gun review: Canik TP9SA
on’t send this one back.” I heard that more than a few times from the officers I invited to the range to shoot the Canik TP9SA over the course of a few days. Two weeks earlier, while walking the 2015 SHOT Show fl oor with The Police Marksman editor, Steve Tracy, I had no idea that the Century Arms booth would be so relevant to this publication. An enthusiastic young man working Century’s booth asked us if we’d ever felt a really good trigger on a striker fi re gun. He handed us the new Canik TP9SA imported by Century Arms. We were both impressed. The trigger was great and the reset was distinct, though just a little spongy. It looked and felt very much like a Walther P99, but with an American- style magazine release button instead of that funky trigger guard lever. I asked about the retail price of the TP9SA, as I continued to squeeze and reset the impressive trigger. When he replied, “less than 400 bucks,” I sought out the person in charge of sending review pistols to gun writers. At the time, I was completely unfamiliar with Canik (I am told the C is pronounced as a soft J or Ch). Canik is a Turkish mili- tary weapons manufacturer whose reputa- tion for quality control is well respected. T e TP9SA’s predecessor, the TP9, is a double- action, striker-fi re polymer pistol. It has also met with good reviews. With the TP9, just as with all standard, double-action hammer fi red pistols, the fi rst shot requires a longer trigger pull while subsequent squeezes are much shorter. T e TP9SA is a more tra- ditional (if you will) striker-fi re, polymer frame pistol with a trigger pull more akin to a single action; hence the ‘SA.’ T ere is no external safety and each trigger pull is uni- form from fi rst to last.
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Frankly, I hoped the gun would function relatively well, but I had no higher expec- tations due to its low price and unfamiliar maker. I was pleasantly surprised by many of the features I found. T e grip’s side plates
21 The Police Marksman Summer 2015 The Canik TP9SA is similar in appearance to the Walther P99.
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The TP9SA comes with a holster, lock, two magazines and magazine loading device.
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