 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're looking at the A-Rex Alpha full size double action single action 9mm handgun with an all steel frame in my quest to come up with the best all metal frame full size double action single action handguns for under $1500. I had to get my hands on the A-Rex Alpha. I already took it to the range. It's a nice shooter. I certainly enjoyed it. These large guns are so fun to shoot just builds confidence and makes you feel better than you actually are. It goes for about a grand sometimes a little less depending on where you get it so substantially less expensive than the 92x performance and the CZ Shadow 2. Offers a lot. 5 inch barrel comes with three 17 round mags a polymer grip that does have there that goes all the way around and very nice checkering here. Now you may have seen this with a red grip that looks super cool a blue grip and a white grip. Those are aluminum. You can pick those up but they are very expensive like over 150 bucks so you know it's considering the the price of the pistol compared to others in the same class is less expensive maybe that's something you'll go for extended beaver tail does have a skeletonized safety there ambidextrous thumb safety frame mounted the sights have adjustable rear sights all around and a fiber optic front sight the mag well is beveled right for those quick mag changes and it does have an undercut in the trigger guard both rear and front serrations they model each other and a fiber optic front sight this angles off right up to the muzzle pretty cool looking and a full 1913 pick rail it's a nice looking and shooting handgun and I borrowed it actually I didn't I didn't buy this but I did borrow it for this review it has lightning cuts on top and a little recess there that matches the barrel straight through really kind of cool looking and the one thing that I had to learn at the range I mean I should know this but this single action trigger pull is very light I already showed clear here but I'm going to go ahead and show the double action is heavy I would I would that feels like a double action revolver all right I would guess 11 12 pounds but the single action is extremely light three and a half pounds is what I'm measuring it right there and the reset is short but you have to be careful you know you can let a shot get away from you with a trigger pull that light check this out the a rex alpha uses the same 17 round mags as the rex 01 so that's a nice touch 20 round mags are available also has some texturing in the front of the trigger guard as well as the side but it also disassembles the same as the rex 01 you push this lever down now you may notice this is held by a spring there and that is catching on that cutout so I'm going to release it and then push that down to release the slide from there slide will come right off very nice constructed big fan of a rex arms all steel uncaptured all steel guide rod uncaptured recoil spring and the five inch match grade barrel check out those lightning cuts those look pretty cool love shooting it love love the urgals on it you know they say the urgals are amazing and they really are they feel great and then of course all are full length frame rails right you put this right back on here lock it back push that lever down nice single action trigger pull it is light the shadow two is light as well the single action trigger pull is light with the shadow two but here they are all right you're going to see two race guns or competition guns full size steel frame five inch barrel handguns a lot of people love the shadow two but this is quite a bit less expensive let's go ahead and get them on the scale here I did this earlier and I saw that the shadow two was a bit heavier two pounds 10 and three eighth ounces we moved that to just ounces 42 and three eighths 17 rounds 49 and a half ounces let's see what the shadow two ways it'll be about two ounces heavier is my guess a little more than that 54 ounces so four ounces well now it's that's 50 54 so about three and a half four and a half ounces heavier with the shadow two his weight a bad thing when we talk about competition guns nope not at all what you want is that gun that is going to impact right where your sights are aligned and once you get that and you're going to get that with these full size all steel frame handguns I mean your your best chance of accuracy precision call it what you want is with these all steel frame five inch barrel handguns they're they're so amazing and I can't wait to put together the compilation that I've been working on but I had to include the a rex alpha beautiful looking and shooting handgun a little less expensive but it certainly gets the job done if you like videos like this please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button thanks for watching and you guys be safe