am I stoopid?

I have a TP9 SA. It has been functionally flawless. No failures of any kind. I've probably only got 300-400 rounds through it so far, but they have been trouble free. Accuracy is very good.

The only flaw in the gun was the height of the front sight. It was too short, making the gun shoot high... approximately 2-3" high at 7 yards.

I solved it by buying a CZ front sight that was quite a bit too tall, and filing it down to get my point of aim/impact together. The CZ sight required a little "southern engineering" to attach, as the Canik sight was pinned in place. The CZ sight had no holes drilled for pins, so I measured as closely as I could, and drilled a pilot hole in the sight to try to match the pin hole in the frame. I gradually enlarged the hole until it matched the hole in the frame. I then enlarged the hole in the sight enough to tap a 4-40 thread in it. I used a half-dog point set screw in the sight, and screwed it down until the dog point went into the hole in the frame, locking the sight in place. Seems to have worked pretty well.

The decocker is an absolute non-issue. It would be virtually impossible to "accidentally" decock the pistol. It takes a definite effort to press it down to decock.

I really like the gun so far... almost exactly the same size as a Glock 17, holds 17 rounds, and has an excellent single action trigger pull.... with a very short reset... probably less than 1/16".

If the SF is as good as the SA, get it. Sounds like your first one was a rare lemon. Nearly all the reviews I've read on the Canik have been better than positive....
 
I went around the block with this discussion several times. Consensus was that I'm an idiot.

No matter what the circumstances, any gun that fails for whatever reason needs to be sent to the manufacturer. I don't care if you pounded it full of bullseye or filled the barrel with beeswax, the manufacturer needs to see what happened. Let the maker decide what to do, see what happened, decide what caused it to happen.

A gun should not fail if used in normal circumstances, and even then, there must be some extra edge built in. If it passes a proof load, a slight increase in max pressures above accepted levels should not lead to catastrophic failure. The company needs to see what has happened, and they need to keep track of these failures, or they won't know hat is going on.

Wanna hear stoopid? a company here offers to carve pretty pictures into the handle of a glock. Deeply carved engravings with laser or other machinery. They will even skeletonize the thing.

Stoopid? come on, you morons, the frame of a glock is PLASTIC, and cutting out even a fraction of it or shooting with a crack is going to weaken the thing accordingly.

So, skeletonize your .40 glock, handload it, blow out a case, and will your hand survive? Boy, that's a good question. High temperature flames, chunks of plastic blown into the tissues, sounds like a night in paradise. Should you send the thing in to glock? Oh, absolutely. Those boys need a laugh once in a while. It will also give them a bit of information that they need. The manual already says that these things should not be altered, now they have the information that drilling big holes in them is a stoopid idea.
 
Geez, if you want a reliable CZ clone that isn't a CZ...
don't go to Canik, go old-school ;)

Star Firestar Plus
AKA the Model 243, OEM mags are 13 rounds,
also uses S&W 5900-series double-stack mags,
including the 33-rd if you feel the need to scare liberals ;)

I just bought a near NIB example in Starvel for $250 last month!
example pic, mine's on layaway...
this pic looks kinda goldish, Starvel is basically a Nickel finish.
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My Godson just bought a Canik TP9 and brought it up
to shoot at my backyard range. The gun is larger than it should
be, a bit blocky but once I figured out where to hold the front
sight, I was hitting steel plates often.Good shooting gun, but big.
 
If that's directed at my post. It's not a star clone, it's a cz75 clone.

"once upon a time I decided I was going to try out a bunch of cheapo pistols and see if they really could serve a utilitarian purpose to a person who couldn't afford a decent entry level model"

Just giving you an alternative that may be better.
 
You are not stupid brother. But some advice, buy once cry once, buy cheap buy twice...or three times..or more. Buy quality once. Your life or families life may depend on it one day.
 
Just not a fan of Turkish clone guns. Would rather have the real thing. The other issue is - 10 years from now and you need an extractor, where are you going find one? Will Century still be importing Caniks?
 
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