The Jericho, Rebooted: IWI Jericho II [IWA 2022]

[@FCV0511]

Keep the Jericho II as a tactical version, but I'd love to see a re-release of the original, steel Jericho 941 with the smooth dust cover up front. Those things looked sharp. And also obligatory space cowboy credit.

[@jws1341]

You can always buy a Glock 30. I love mine even though it's old and I purchased it used. I've never owned a gun where I enjoyed the muzzle flip, until this one. It absolutely never makes my hand sore and is controllable but feels invigorating with every trigger pull. The new ones don't have finger grooves just like Faye's. But all of them pretty much look exactly like hers, since you don't really see her grip much.

[@TheAeasy19]

I've always wanted to get the bebops crews side arms but never got around to getting all of them.

[@tyquanwashington.8510]

Or at least an aluminum alloy frame. I hate polymer handguns.

[@TheAeasy19]

@@tyquanwashington.8510 that sucks Pedro. 90% of guns are polymer

[@tyquanwashington.8510]

@@TheAeasy19 100% of guns I like are metal so I'm not tripping lol. That's why I enjoy CZ so much.

[@shino9797]

For space cowboys everywhere

[@trevorpollo]

But the new will never beat the original. You’re gonna carry that weight…

[@kevinhullinger8743]

Picked one up the Jericho 2 at the gun shop 4.4 full sized and the ergonomics were so natural I had to buy it. Shoots so well I decided to carry it this winter and it’s comfortable as well. Highly recommend.

[@natehayes82]

What did it run you?

[@kevinhullinger8743]

@@natehayes82 500.00 if you can find them.

[@bobojo37]

The Jericho II or the Jericho Enhanced? Because they are not the same. The Enhanced doesn't have the ambi safety, as aggressive slide cuts, and has larger safety+slide catch levers

[@kevinhullinger8743]

@@bobojo37 my pistol is the Jericho 2 enhanced. The one in the video is same with the exception of added ambi-safety.

[@kevinhullinger8743]

@@bobojo37 yes I saw what appears to be upgraded controls. When I registered my pistol with IWI enhanced was the only option.

[@Quality_Guru]

Not sure who they are listening to, but a metal frame with an optics cut would have been a worthwhile reboot. While I am it, a decocker version would be great as well.

[@SoccerVJ2011]

This design is licensed from CZ if I’m not mistaken

[@fakefriendocrat9324]

Yeah I was hoping it was gonna be a metallic frame.

[@akclay762]

Decocker would be a definite sell for me

[@Quality_Guru]

@@SoccerVJ2011 Are you sure about that? My understanding is that the CZ 75 design came out during the cold war in which the Soviet bloc countries had no type of Patents at all. The CZ 75 is the most replicated pistol type out there. Curios Where you read that info at as perhaps my intel is outdated.

[@thomasschreiber9559]

@@Quality_Guru That's what I understood, the CZ 75 had no patent protection so the design available to anyone who wanted to use it.

[@johnsanko4136]

I have a satin nickel IMI Jericho. One of my best shooters, honestly. Great gun.

[@mrbreck1]

About twenty years back i passed up an uzi eagle for a glock 19. I still have the glock but to this day i regret not buying the uzi eagle. It was the most comfortable pistol i ever held. Iirc it has gone through a few name changes and is a jerico 941 then later imi and again a version was made by iwi. If i had known of the name changes i would have bought one but i really want one of the eagles. I remember the one i looked at had a gold uzi eagle writing on it and hope to find another for sale one day.

[@heyzeus9497]

Same here, have the same type of gun. Full size and the straightest shooting gun I've own. An absolute nail driver

[@hopewilliams6705]

I wish they would come back out with a steel or aluminum frame would be really nice!

[@panchopistola8298]

I have a steel frame one … Jesus it’s heavy but it shoots like a dream

[@gennerobootz6490]

Yea me too I hate all of these plastic guns

[@effu9375]

But the "others" will complain that aluminum/steel is too heavy. I love my aluminum STK100 and it's my EDC.

[@gb1234ist]

they still make it in steel least, some have a picatiny rail if you need it.

[@hopewilliams6705]

@@gb1234ist didn't know that thought they were discontinued

[@squib3083]

If they offered it w a decocker for DA/SA I’d be interested

[@-o-The-Duke-o-]

Yup. Preferrable in a compact model. Something comparable to the P01

[@cptomes]

look at the Magnum Research imported model - also made by Bul Armory. I think they have the slide mount decocker/safety.

[@user-zw2sg5fh9k]

just buy a cz p09 or p07, they have the decocker and its what the jericho is ripping off.

