Gun Review: SAR 9 by Sarsılmaz is a 9mm worth noticing (VIDEO)

By Eve Flanigan

At SHOT Show 2017, an impending product release caught my eye—the SAR 9, a striker-fired 9mm pistol from Turkish aerospace products producer Sarsılmaz. I was fortunate to get my hands on one of the first 50 copies in the US via Illinois office of UTAS Defense, a Turkish company.
The SAR9 is a polymer frame pistol with a 4.4-inch “alloyed forged steel barrel and slide,” according to a company spec sheet. It comes with two metal-body magazines, with polymer floor plate and follower, of 15 rounds capacity. The overall length is 7.5 inches with a height of 5.5 inches, and 1.4 inches in width. It weighs 27.1 ounces unloaded. Safety devices include a trigger block and thumb-operated safety lever. The latter is located on both left and right.
The SAR 9 comes with two 15 round magazines and additional grips. (Photo: Eve Flanigan)
SAR 9 sports an adjustable three-dot sight setup. As of this writing, it wasn’t clear whether the sights are interchangeable with popular aftermarket brands. A non-gloss blued finish and black polymer make this an all-black firearm. UTAS USA says a stainless two-tone model will follow, but has yet to receive one from the factory. The pistol is shipped with two

Source: Guns.com