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    TURKISH DELIGHT

    Dec 10, 2019 5 minutes
    BY ELWOOD SHELTON

    The fact that a new striker-fired, polymer-framed pistol hit the market isn’t a surprise. What is a surprise is who’s churning out the latest addition to the ever-growing corner of the handgun world: Stoeger.

    Yes, the company with those easy-on-the-pocketbook shotguns has turned its attention to pistols yet again. And, there was no lack of clucking at the last SHOT Show over the surprise move by this Turkish concern.

    More than anything, this was simply due to the STR-9 coming so abruptly out of left field. Who would have expected a company that’s eearned its daily bread arming waterfowlers and wingshooters to go 9mm, striker fired and polymer framed? On the other hand, at this point, if Daisy added a Glock clone next to its Red Ryder, would any jaws drop?

    So, given the utter profusion of polymer

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