[@zhongligaming3734]

@@user-zw2sg5fh9k agreed, p07 is infinitely better and more modern despite being nearly a decade older than this model

[@blackbeardgamer5909]

@@user-zw2sg5fh9k I love my P07. Amazing pistol

[@killgriffin]

I'm actually pretty hyped for this. Looks pretty much exactly like what I'd imagine a modernized Jericho would, I just wish it had a decocker. Also with everyone else, I wish they'd reintroduce the old style steel frame with the smooth dust cover as well, those were weirdly good looking guns!

[@GBGuns]

The Jericho II was released in the US in May of 2020, there are even KZbin videos on it from that time.

[@godfathertrevor]

Steel frame 941F with no rail, dogleg slide release, and slide mounted safety/decocker or no deal.

[@af22raptor23503]

Jericho has a AWESOME History I wish that the 41Action Express Version was still available that which was introduced back in 1986 but it never caught on because the Jericho was the ONLYP Pistol available in that caliber. Now days a Box of 50 rounds of 41AE can go for as much as 1K! I would love to see a JERICHO in 10mm AUTO!

[@FutureSoup]

Literally one of my favorite handguns of all time

[@muffemod]

Hell yea!

[@CalzaTheFox]

James, because of your rig, that shot of you aiming the pistol with the magazine in the other hand makes you look like you're straight out of Syphon Filter. I dig it.

[@juncho1977]

Seems like a great option for anyone who missed out on the short re-release of the SP01 Phantom (wish I bought one of those).

[@FranklinBurrus]

this is James’s documented spiral into becoming and international arms dealer 😂

[@jingledell1]

Internal? Sounds kinky.

[@wadeirwin7003]

Everyone needs internal arms🤣

[@jingledell1]

@@wadeirwin7003 Maybe start with a finger or two, then work your way up. Whole arms are a bit ambitious for the uninitiated.

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

@@jingledell1 😂😂😂

[@baomao7243]

Lord of War 2

[@markbrynolfson8043]

IWI makes fantastic products.

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

My goal is to own 1 of everything they produce

[@orionrz3016]

Tengo la Jericho II y asta ahora una exelente arma segura

[@randywatsonii3173]

I made my I guess Gen II now? Full size steel, all polished by removing the parkerizing, and polishing the crap out of for about 4 weeks. It's pretty damn gorgeous, and I understand why a polished baby or other derivatives cost is so much higher than normal. I couldn't accept less than double MSRP after all that labor. I would like one of these much smaller and shorter, because carrying the big heavy one is kind of a pain.

[@chizzelfingers]

our little Jimmy did awesome at iwi,,great content ,,per usual from Florida man...happy new subscriber to the only gun friendly subscribestar...and basically happy laidback ohio trash loving some tfb

[@tfbtv]

You are among trash friends here

[@disturbed66677]

Been wanting a Jericho for a few years now, glad I waited

[@737215]

Same.

[@blacklilac1408]

Surprisingly another pistol that looks like the CZ P09/P07. The inverted rails look.

[@cptomes]

Jericho/Baby Eagle has been around since the 1990s. before the P07/P09.

[@COLT45Studios]

@@cptomes yea but the 941 is based on the CZ 75

[@danielcheek8966]

Great looking gun, can’t wait to see some reviews.

[@W1ckedRcL]

The original Jericho looks better

[@rockerdude8000]

tell iwi I want Jericho 941 r9 in US. how else am I supposed to larp as a space cowboy. for the record the jericho enhanced is under 500 at my local gun store

[@kittrainbow7]

Very cool 👍 Manual safety seems ergonomic, 1911 heavy shooter like me will like it. Suggestions: -lower frame in ergal, serie 7 and no little parts in polymer -antisnag rail -no firing pin safety -"rear upper hand tail" redesigned to go up -no hot spot on middle finger, just a gentle large curve (many sport pistols created an hot spot, searching the ultimate high grip... not confortable) 🇮🇹

[@diemos322jones9]

Absolutely love my 941 FS!

[@nonyabiz9487]

Great gun that can be hard to get here in the USA. Ive never had any issues with the CZ-75 style pistols no matter who makes it and IWI is one of the best.

[@brandonthomas4807]

Imagine this gun with a 1911 4lbs trigger....just think about it Ive never heard of Cz75s failing

[@JacksonWalter735]

A Jericho video on TFBTV in 2022?!?!? The first video I ever saw on TFBTV was their video on the IMI Jericho way back in the day. Man time flies

[@sebastianmartellisr.3587]

I've held the Jericho 941F... It's amazing and I only had to get rid of it to pay my bills one time. I'm a fan of the Jericho 941, but in it's all smooth like design. I'm not a fan of the rails, and when I can... I'm getting it again but still Old School 1st Gen design.

