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Sell a ton of these far greater than the gun community on YouTube and in other forums. Give them credit for whether you like Highpoint or not. Nobody can deny the fact that they sell thousands of these. So it's a fact that people love budget guns. Many first time shooters. Many other people just building up their collection. But there is one handgun in particular that has really taken off. I first noticed with increased views on my channel. When I featured this gun, I've owned it for over three years now and many people were saying, hey, I picked up that gun and I love it and it's a great price. It has an MSRP of 422. So I started looking into this and I checked with gun shop owners, people that I know personally and they said, yeah, we can hardly keep these in stock. People fall in love with them and they're buying them. I took it one step further and checked with holster makers that I know and they said they can hardly keep up with the demand for this particular model. And I will say, SAR USA has done a great job getting guns into the US and on the shelves of the local gun stores and people are eating them up and the gun that I'm speaking about in this video is the SAR USA SAR 9. This handgun has really taken off. Now, I already said the MSRP, there was a time when people were getting these in the mid 300, sometimes in the upper 200s. It offers a lot and now they're picking them up for a little bit above the MSRP anywhere between 450 and five and a quarter. Now, you say, well, that's right along the lines of a Glock and that's true, but not in today's market. So even in today's market, as all the guns have increased in cost, the SAR USA, which also increased in cost is still considered budget friendly at 400 bucks, even though it used to be less, but it does offer a lot of features. You get a lot of gun for the money. Let's talk about it. We'll shift over to the table here and give a quick rundown and see what you think. See if it's worthy of its increased popularity. The SAR SAR 9 is what I'm calling the most popular budget handgun in today's market. I already mentioned in an MSRP of 422, but if you can pick up a gun right around 450 of this quality in today's market, that is the new budget friendly cost. I know it seems weird, but we have to live within the times that we are in right now. Check out that lower. The grip, lower, very much resembles an HK does come with three additional back straps and three grip panels to custom fit the hand size. Great ergos to it. It's two 17 round magazines, 4.4 inch barrel, you can see front serrations, three dot sights, all metal sights, breaks down just like a Glock. The upper looks like it resembles a Glock. So here you have a Glock upper copy, I should say, and an HK lower copy and put it together and you have the SAR SAR 9. Full pick rail here. Very reliable. Many law enforcement throughout Europe use this as their sidearm. You can see it does have an ambidextrous thumb safety there. I've never seen one without the thumb safety, although I'm told they're out there. I just haven't seen them. They probably are. A little bit of a flared out mag well there. It does have a lip that comes down, very much HK-ish. And the trigger, with the trigger bar safety in there, I am measuring right at 5.5 pounds. So already checked clear, nice crisp trigger break and your reset is right there. It does have an undercut in the trigger guard. A nice overall look and feel to it breaks down just like a Glock. I'll take these tabs down. Tabs are a bit tight, but you can see it offers a lot for the money. Now it is Turkish made and a lot of people have a problem with that. I get it, but that doesn't take away from the fact that this is selling off of the shelves rather quickly. The loaded weight with 18 rounds is 35 ounces. So it's not a real heavy gun, being that it is a full-size handgun, but people are carrying it and people are using this as many of their first-time home defense handguns. You know, they're using it for whatever purpose they get it for. But to pick up a gun of this quality, and I've got thousands of rounds through this one in particular, it has performed very well. And so to pick it up in the mid 400s is a great deal. Just imagine back in the day when people were picking this up in the mid to lower 300s. The models now have a red circle there that says SAR-9. Okay, this is an early model, doesn't have that, but everything else essentially is the same. And it's a great gun. Now SAR-USA also has the SAR-9X that comes with a holster, a mag holster. It comes optic ready to cut the fit and RMR. And it also comes with a light, you know, so there you're looking at an MSRP right around 500 bucks. And it's also serocoded gray, looks beautiful and comes with a 17 and 19 round mag. I haven't been able to get my hands on that one yet, but I've had this for over three years. Now it's performed great, works best with 124 grain ammo being that it is built for NATO specs. But it's a nice looking gun. It's a great functioning gun, very accurate. And I've always enjoyed it. I think the SAR-9 is worthy of what I am calling the most popular budget handgun in today's market. And many people are telling me, and I mean many people are telling me that they love it and they're so happy that they're able to get their hands on it in this very tight handgun market. If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share. I always appreciate your thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.