I agree. But getting it in was hell on earth! Hopefully I never gave to do that again, I was afraid that I might break the sights internally.

Played with one last week.  The slide to frame fit was poor and I could not get over the trigger.  

Not for me.

As I've been firing and dry firing mine, the trigger has improved. It feels like a good Apex M&P DCAEK to me. The reset is short, but I would like to to be slightly more distinct.

Shot another 150 rounds today. Still no stoppages, except for several failures to lock back when empty. This is due to the size and location of the slide release. It needs to be smaller or located further forwards.

Pistol seems accurate, now that the sights are actually centered. No keyholing. Still shoots very low; shots land in the chest, below the neck, when aiming at the very top of the head at 50 yards (head completely obscured by FSP). I really wish that they didn't do that stupid center hold POA/POI. This is with Trijicon DI sights, so I might have to find a wide but short front sight to replace the DI one. The stock sights shot even lower. This type of sight picture really limits the range of this pistol. This is all exacerbated because of the crappy optics mount system and non-availability of plates.

Rear beavertail sharp points were solved by hand filing. Really silly that I had to do that, but it's comfortable now.

So right now, my main gripes are the slide release and the low POI. Both are fixable issues. The other issues that I listed earlier are all still present as well.

Overall, it's a good gun and, in my opinion, just needs an update to address these issues. It really shouldn't be hard for DD to accomplish that.

I have one on order.

Did you discuss all this with DD? Just wondering what their take/response was.

Supposed to take sig sights. Wonder if a #8 rear and #6 front would solve the low issue? Ameriglo sells that combo

I’m curious to know if there are any more review on these things

I missed this post until now.
Unfortunately, no. It needs an extra tall rear, such as the Trijicon HD, and an extra short front sight, which I calculated to be a custom .180". I ordered one from Dawson, and it should be here whenever USPS decides to find it. But I'm hoping that will be the right combination.

I finally just now got my optics plate, and I'm considering mounting an optic, which will make my whole iron sights search pointless. But I'm just not sure. I'm not big into optics for a carry gun
It should come with cowitness-able sights from the factory.

I mean it looks like it took a little less than 3 months from the time people started taking delivery of these pistols to the time DD announced a fix for a problem that surfaced post-release.

Seems like a pretty decent turnaround to me. Some companies are hard pressed to do a warranty return or replacement in that amount of time.

Same problem Glock had w/ the 44 - made a gun for the US market, tested w/ expensive ammo, not cheap Remington bulk pack.  Someone finally went to Academy, bought the Bucket o'Bullets, took it to the range, and the engineers finally went,"Ohhhh.  Well fuck, guess we need to deepen the rifling.  Goddammit Remington!  Why can't you load to SAAMI specs!"

Looks like they will be fixing one of the problems with this pistol. Good!

Hopefully they consider addressing the rest of them.

ThisDD offering is a polymer frame? I've got seen one or the original H9 inn person before which is why I ask, also when did Walther release a steel frame pdp? I know they had the steel frame Q series such as the q4 and q5 match.

the M&P metal frame pistols are nice and optic ready, I got mine used with box and both mags for $600, and the competitor is nice too, the Canik steel frames are ok though I personally no longer buy anything Turkish made.

Not to mention DD isn't exactly know for having the greatest factory triggers on their rifles as it stands, so expecting the trigger on this to be superb is wishful thinking IMHO. I've had several DD rifles, and for what they ask, the triggers are definitely leaving much to be  desired.

Their website says the frame is aluminum to be "light weight."

Looks like I made the right call to hold off on picking one of these up. This trend of companies using owners as part of their R&D process to sort out a pistol is getting tiring though. It also ultimately stifles development and makes harder for newer designs and starts ups to gain any tractions because fewer and fewer buyers are willing to take a chance on something new because they don’t want the hassle of dealing with constantly trouble shooting their new purchase. It’s not just DD in this instance, it has been a growing trend since 2015 or so and almost every major manufacture is guilty of it.

I don't know if it's deliberate as much as it is, nothing can replicate the amount of "testing" a product gets as when it's in the hands of thousands of people's hands being shot in every climate/elevation/ambient temp with every type of ammo and every type of lube (or not), etc etc.

That's why I never buy a "gen 1" and why it's hard to walk away from boring, soul less pistols like the g19 which has 35 years of use.

All that said, DD is legit company that will take care of you guys and I'm confident they need to fix with the H9 they will handle on their dime (as evidenced above).

It looks like a really cool pistol and I'd love to get to shoot one.

Looks "space-age"

Like they say in aviation, never fly the A model of anything.

Not only is it a new model, it's DD's first foray into pistols.

I'm not saying that all pistols with classic features are bad, bit when you roll out a new pistol in 2024 with a 9lbs trigger and zero optic options in 2024... It suggests that you either don't know what you are doing or don't give a shit about making sales.

Slide is optic cut.