November 20, 2013, 01:54 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: July 3, 2012
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 449
|
Lionheart LH9
I just came across a pistol that I have never heard of. It's a Lionheart industries LH9. Does anyone here own one or know of anyone who owns one? It is definitely a good looking pistol at a good price. If it shoots well and is reliable I might have to go look for one. Something about its looks... new and stylish but very familiar.
|
November 20, 2013, 06:46 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: June 2, 2006
Location: Bowling Green Virginia
Posts: 4,485
|
This is a rebranding of the Daewoo firearms label, made in Korea. They produce high quality, military grade weapons. Do a search for "Daewoo" to read about their pistols and AR style long guns.
|
November 20, 2013, 11:18 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: November 23, 2010
Posts: 4,862
|
It's a re-branded Deawoo DP-51 pistol. An very high-quality pistol with a neat trigger system, but a bit overpriced in it's current Lionheart LH9 incarnation, if you ask me.
I recall seeing an online vendor a few months back that had very good condition DP-51s for sale for under $300. |
November 20, 2013, 12:50 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 1, 2000
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 8,511
|
Lionheart is local to me, and they sponsored our big IDPA match last Summer, providing guns at a steep discount for the prize table, and setting up in our vendor area with a variety of guns in two sizes, different finish and sight options, etc.
One of my buddies won a gun in the prize drawing, and reviewed it here (skip to 10:00 mark): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJgx998h34 The match staffer whose job it was to coordinate with Lionheart, after meeting wi them at their location, paid for one out of his own pocket, so he was impressed. I shot a couple of mags through a sample, and liked it, though I wasn't too keen on the cocked/hammer down option. I don't know why anyone thinks that a gun with a forged aluminum frame that costs $700 is overpriced, when guns with plastic frames cost $600? |
November 20, 2013, 03:05 PM | #5 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 25, 2011
Posts: 196
|
Quote:
__________________
Practical before tactical. |
|
November 20, 2013, 06:00 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 8, 2013
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,820
|
The DP-51 so much like a 3rd gen S&W! The shape of the frame and slide look as if they copied it and changed a few things. With the safety being on the frame , not the slide.
The shape has a lot of resemblance to the older DP-51 with a few improvements in looks. Nice looking pistol.
__________________
If you ever have to use a firearm, you don't get to pick the scenario! |
November 20, 2013, 06:30 PM | #7 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: October 20, 2007
Location: Richardson, TX
Posts: 7,523
|
Quote:
Another significant difference is that the LH9/DP-51 uses an external Beretta-style RH-side trigger drawbar.
__________________
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules... MARK IT ZERO!!" - Walter Sobchak |
|
November 20, 2013, 06:49 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 1, 2000
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 8,511
|
My understanding is that the LH9 will run with S&W mags.
|
November 20, 2013, 07:10 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 15, 1999
Location: Winston-Salem, NC USA
Posts: 6,348
|
The DP-51 is an innovative gun. I've had two, and the similar DH40. (I try guns and then sell or trade them nd try others. The first one I had was particularly accurate, and I wish I had kept it.)
They have an unusual hinged hammer, which allows 1) hammer down DA start as with many guns; 2) cocked and locked, and 3) partially cocked with hammer pushed forward, with a very predictable "stage" or step as you move to hammer back and drop. The safety can be used in any mode. The Lionheart seems to be the same gun with some minor cosmetic changes. I wouldn't hesitate to pick one up again, if the price is right (which, for me, usualy means "used." I always felt they seemed like a S&W built by SIG... S&W looks with a SIG "feel" about htem. Nice guns, and much underappreciated here in the U.S. And they WILL run S&W 59 Series mags. (Don't know abount the mags for the 59xx series...) They stick out an extra 1/4" or so. |
November 20, 2013, 11:33 PM | #10 | |||
Senior Member
Join Date: July 3, 2012
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 449
|
Wow tons of info guys thanks.
