

With so much potential for growth amid the hopeful release of different frames, the Masada could give the SIG P320 a run for its money.Īnd with the Masada’s $480 price tag - lower than any of the other pistols mentioned - we think the new offering from IWI is surely worth it. The Masada has many of the features of better-known, field-proven pistols, and it performs just as well. It’ll be interesting to see how the polymer mounting plate holds up. With a flawless 600-round introduction to the IWI Masada behind us, we’re looking forward to getting a few thousand rounds through it. LAG Tactical was one of the first companies to roll out holsters for the IWI Masada. But we’d rather have an unobtrusive mag release than take a chance of it accidentally getting depressed when we don’t want it to. When performing reloads, the small-ish mag release button wasn’t easy to reach with tiny hands. It had muzzle flip comparable to similarly sized plastic guns we can’t expect more from the type of gun that it is. No malfunctions is saying a lot, considering we committed what some would call gun abuse by not cleaning or lubing the pistol up at all we took it out of the cardboard box it arrived in, mounted the MRDS, and started shooting. It shot like a polymer duty pistol it didn’t blow our skirt up, but it was accurate and performed as expected without a single malfunction. We shot about 600 rounds of various types of ammo through the Masada, from defense to burner to match-grade. Being able to change the whole look and external features of the pistol without buying a new one is outstanding. Within a couple of weeks, we had a new frame delivered to our doorstep. When IWI learned about this problem, they told us they would fix the issue immediately. Remember we mentioned a different frame above? We now fully appreciate the ability to change grips, because the original frame wasn’t production-ready - it had a rail, but the angle of trigger guard interfered with the fit of most weapon lights.
