First weekend with Canik 9mm TP9SA
Century Arms
I ended up at US defense Solutions the other day and after swapping squirrel stories I headed home with the Tan Canik TP9. I was pleased with the appearance and the grip/feel of the 9mm, I’ve been doing the pistol thing for a long time and I’ve owned a long list of firearms, Smith and Taurus revolvers, Ruger P85 Gen 0, Smith 39, 4506, Colt 1911’s, EAA witness’, SW99, Glocks, Current M&P, shield, Ruger LCP ECT. I’ve shot UPSA with most and kept the ones I like sent many on their way, Had friends let me borrow M9’s, Browning HP’s, Sig 226’s, ECT. So I’ve been lucky enough to put rounds downrange with every major firearm and in a timeline that many times when they were “New”. (Not the 1911’s I’m not that old) We all know there’s nothing new under the sun.
I just tell you that to let you know I’m not a snob and I know there is no end all firearm, there’s always innovations and mods that are tweaking the art of the handgun.
Back to the Canik, Let me tell you right now that I can’t shoot this in upsa without at least 2 mod’s, we’ll get to those.
Plus
Appearance is very good, nice fit between parts, smooth slide and action, Trigger is somewhat Glock like but a bit better on my gun, Reset is decent. Pointablity is very good, a small grip but still substantial for a large guy’s hand, Trigger reach is short and the palm swell and the scallops for your hand does a great job of guiding hands and fingers into place. Had my daughter and her friend grip the gun and dry fire, and for 5’6, and 5’7 young ladies They were comfortable with the grip and trigger pull, They are not gun gals so I can only tell you that they could pull the trigger comfortably, and they were not stretching to control the trigger, I think with the right training they could control this firearm as well as 100lb untrained people could, So basically everything that has been said about the fit, and feel is true. I really think this a realistic contender for the market.
Shooting, we headed out for a quick range trip, I did clean the firearm and give it a couple spots of Dillon’s Snake Oil. The magazines of course were new and loaded very stiffly I hope they will smooth up a bit over time. We ran a quick 50 rounds to it, no problems, Point of impact was pretty much on the 3 dots and recoil was easily managed and shooting went perfectly, I didn’t put the gun on paper but we did shoot some bouncing targets and some steel, We had fun and the gun worked as advertised.
But before you run out there is one thing I really hate about the gun, It’s a safe action/single action with a DECOCKER. What does this mean, it means that if you are going to disassemble the firearm it’s very easy to decock the gun for safety. But what about the rest of the time when your not cleaning it. It’s super attractive button to hit. And if you Ever had a SW99 or a walther P99 you would hit this button for normal everyday carry. What happens with the Canik is you are in a perfectly good carry mode and if you decock you have disabled the firearm until you work the slide. If you had a round chambered it just went rolling across the floor.
So be aware if you hit that attractive button you have just disabled your firearm. However you put it there is not double strike, no double action, Ect.
The other thing I hate about the firearm but you might love, is the mag catch is very flat and you really have to dig your thumb in there to release the mag, and the mags don’t drop free, I think that mag releases should have a good balance of protection and access and I always want the mag to drop free every time (Those are the UPSA Mod's I wanted)
The Kit it comes with is a great bonus, I love the Blackhawk style holster and the Fit to the holster is perfect. And BTW the Canik is very trim and the M*P, and the Glock won’t even go in the entrance of the holster.
That’s my 2 cents, go buy one if you want or don’t, I have a new house gun
Century Arms
I ended up at US defense Solutions the other day and after swapping squirrel stories I headed home with the Tan Canik TP9. I was pleased with the appearance and the grip/feel of the 9mm, I’ve been doing the pistol thing for a long time and I’ve owned a long list of firearms, Smith and Taurus revolvers, Ruger P85 Gen 0, Smith 39, 4506, Colt 1911’s, EAA witness’, SW99, Glocks, Current M&P, shield, Ruger LCP ECT. I’ve shot UPSA with most and kept the ones I like sent many on their way, Had friends let me borrow M9’s, Browning HP’s, Sig 226’s, ECT. So I’ve been lucky enough to put rounds downrange with every major firearm and in a timeline that many times when they were “New”. (Not the 1911’s I’m not that old) We all know there’s nothing new under the sun.
I just tell you that to let you know I’m not a snob and I know there is no end all firearm, there’s always innovations and mods that are tweaking the art of the handgun.
Back to the Canik, Let me tell you right now that I can’t shoot this in upsa without at least 2 mod’s, we’ll get to those.
Plus
Appearance is very good, nice fit between parts, smooth slide and action, Trigger is somewhat Glock like but a bit better on my gun, Reset is decent. Pointablity is very good, a small grip but still substantial for a large guy’s hand, Trigger reach is short and the palm swell and the scallops for your hand does a great job of guiding hands and fingers into place. Had my daughter and her friend grip the gun and dry fire, and for 5’6, and 5’7 young ladies They were comfortable with the grip and trigger pull, They are not gun gals so I can only tell you that they could pull the trigger comfortably, and they were not stretching to control the trigger, I think with the right training they could control this firearm as well as 100lb untrained people could, So basically everything that has been said about the fit, and feel is true. I really think this a realistic contender for the market.
Shooting, we headed out for a quick range trip, I did clean the firearm and give it a couple spots of Dillon’s Snake Oil. The magazines of course were new and loaded very stiffly I hope they will smooth up a bit over time. We ran a quick 50 rounds to it, no problems, Point of impact was pretty much on the 3 dots and recoil was easily managed and shooting went perfectly, I didn’t put the gun on paper but we did shoot some bouncing targets and some steel, We had fun and the gun worked as advertised.
But before you run out there is one thing I really hate about the gun, It’s a safe action/single action with a DECOCKER. What does this mean, it means that if you are going to disassemble the firearm it’s very easy to decock the gun for safety. But what about the rest of the time when your not cleaning it. It’s super attractive button to hit. And if you Ever had a SW99 or a walther P99 you would hit this button for normal everyday carry. What happens with the Canik is you are in a perfectly good carry mode and if you decock you have disabled the firearm until you work the slide. If you had a round chambered it just went rolling across the floor.
So be aware if you hit that attractive button you have just disabled your firearm. However you put it there is not double strike, no double action, Ect.
The other thing I hate about the firearm but you might love, is the mag catch is very flat and you really have to dig your thumb in there to release the mag, and the mags don’t drop free, I think that mag releases should have a good balance of protection and access and I always want the mag to drop free every time (Those are the UPSA Mod's I wanted)
The Kit it comes with is a great bonus, I love the Blackhawk style holster and the Fit to the holster is perfect. And BTW the Canik is very trim and the M*P, and the Glock won’t even go in the entrance of the holster.
That’s my 2 cents, go buy one if you want or don’t, I have a new house gun
