[FIREARM REVIEW] Tristar T-100: Your New Budget Baby Eagle

By John Falkenberg

Like it does a lot of concealed carriers, it took me a long time to land on a handgun to carry consistently that I was happy with.

I initially used a Sig P320 Carry which I rarely actually carried because it was just a little too big. Some of that had to do with a rookie choice in holsters, but the fact of the matter was the grip was noticeable in the small of my back, and that just doesn’t do.

So I traded that one away and, after a series of fairly fortunate events, ended up with the Turkish Tristar T-120, the big brother of the T-100 that would become my carry piece.

The T-120 is a beast. A “knock-off” of the Baby Eagle (Jericho 941), itself a variant of the venerated CZ-75, this thing sports a 4.7″ barrel, aluminum frame and steel slide, and a staggering 19+1 capacity in 9mm with the magazines that I was given (I think the standard is 17+1).

My first shots with the thing saw me making one big hole in the center of the target at 10 yards, and I’m no trick shooter.

I was elated, but it’s not a carry …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation