Bill St. Clair posted that the Armalite AR-24 is out.
Seeing the post title I was geeked. “Oooohh, a new pistol! Let’s see what it is!” I thought.
Yeah, it’s just a CZ-75B clone, and the fixed sight version, the cheaper one, has an MSRP of $550.
It better hae some sort of impressive finish on it to command a price anything above $420.
Actually, it’s a “hybrid clone” of the SIG 210 and the Pre-B CZ-75, and unlike
the current CZ-75s and 85s, it’s constructed of FORGED steel. Current CZ
production is mostly cast, which is not to say there is anything wrong with
cast, but that’s part of why they will cost more than a CZ.
I picked one up (AR24-15: Full-sized, Fixed Sites, 15 Rd Mags) at the Gun and
Knife show this weekend in Indy for $475 plus tax ($503). It’s a very well
made forged steel CZ/SIG210 hybrid clone, manufactured for Armalite by
Sarsilmaz in Turkey on CNC machines manufactured by the Japanese company
Okuma Howa, who is renown for high quality machining equipment. Haven’t
shot yet, but the look and feel of this pistol is very good to excellent.