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Steel Lipped Stribog Magazines

The soon to be released SP9A3 "RDB" Stribog along with the improved magazine design is keeping me wanting more. The aftermarket already has a great footprint and Grand Power actually listens to what consumers want and also fixes shit that isn't working very fast.

For $800 I seriously think anyone would be hard pressed to find a better gun, and we've all spent more than the Stribog costs only to receive so much less. With the Stribog you get way more gun than the $800 you pay and no matter how you slice it and that's a fact!

Yes, you could stay loyal to American manufacturing or go fancy with fine European offerings, but plain and simple you will pay more, most of the time way more for a little more in function and beauty but you will get that name.

In conclusion the reason to choose a Stribog now isn't to become a fanboy It's to save $800 because your gonna want it eventually and Grand Power will eventually pull their head out of their asses and start charging what American and European companies do for the same or less quality.

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The LWRC looks bad ass but it’s sooo expensive.  One of the really attractive (to me anyway) things about the scorpion and stribog is the low price of admission. It’s tougher for me to pull the trigger on a $1500 to $2000 dollar gun. I’d rather start out at the $700 to $1000 mark and upgrade it as I see fit.  After SBRing my scorpion and all the upgrades needed to make it usable I’ve probably got $1500 in it. I was able to shoot it and get a feel for what mods it needed or I wanted. All that said, if I had unlimited funds I’d definitely get that lwrc. Lol

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In some regards I think you’re right but there are always going to be the guys that buy the really expensive option because of the perceived belief of quality. I’m not shitting on the B&Ts here, I’m sure they’re great guns but it’s just like the high end AR market. I harp on this all the time. In a day and age where you can get an AR for around 500 bucks people will happily shell out 2 grand on one. There will always be that guy that says the really expensive one is better because of reasons.

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Oh, of course; but those guys don't budge the market.  How long was B&T making 1500$ subguns before the Evo came out, with 2000$ HKs being the only alternative (or Bailey guns )?  I remember when the Evo came out, there was a resounding "OMG IT's 1/2 THE PRICE OF ANY OTHER 9MM SUBGUN OMG!" across the intertubes.  Hell, IIRC, 9mm was still somewhat in 'disfavored' status until the combination of the Evo and 9mm ARs finally coming down in price (largely due to Evo competition IMO) rekindled everyone's love for the round.  Obviously the Banic of 2013 making 5.56 stuff stupid expensive also had something to do with the demand for alternatives, but the downward price pressure of the Evo is what really kicked things off.

BTW, I was trying to verify my timeline recollection via Wikipedia...how the fuck does the Evo only have a one paragraph article?  It's like the most popular subgun in production today.

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...B&T making 1500$ subguns before the Evo came out, with 2000$ HKs being the only alternative

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Not hating here, I think the stribog is a cool gun but what can you do to it aftermarket wise?  Can’t swap the grip right? Can’t swap the rail. Are there aftermarket triggers for it? The rest is pretty much just bolt on shit that works for every other gun out there. That’s my only real gripe with it and what has kept me from picking one up. There’s nothing you can really do to it.