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
|||
November 21, 2013, 01:02 AM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 10, 2012
Posts: 1,059
|
Lionheart LH9
I looooove the cocked/hammer forward mechanic. That is sexy. The press is long and light until that clear break. Very nice. The size of the LH9 is a strong point, too. Good carry option for steel/hammer guys who don't want a heavy first pull.
|
November 21, 2013, 01:23 AM | #12 |
Junior member
Join Date: October 27, 2013
Posts: 1,139
|
RBid,
This is not a steel pistol, if that's what you mean. |
November 21, 2013, 08:26 AM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 15, 1999
Location: Winston-Salem, NC USA
Posts: 6,348
|
As RX-79G notes, it's not steel -- not all steel, in any event:
1) Forged aluminum frame. 2) Steel slide and barrel. The slide and frame are Cerakoted, apparently a variantion of Ceracoating, which is a very durable finish. The forged frame makes it a bit lighter than a similarly-sized steel-framed gun. |
November 21, 2013, 09:50 AM | #14 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: October 20, 2007
Location: Richardson, TX
Posts: 7,523
|
Quote:
Additionally, extended 20rd and 30rd 59-series mags have been offered by the aftermarket, and by Marlin for the Camp 9 Carbine, which was designed around a 59-series magazine. These mags should work in the Lionheart too. Quote:
__________________
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules... MARK IT ZERO!!" - Walter Sobchak Last edited by carguychris; November 21, 2013 at 10:02 AM. |
||
November 21, 2013, 11:10 AM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 5, 2000
Location: Puget Sound, USA
Posts: 2,215
|
Chowder, search this forum. We had a thread on this gun earlier in the year.
Bart Noir
__________________
Be of good cheer and mindful of your gun muzzle! |
November 21, 2013, 11:10 AM | #16 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 15, 1999
Location: Winston-Salem, NC USA
Posts: 6,348
|
Quote:
|
|
November 21, 2013, 12:22 PM | #17 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: June 2, 2006
Location: Bowling Green Virginia
Posts: 4,485
|
Quote:
Suzuki is a completely separate Japanese car maker... nothing to do with Daewoo or Korea. |
|
November 21, 2013, 02:09 PM | #18 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: October 20, 2007
Location: Richardson, TX
Posts: 7,523
|
Quote:
However, I'm a S&W TDA enthusiast, and I've never heard of a situation in which a magazine from a 59-series pistol did not fit in another 59-series pistol, regardless of the generation or model, or the exact magazine type. IOW the magazines are all interchangeable, at least in the Smiths. Also, pardon the slight thread hijack... Quote:
The Daewoo Leganza, Nubira, and Lanos became the Suzuki Verona, Suzuki Forenza, and Chevy Aveo respectively. They were extensively restyled to mask their Daewoo heritage, and in the case of the Verona and Forenza, were sold alongside actual Japanese-engineered Suzuki vehicles.
__________________
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules... MARK IT ZERO!!" - Walter Sobchak Last edited by carguychris; November 21, 2013 at 02:19 PM. |
||
November 21, 2013, 02:33 PM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: March 1, 2000
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 8,511
|
And how successful were they after being rebadged as Suzukis?
I find that hard-to-pronounce car names, names that sound "funny" to Americans, are not a good way to go. Leganza? A new type of pasta? Nubria? A former Dutch colony in Africa? |
November 21, 2013, 07:32 PM | #20 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 15, 1999
Location: Winston-Salem, NC USA
Posts: 6,348
|
Quote:
I do know, however, that the 4006 mags will NOT work in the DH-40. Because of that I suspected that the same relationship between the 400X series to the 500x would carry over. Apparently not. (You can make a Model 59 mag work in the DH-40 with some work on the front of the mag, lowering it a bit, or by opening up the top by putting a bigger GAP in the feed lips. Either solution could ruin the mag if you get too heavy-handed.) |
|
November 21, 2013, 11:04 PM | #21 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: July 3, 2012
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 449
|
Quote:
I am avoiding getting into the automotive portion of this discussion so we can stay on topic. Before starting my military career I was a mechanic so this is hard to do haha. One day I might find the perfect firearm/auto forum to join. Of course TFL is as close to perfect a forum I have been a part of so far . |
|
September 26, 2014, 04:20 PM | #22 |
Junior Member
Join Date: September 26, 2014
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Posts: 4
|
I sometimes kick myself for selling my old DP-51. I was a poor soldier then and sold it because I needed the money or buy another gun.
I bought one back in '96 after coming back from Korea and shooting a Korean Army one at MPRC on the range. The tri action trigger to me was the bee's knee's. I should have kept it but been eyeing to add a LH9 to my stable as of late.
__________________
"Look, the Taliban threw a rocket party on my birthday! How thoughtful, now lets go get a steak." -me in 2010 in Kandahar |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|