Gun Review: Canik TP9SA

By Jeremy S

“Performance on a budget” describes the subject of many of TTAG’s most popular gun reviews. I’ve had some cheapies through my hands thinking there are probably quite a few gems out there that truly outperform their price brackets, and while most have been fun to shoot, they’ve basically all had one or more drawbacks (or outright fatal flaws). They’re often fine as a beater “truck gun” or for plinking, etc., but really not up to snuff in the role as the only pistol one owns or for use as a competition or self-defense gun. Canik’s TP9SA wants to be the exception to the rule; the inexpensive pistol that can hold its own with the big boys across the board. I put a lot of rounds through this one, only to find that . . .

Yeah, it just might be that exception. Or at least one of them. An MSRP of ~$399 and sale prices as low as $299 certainly strike the budget chord. Sure, the TP9SA has a quirk that seems to have caused sufficient mental freak-outs among a few of the big names in YouTube gun reviews, but in my opinion it isn’t more than that …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns