 Hey there friends! Thanks for checking in. Today we're looking at the new Stoker STR9. New for 2019, Stoker entered the handgun market with this STR9. I did not even know it existed. You guys said, hey, Stoker came out with a handgun. It's called the STR9. You need to check it out. It's a polymer frame, striker fire, compact size handgun that's selling for under 300 bucks. So I did. I looked into it and I said, yep, these guys are right. I picked one up, went right to the range. So I did a range review first and I left impressed. You know, with a center hold, I hit my targets. No problem. It felt comfortable. It was reliable. Everything fed, fired, ejected just fine. I ran some steel case through it. It performed outstanding and it felt like a higher end gun that is priced very affordably. And then I, I don't know man. I just thought I was very much impressed. I guess that's just the way I should say that. Now it does come in various packages. This came with one mag, one backstrap. They have other packages, two mags, two backstraps. They have another one that includes night sights and that's, all depends on what you are willing to pay. But the features that they have with this gun could be cheap, but they're not because it does have steel sights, right? Nice little lip there so that you can charge the gun off a belt or a boot or something like that. Steel three dot sights, adjustable, a loaded chamber indicator bar that pops up there, full 1913 Picatinny rail, nice fronts and rear serrations. It looks sharp, but it's actually not. You know, it's actually quite comfortable to, to charge the gun and a full length steel guide rod. The trigger has a trigger bar safety in there. I measure it right pretty consistently, six and a quarter pounds, sometimes it was six and a half, but we're looking at this right here. All right. You can feel that, that bar and there's your reset. So about halfway to full position, I would say right there, not very audible. So let's compare it with a Glock 19. Everybody's familiar with a Glock 19. All right. So we're looking at that. Now, if you look at the slide length, both four inch barrels, you can see that it looks like the Stoker goes a little bit longer, but that barrel just sticks out just a hair to make it pretty even. And then with the grip, the Stoker does go about a half inch longer on the grip. It gives you a sense of a full size gun when you grip it. Here's a Walther PPQ. All right. And then we'll look at the slide length here. We'll see the just a hair longer with the Walther and then a little longer with the Stoker grip. Once again, both these other guns hold 15, 15 rounds. And then the disassemble is just as easy, just as easy as those. It does have a sight hole indicator there, but we'll pull the slide back already show clear. Take these takedown tabs, pull the trigger, and off comes the slide. There is the frame. And then here we have a captured recoil spring and a steel guide rod. 4.17 inch barrel. Look at that. Not bad at all. I have to say guys, now it does come in this cardboard box here, all right, with the Stoker logo in the box, paperwork, lock, and speed loader. Not going to open the box and say, Oh, this is what it comes in the box. I don't think you guys much care to you care, but you don't need to see every last thing. So here we go. Here's the weight, unloaded weight, one pound 10 and a quarter ounces. We move that to just ounces 26 and a quarter ounces. Let's go ahead and compare that with a Glock 19, 23 and three quarters ounces. So we're looking at a lighter Glock 19. Let's check out the PPQ 25 and 38. So that's that's actually closer 26 and 38. So one ounce heavier with the Stoker. All right, so here we have 15 rounds that you know, I didn't mention much about the mag, but you can take a look at that. It's got some nice ridges in there, sight hole indicators in the back. Some people were complaining that the the mag done drop free, certainly does with mine, but it is loaded. Let's go ahead and turn the scale back on and we'll see that the loaded weight is two pounds, five eighths ounces, 32, five eighths, carry round 33 and one eighth. That's the loaded weight. There it is guys, very impressive. I took it to the range and shot really well. I felt comfortable like right away. I just turned the camera on and just started shooting. So everything that I shot initially is what you guys saw. It felt comfortable, even with the one hand of shooting, total confidence with the Stoker STR9. And I'm glad. I'm glad they entered the handgun market. Now I know a lot of people say, well, we'll be another nine millimeter. Well, you know, when I went to shot, that's all I saw was all the new releases were nine millimeter, like one after another. So I'm glad Stoker entered the market. I'm glad that they came out with this STR9. I'm glad they price pointed it where they did because I think the more people check it out, the more they experience it and the more reviews they see, they will be impressed with everything it has to offer for a budget priced nine millimeter handgun. I guess that's the best way to say it. And there it is, the Stoker STR9. I'll be comparing it and bringing it back out as time goes by. I think the more you look at it, the more impressed you will be. If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.