Arsenal Firearms Strike One Pistol System (“Strizh Pistol”)
Striker-Fired Polymer-Frame 9mm Parabellum/9x19mm NATO
Combat Pistol with ultra-low bore axis (which is one of the most important things I look for in my combat handgun): The New Russian Military Pistol (possibly) that is here in the United States for the civilian market!
Images Credit: Arsenal Firearms
This handgun is rumored to become the next primary handgun for the Russian special forces. It has the lowest bore axis of any semi-auto handgun on the market, as well as a unique barrel lockup mechanism.
The Strike One, an Italian/Russian joint project with manufacturing facilities in Italy and Russia. The Strike One is very "Glock-like" in the sense that the slide and upper portion of the frame look similar to the same portion of the Glock 17, it utilizes a polymer frame, the 9mm variant sports a 17-round magazine just like the Glock.
However, that is where the similarities ends, as the Strike One "Strizh" pistol utilizes a vastly different locking system (barrel/slide/frame lock-up) that is both unique and quite possibly innovative. The Strike One's ejection port is also very different from the Glock's ejection port, and is more like an HK P7 type side-ejection port. The new pistol has a nicely shaped and comfortable-looking textured grip. The new pistol features an ambidextrous magazine release button and forward cocking serrations on the slide. The Arsenal Strike One Pistol is also available in multiple calibers (9×19 Para, 9×21 IMI, .357 SIG, .40 S&W).
Arsenal claims three attributes to set it apart from other handguns on the market; first the "lowest barrel center line over hand grip in history", "lowest vertical mass movement", and "fastest lock-unlock time".
One thing I can say is MAN! look at that bore axis comparison!!! I am loving this gun!
The operating system is a true deviation in the common 6-7 geometric locking systems. This is a new patent, pending system from Arsenal Firearms. This lock up system allows for extremely fast lockup, and adds to the very low bore axis of this handgun.
The Strike One semi-automatic pistol came out in 2012 as a completely new and revolutionary gun. The Strike One semiautomatic pistol is one of the fastest, most controllable, most accurate and hard hitting service pistol available on the market today. A 5 inch cold-hammer forged barrel, with a 75 Hrc surface Nitrite treatment for barrel, locking block, slide and operating pin, make this gun function flawlessly for in excess of 50.000 rounds (as claimed by Arsenal).
The frame of the Strike One was also engineered with exacting and unprecedented standards: the operating frame block, again made of the best 42CrMo4 steel, features long rails for total axial and torque control of all the moving parts, pins and springs. The frame itself, with it’s unique grip comes today as the only service pistol with a full fledged IPSC standard magazine insert “miniskirt”, allowing Special Operation and SWAT teams to work as if they were using a competition pistol.
The trigger system of the Strike One, is again like no other handgun made before, it operates mainly on the horizontal plain, without raisers with variable and long, rubbery trigger pull, but with a crisp and short firing pin release: this is the secret, along with a lighting fast locking mechanism, behind the unbelievable semiautomatic firing speed of the pistol.
The following is from an article about the relese of the new gun.
"Arsenal Firearms, the brand new group of companies established during 2010 and officially debuting at IWA 2012, proudly announces the production of a revolutionary, brand new semiautomatic pistol, designed for full-fledged Military and Law Enforcement service, civilian self-defense and sport performance alike.
Named AF-1 “Strike One” as the first of a number of “strikes” that the company is forecasting for the international market, the pistol has already filed 3 independent and revolutionary International Patents: the in-line barrel Locking System, the single trigger arch Automatic Trigger Safety and the Ambidextrous Magazine Release. The new semiautomatic pistol introduces and claims for a number of innovations and practical use advantages: it actually comes as the lowest barrel axle-to-hand grip value in history (12mm) unprecedented terminal ballistic accuracy due to the fully guided, non-tilting barrel locking system, extraordinary semiautomatic rate of fire, due to the lightning-fast locking time and single action short travel trigger system and finally an equally unprecedented operational control, thanks to the miniskirt magazine well, the high hand grip feature and the expansion of the gun system through the implementation of a family of accessories, such as the LRC (Long Range Conversion).
The Strike One will be manufactured with a reinforced polymer frame and with an Ergal (light alloy) frame, both offered in Ordnance Black, Desert Tan and Olive Drab colors as standard. A number of high durability colors will also be made available for the Ergal framed Strike One Sport Edition, targeting the Production IPSC international shooting category. The Strike One Sport Edition will also be offered with LPA adjustable rear sight."
iraqveteran8888's You Tube video on the Strike One
You Tube video from Arsenal Firearms
All in all, this new handgun seems to be worth checking into. I look forward to getting one myself, it may just replace my S&W M&P 9 as my go to gun/combat gun of choice!
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