.

[Rickenbacker]

I think it looks nice And F/O sights are bloody great against dark targets and dark / mixed backgrounds.

How much is it?

[clarky]

I think it looks nice And F/O sights are bloody great against dark targets and dark / mixed backgrounds.

How much is it?

Theres precious little information and based on Stoegers track record we may have quite a wait until its tested and on sale.

[Geezer]

I like the look of the grip. Nice angle, hopefully placing the trigger finger well (not sure about that, though). And none of those stupid finger grooves that I hate with a vengeance.

Is the safety double-sided? Nice if it was, as then a right hander could use the index finger to disengage it.

[clarky]

the safety is only on one side.