[@ian2372]

I love my og Jericho. I will definitely be picking one of these up. I'll run this as a secondary to my tavor 7 or ts12.

[@maledetto1221]

"Why you want a Jericho?" We all know the answer is "Because I've watched Cowboy Bebop growing up"

[@chinchilla641]

I've had one for over a year now. Love mine!

[@2bNIKEt1]

"Sporty feel". These interviews give me giggles 😄

[@bossie006]

If there was a version with an optics cut and threaded barrel, I would buy it instantly.

[@VIKINGX-rc9tg]

Same I have the Jericho 2 but would definitely get a threaded barrel + optic myself.

[@dwighthayes4738]

My first handgun was a Jericho 941.

[@Alovepoet]

this and a Kimber 1911 are literally the only two guns I've ever wanted

[@lokami2a807]

Love my Jericho type R I might get this for some fun

[@joyroc885]

I do like this version. Glad to see that made the trigger less curved. Now if they make a decocker version that would be awesome.

[@p90man]

Don't understand why they have gone to the 2 piece slide where the guiderod retainer comes off the slide .

[@allenparnell6170]

Alright I gotta ask. What's the beat you have at the end of this video? Is it just a short clip or a whole song cuz I'm feelin it

[@mrowoofers101]

The space cowboy gun is even more spacey now. Perfect.

[@azisandwich]

If it doesn't take Glock mags, James doesn't want it.

[@xxxxxxxx183]

Same tho

[@bob-wo3ir]

CZ mags ...

[@FloridaHustle239]

Fusion xp pro

[@ThisGuysMason]

I love that this gun is getting attention and it deserves it, but I’ll happily stick to the steel frame 941, just looks cooler

[@ericachenbach2617]

Really a nice shooter. And very good value

[@zszs123]

Need it in 40..Excellent video thanks for the vdeo and time 👍

[@travisbickle0815]

Xcellent outro music, justice!

[@darprdun8968]

You should do a review of the Jericho

[@Minimumcomparison]

Looks great. Love iwi love jericho

[@autumnfragrance6326]

Do the older Jericho/baby Eagle mags work with the new model?

[@cptomes]

should. the new ones with the plastic base plates are a little hard to insert into the older steel frame Jericho/Baby Eagle, the CZ-75/eaa witness/Jericho/Baby Eagle steel frame mags with steel base plates rattle a little loose in the polymer frame CZ-75 based pistols like Bul Cherokee etc, but function fine. Personal experience not hearsay. The older polymer frame Jericho/Baby Eagle are apparently made by Bul. not sure about these.

[@Sidekick_Snowman]

Is it only safety or will they offer a decocker model?

[@Armas_em_foco]

Jericho all the best. I told the story of Jericho on my channel, it was really cool. I have the first versions of the weapon from 1990 manufactured by IMI. The story has its inspirations CZ, Tanfoglio and Desert Eagle. But it's all in Portuguese, I'm sorry. You can put the translate, I think.

[@VanillaGorilla502]

Love mine!! Reminds me of the CZ’s

[@deejayimm]

Because it is. Well at least it's a done up remake.

[@SgtAl]

I like watching these videos so I can see all the cool new handguns I want but will never be able to buy in California.

[@SgtAl]

One of the unintentional consequences of the senseless California Safe Handgun Roster is that it has probably saved me thousands of dollars by keeping me from buying handguns with new designs.

[@pewpewwithtodd8077]

I love my IWI Tavor 7 and IWI Zion 15, this would go nicely with my collection.

[@marcross52-95]

I wish they made one with a FRAME-mounted de-cocker.

[@torbjorn.larsson69]

I had a IMI 941 some years ago... prefer the one with metal frame...

[@chuckles470s9]

James is rocking these IWI videos 👍

[@McGyver9]

Red dot cut? Rock'n the Leica! $$$

[@funkla65]

Given they had the sense to launch the Masada as Optics Ready, kinda surprised they didn't OR this reboot.

[@claytongross5657]

Looks amazing

[@cotykilgannon1468]

Bought one so I could try to stop simping for a steel frame 941 and was pleasantly surprised. Also it was under five so why not? Still want the big boy version. Someday.

[@Catgat37]

I want a steel frame 941...but I want the frame mounted safety. All the others I come across have the slide mounted decocker. I bought the Jericho 2 for $350 at a pawnshop and was pleasantly surprised how well it shot. And the recoil impulse was oh so smooth.

