The model they sent for me to play with is their full-size (duty) variant. You can even get the super-sized competition model as well if you so desire.
MASADA 9MM VESRUS ZEV 0Z9 FULL
The OZ9 is offered in a few different models and configurations, such as full size, compact, and sub-compact. This model has a nice-looking black slide and bronze-colored “optimized match grade” barrel. I was recently able to get some hands-on time with their OZ9 Elite Pistol. The engineers at Zev took customer suggestions and married that with their own ingenuity to create one of the finer striker-fired pistols on the market. They also make the majority of their pistols to order, which is why you don’t see them at every corner gun shop. Zev is a very successful company because they listened to their customers and have given them what they’ve asked for-function, reliability, and ease of use. They aren’t cheap by any means, but you definitely get what you paid for. Owning a Zev pistol is like owning the Maserati of handguns. Zev designed their pistols to be bold, beautiful, and deadly. Glock is like an old Chevy Chevette-it’s ancient, reliable, and aesthetically looks like it fell out of the ugly tree.
Many say that a Zev looks like a tricked-out Glock, but they couldn’t be more wrong in that assessment. It’s there and then that I learned that the American Dream came true for this company. Every employee that I saw had a smile on their face, and that in itself says a lot about a company. It’s actually a very impressive operation. In the summer of 2020, I was given the opportunity for a private tour of their manufacturing facilities. Zev is a company that started small in Centralia, WA, but has grown into a much larger company since. If you’ve heard of Zev Technologies before, then you have a taste for the finer things in life. When I saw, and briefly shot, the Zev OZ9 Elite, I knew I’d be asking for a sample to beat on and test.
Zev was there and brought out all of their toys for the media to look at. If you’re invited, you get to talk one on one with whichever manufacturers are present. Rendezvous time is one of my personal favorite times of the year. In the beginning of October 2021, I was fortunate enough to attend the annual Athlon Outdoors Rendezvous in SE Idaho.
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