I honestly figured the Rona plus the coming election would make it hard to get parts for a project right now.
To "me" it's if you like it, buy it, who care's if it's more than something else? No matter why you like an AR9 more than say a Ruger PC Carbine hell get the AR9. I of course have both since I like them both
When those (Extar) hit I wanted one BAD. When they let know they were offering it in .45 and 10mm I wanted one even more. The sad part was even before this latest panic they were VERY hard to lay hands on. The Co set up to remain small. Guessing the owner is not willing to invest a lot in a market that could be cut off by law makers at any time. So he is set up so as fast as he can make these they are sold. Suspect they must be even harder now. In a way I guess it was good for me that I could not lay hands on one. Price is great and all reviews make it shine. Since I could not get one though I finally tried my hand at building my own. Turned out it was not only far easier than I imagined, it was a lot of damn fun. Of course I could buy 2 Extar's for the cost of what my AR9 pistol ended up costing but, it was fun to make. If I had been able to buy a couple of the Extar's I am pretty sure I would not have bothered with learning to build.
When those (Extar) hit I wanted one BAD. When they let know they were offering it in .45 and 10mm I wanted one even more. The sad part was even before this latest panic they were VERY hard to lay hands on. The Co set up to remain small. Guessing the owner is not willing to invest a lot in a market that could be cut off by law makers at any time. So he is set up so as fast as he can make these they are sold. Suspect they must be even harder now. In a way I guess it was good for me that I could not lay hands on one. Price is great and all reviews make it shine. Since I could not get one though I finally tried my hand at building my own. Turned out it was not only far easier than I imagined, it was a lot of damn fun. Of course I could buy 2 Extar's for the cost of what my AR9 pistol ended up costing but, it was fun to make. If I had been able to buy a couple of the Extar's I am pretty sure I would not have bothered with learning to build.
When I was actively trying to buy one they told me to watch their site, that they loaded the guns on a certain day and first come first served to set up the buy with the buyers FFL. I tried and gave up. Don't know if they have ever gone to some form of Que so you can just set a place in line now. The only reason I wanted one was to use with a brace. It makes it the same as having an SBR without all the stupid NFA hoops and a stamp and they are a ton of fun. Not to mention great home gun this way. When they take the brace away from us I will just use the AR lower I have a pistol on now and use it for a rifle. Never have been interested in the pistols like the AR and others without the brace. Back when they were making a few of these they were fun to play with for a short while but I soon would sell them as they did nothing much for me.
I don’t have an AR anymore. I had a car failure and had to sell it years ago. Still mad about it.
Part of it is practicality. I want a carbine and I like the Ruger as well. Both accept Glock mags which I don’t run a Glock but know function well and hold up over time. The ar can run beretta mags which I do run. Plus the visual style previously mentioned. So I’m back and forth. My wallet tends to vote for less expensive options as well.To "me" it's if you like it, buy it, who care's if it's more than something else? No matter why you like an AR9 more than say a Ruger PC Carbine hell get the AR9. I of course have both since I like them both
Seriously though if you buy / build an AR9 and someone points out you paid more than something else that shoots the same ammo, you still have what you wanted and enjoy.
Handling is one of those things that if you hand both to 20 people some are going to prefer one or the other. Will really mean little to someone who has never shot either. Accuracy also is going to be all over the place. The AR9's are often put together from parts, so who knows how many different configurations you would find. My Ruger came factory with a pretty nice trigger. From what I hear it's the norm. Pretty sure there is already an after market to make it better. The AR's again in this are going to be all over the spectrum. Depending on the trigger group used. Being an AR there is of course untold options here to make them better and are stupid simple to change out.