[@Jon38]

First comment!!! I love Jericho's, glad to see more of them!

[@davidhartley6232]

It's 2022 and no ambidextrous slide release, no optics cut... and no decocker? 😫 Sooo, all the same reasons I passed on them in previous years. What a shame 😣

[@HansShackleford]

Love my full sized one

[@GravyNavy09]

So.. if the Jericho is based on the CZ75....these are then analogous to the PO9 and P07 from CZ? Either way, kind of want one.

[@josephesquivel4066]

Nice! They finally made it ambidextrous!

[@martinto138]

Please produce a metal frame version for +5 melee damage.

[@TokinWhiteKid]

They make a metal frame one. Have for years. I have one!

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Glad to see that the Jericho has finally caught up with 2009. Too bad there’s no modern features such as optics slide cut.

[@akstar99]

Looks like a cz where it connects the rails, s&w frame, and a hk ups' slide. Maybe even more like canik, or the Hudson, all it needs is to shoot that new brno round.

[@737215]

What excites me most about this announcement is that prices on Jericho Gen 1 might drop off

[@coles.1524]

How does this differ from the Jericho enhanced that the US got over a year ago?

[@bob-wo3ir]

If you already there .. do a review on the IWI Carmel

[@523blue]

Beautiful

[@marcppparis]

I didn’t see if it has a decocker. I won’t buy a SA/DA without one

[@cptomes]

look at the Magnum Research imported versions badged as "Baby Eagle" - I think they have slide mounted safety/decockers. the iwi and bul products all seem to have frame mount safeties - but the frame mount safeties give you cocked and locked carry option. I prefer the decocker/safety myself.

[@marcppparis]

@@cptomes Yeah that’s the thing. It’s totally fine as an SAO gun. Cocked and locked - no problem. I just don’t understand why the make it DA/SA with no decocker. At some point if you use the DA mechanism, you’ll be pulling the trigger and gently dropping hammer on a live round. Decockers are designed to alleviate that and have been around forever

[@marcppparis]

DAO no decocker- np. SAO no decocker- np . Striker fired no decocker- np. DA/SA needs a decocker or make it SAO

[@sv2697]

Should of gave it a aluminum frame + optics cut. Would of been a good buy.

[@mudbutton2]

Always liked the look

[@brandonthomas4807]

add the rmr and other pistol red dot cut out for this, like a multi sight mounting system, with some meprolight hyper bright sights,id be game

[@The_Referee]

beautiful fire arm

[@skeltonslay8er781]

Just remember, your gonna carry that weight

[@joecampbell9415]

James, rocking a Leica M series digital…. You’re one of them Fancy lads Ain’t ya?

[@hawk66100]

It’s The Walls of Jericho!!

[@WardenWolf]

The Jericho II has been out for over a year. It fixes all my gripes about the old Jericho series, including the combat-unusable non-ambi safety and just being too bulky overall. The problem is there are no tritium sights available for it yet (all my research indicates PL sights will not fit), and that is the dealbreaker. Were there trits available from Meprolight or another major vendor, I WOULD buy this pistol in a heartbeat. I own an old Jericho 941 FL, which, except for the sight cut and lack of finger grooves, is identical to the PL9 in all respects. I looked into the Jericho II when I upgraded last year, but the lack of tritium sights is what pushed me to the Sig M17 (my 941 FL has been upgraded with Meprolight tritiums). If they ever do release tritium sights, though, I likely will buy this pistol for my father since I have plenty of magazines available (they take CZ-75b mags which are cheaply available from Mec-Gar).

[@tomas.8711]

No tritium sights is definitely a deal-killer for ANY self-defense pistol. Tritium sights are a MUST

[@koza2]

For the pre-2007 and post-2007 dovetail, meprolight has tritium sights. The Jericho II/Enhanced uses lomount Novak sights.

[@WardenWolf]

@@koza2 The problem is that there is no information on which specific Novak sights they use or if they're even standard or just Novak style. Nobody responds to queries; believe me, I've asked. It's a very expensive mistake if you buy the wrong thing. And yes, I have Meprolight trits on my 941 FL.

[@weezem]

@@WardenWolf 1911 dovetail novak sights work on the enhanced 2 and corrects the accuracy issue. I'm not a fan of the enhanced 2 so I'm not sure I will be a fan of the Jericho 2.

[@NGMonocrom]

Does this one come with more than literally one holster option? That'd be nice.

[@bigdennyh]

Supposedly any cz 75 holster will fit .

