A few weeks ago I was on hunt for something small and easy to carry in 9mm. The shop owner talked me into a Diamondback DB9. He said he has sold 20-30 and none have had issues(he knows of). The little gun felt very solid, sights seemed decent and the trigger was smooth. 9mm's just don't get any smaller than this DB9, have to be careful not to mistake it as a credit card and pull it out on some unsuspecting store clerk For under $400 out the door I fell for it.
Vs. my EDC SR9c
The first range session went pretty good. I got close to 200 rounds through it of 115g UMC, AE, Blazer Brass and 125g Oracle loads). In the first 100 rounds there was a couple of "stove pipe" misfeeds across all the types. The later 100 settled right down with no problems. The gun is small and very tight(it has a non-captive, dual-spring, all steel recoil assembly), so it was very sensitive to limp-wristing. It did start breaking in after 100 rounds but the little gun gave me a workout. Anyway, little guns are always iffy with me as to accuracy but this one is fine. After getting used to it, I was easily keeping all rounds in 3" at 7-10yards. This DB9 was particularly accurate with the 125g Oracle cast loads. The last 40 rounds I let rip, firing and loading as fast as I could...the gun didn't miss a beat and as stout as its recoil is, the pulse is pretty much straight back, making the DB9 easily controllable in rapid fire.
After a cleaning and lube, Saturday I took the DB9 for its 2nd time out....Right off the bat I started getting the stove piping(this time I added another type of ammo Speer Lawman 115g TMJ) The fail-to-feeds continued for the entire session ~1-2 every 20 rounds with all types of ammo I used. Also, I fired 100 rounds for the day and had 2 light strikes. There rounds were put through twice with no light off(both rounds were subsequently fired with one hit through the SR9c).
I really like the little pistol so I'm going to give Diamondback a chance to repair my DB9. The shop is sending it out today. I will update as on how this goes and how long the repair takes.
Vs. my EDC SR9c
The first range session went pretty good. I got close to 200 rounds through it of 115g UMC, AE, Blazer Brass and 125g Oracle loads). In the first 100 rounds there was a couple of "stove pipe" misfeeds across all the types. The later 100 settled right down with no problems. The gun is small and very tight(it has a non-captive, dual-spring, all steel recoil assembly), so it was very sensitive to limp-wristing. It did start breaking in after 100 rounds but the little gun gave me a workout. Anyway, little guns are always iffy with me as to accuracy but this one is fine. After getting used to it, I was easily keeping all rounds in 3" at 7-10yards. This DB9 was particularly accurate with the 125g Oracle cast loads. The last 40 rounds I let rip, firing and loading as fast as I could...the gun didn't miss a beat and as stout as its recoil is, the pulse is pretty much straight back, making the DB9 easily controllable in rapid fire.
After a cleaning and lube, Saturday I took the DB9 for its 2nd time out....Right off the bat I started getting the stove piping(this time I added another type of ammo Speer Lawman 115g TMJ) The fail-to-feeds continued for the entire session ~1-2 every 20 rounds with all types of ammo I used. Also, I fired 100 rounds for the day and had 2 light strikes. There rounds were put through twice with no light off(both rounds were subsequently fired with one hit through the SR9c).
I really like the little pistol so I'm going to give Diamondback a chance to repair my DB9. The shop is sending it out today. I will update as on how this goes and how long the repair takes.