 Hey there friends thanks for checking in today we're looking at a SAR9 and we're going to compare it with the newer SAR9 Meta. Many people call it Metay but I talked to the people at SAR and they call it Meta so we'll stick with that but I've had the SAR9 for years I was among the first to get my hands on this it has become very popular the past couple years it has interchangeable grip panels and back straps mimics an HK and the upper mimics a Glock people say this is the offspring of a Glock in an HK but it's a full-size handgun with a 4.4 inch barrel 17 round mags very nice trigger pull forward serrations pick rail all the bells and whistles for a budget price at one point this was selling for 200 two and a quarter pretty amazing now you see it for right around 350 dollars and it's been reliable easy to disassemble a lot of positives with the SAR9 but now they have the Meta the SAR9 Meta and is this much different is this worth the additional hundred dollars because this is going for right in the mid 400s okay so mid 300s mid 400 so you're looking at a hundred dollars more and if you go with this we'll do a quick look at the case you're going to get two 17 round mags two additional back straps grip panels a patch tool and a bore brush for right around 450 bucks now this one they call safari so it definitely wins in the coolness look if you like safari it's not flat dark earth it's safari but the trigger pull is the same the barrel length is the same and for all intents and purposes when you look at this and you take away that frame color you'll see that they're very similar there is not a great difference but this is a hundred dollars more now let's talk about the differences oh before we get into that I shot this I wanted to make sure it shot the same that I had the same impressions when shooting and I'll just roll through that right now and we'll talk about the differences if we look at the upper slide serrations we can see that they're pretty similar we look at the thumb safety which is ambidextrous the slide stop the magazine release all that is the same the overall feel is the same and the trigger pull measures right at four and a half pounds with each of these they have the same magazines 17 round mags there is no difference with the magazine same pick rail for the most part it's very similar but here are some of the changes let's start with the most insignificant one the back plate is a little different all right that's one thing I noticed hardly worth mentioning the engraving is different that says sar usa right there that's sort of stamped on and then the side here's where it's engraved sar usa sarsal mass okay but here's the main difference well there are two one if you look at the slide this is cut at an angle so this is a squared off slide and this is cut at an angle so it also has a little bevel there people like that because it's easier to to holster the pistol will it make that much of a difference probably not but what this does is it shaves off what I saw was an ounce and a half so let's go ahead and get it on the scale that I want to talk about the optics that you could put on the sar nine meta so this is an unloaded sar nine one pound eleven seven eight ounces and the meta one pound ten and a quarter ounce so it is a little bit lighter because of that you know shaved off a little bit of metal but they also made this optic ready and it is supposed to fit a shield rmsc and I have one here in the holes align pretty perfectly but there are a couple things that the buyer needs to know the first thing there are no mounting plates or anything it just comes like that okay the original sar nine does not so we see that it has some cutouts there but as I watch dryers range video once that is on there the the bottom of the battery is exposed just a little bit okay so if you can live with that that's what you're looking at but here are the screws that came with the rmsc they do not work in there why don't they work because the thread the thread pitch is metric so when I talked to the people at sar usa they said it has an m 4.7 thread pitch so if you get it rmsc and you say oh good this will work on the sar nine meta you're going to have to get additional screws I do not recall when I got this that they offered metric side screws so you have to get what is that m 4.7 thread pitch metric whatever that is so it is optic ready it has the same sights it's optic ready but you have to hustle around a little bit to get those right screws and it's a little bit lighter other than that it's essentially the same gun so the question is if you have the sar nine should you also go with the sar nine meta and it is my opinion unless you plan on running a red dot I don't think it's necessary I think the sar nine is fine it's always worked well for me many law enforcement and turkey use this and perhaps the military too but you know if you like the color if you don't mind spend the extra hundred bucks if you don't mind getting the additional screws for the optic then the sar nine meta may be for you but in my opinion I think you're getting all the gun you need here with the original sar nine if you like videos like this please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button thanks for watching and you guys be safe