[@exionem]

Will there be a DECOCKER only version? Thanks

[@madacro5671]

I have 2 steel Jericho pistols with stars on them beautiful pistols! Love poly pistols more so I'm watching for one!

[@jasonmullins3900]

Been wanting a Jericho for years but have never seen one in any gun store in my area. Was lucky to even find a Masada.

[@jesusisalive3227]

Isn't the baby eagle a Jericho?

[@jasonmullins3900]

@@jesusisalive3227 think alot of magnum research guns are made from imported parts from Bul.

[@kevinhullinger8743]

Yes gun shops around here can’t even order them as distributors haven’t had them in over a year.

[@sealove79able]

A neat video keep them flowing. Iz the Jerico CZ75 based pistol? A stainless steel version would be great in .45acp, although it may defeat the purpose of this pistol. I think the IWI might make a bullpup bolt action rifle ,like the Tavor.

[@s.armitage3963]

Without a metal frame I just can't get behind a Jericho.

[@TexasSurplusPro]

The biggest issue with these pistols is the lack of quality holster support. I can’t find a good duty holster, outside of ordering a Frontline holster from Israel. They need to produce a run of holsters with Safariland if we’re gonna see any of the IWI lineup see wider adoption. Especially with the fetish for striker guns, having an SLS holster for the Masada is a no brainer.

[@fitchboi80]

Would love to the .45 available again!

[@donniebunch1897]

Where is the Carmel rifle from IWI?

[@115HondaFit]

This.

[@Miketheneck]

Great pistols

[@philclodfelter5994]

I need that in ODG

[@johnpatrickmcp]

Man it would have been nice if they had these at their booth at Shot Show.

[@danielgreen6547]

I wonder why they went back to the more minimalist/smaller type safety? The Jericho Enhanced had/has a much easier to reach safety with better shelf for those carrying cocked-and-locked.

[@onpsxmember]

How much is this one still based on the CZ 75 series. If the base closer to a P-07/09/SP-01 + Tanfo entrails I'd love to see a comparison with what Phoenix did with the mentioned czech polymer versions.

[@thewhisp5379]

I love mines the first one

[@traeucity6087]

Are they going to be able to handle +P ammunition? I got rid of my Jericho pistols when I learned the manufacturer prohibited the use of +P ammunition.

[@chrisstyles266]

CZ PO9 Jericho II

[@XAPAN88]

I’ve started to keep my eye on Jericho pistols when I saw it on Lazarus Ledd comic… the design was a little bit different and that was a thing back then…

[@307Yerbua]

So it's a CZ P-09 with an even less ergonomic safety/decocker and less capacity

[@2bNIKEt1]

To you

[@jamesR1990]

Id say its more of a P07 clone with the smaller grip, but yes. It's another CZ clone that doesn't live up to the original when you try them side by side.

[@ReverendMeat51]

@@jamesR1990 I don't disagree, but the steel Jericho 941 I have to admit is better made than the CZ, easily on par with the Swiss variant

[@chizzelfingers]

ya but not as crappy and useless as a gross cz...(the idiots glock) 😢

[@009013M3]

@@jamesR1990 THe design suffers from objective shift. The old steel models arguably surpassed the CZ75 series as the apex predators of the steel-framed combat pistol era. You get the model with the factory custom single action only trigger and the F series configuration so the safety is on the frame and makes an extremely comfortable thumb rest, and suddenly you are breaking shots like a glass rod, you're putting half as much grip strength into it which means virtually zero point of impact shift when you tense to fire, the beavertail sits noticeably higher and conbines well with the little bit of factory trigger guard undercut, the weight distribution was *just* right. This meant you had an indestructible pistol that was almost match accurate, pointed like a gun half its size, kicked like a pistol half as powerful, and was lightning quick on the followup. Unfortunately it was also 38 ounces. THat special sauce added up. These days, people don't want to carry that. ANd doctrinally, it makes sense that if you know you're going to be carrying your pistol WAY more than you're going to be shooting it, then over time that raw performance stops mattering to the institutional buyer. That's when weight and cost start to be the dominant factors in selection, hence the era of "Every pistol is hard to distinguish from a GLOCK".

[@That1_CopDude]

That’s kind of a difficult question to answer in the world of polymers, especially if the firearm you’re presenting is a derivative clone of another firearm. Other than aesthetics it’s damn near the exact same as the tanfoglio witness line, which is itself a clone of another. The only thing that I see that might be a selling point for the Jericho is if it has a decocker, than in my opinion it’s a better justifiable buy over the Italian copy of the Cz-75.