So not too long ago I just recently bought the Canik TP9 Pistol. I was in the market for a new pistol for quite a while and I decided to get this. Generally when it comes to pistols I tend to try to find one that is reasonable priced, has great ergonomics, high capacity magazine and most of all reliable. By far I have to say this is one hell of a pistol guaranteed. If you look closely this pistol is pretty much similar to the
Walther P99 pistol. This pistol is manufactured in Turkey by Canik and it is actual a service combat pistol for the Turkish military. That in itself right there should hint that this gun has something going for it.
Specifications: Canik55 TP-9 Manufactured in Turkey by Canik
Chambered in 9mm
18+1 magazine
4” Chrome-Lined Cold Forged Barrel
7.25" Overall Length
Weighs 1.65 lbs.
Black Polymer Frame
Decocking Lever
Double action /Single action trigger
Double action trigger pull- 9 pounds
Single action trigger pull- 5 pounds
Ambidextrous Magazine Catch
Ambidextrous Top-slide-Mounted Decocker for Super-safe Carry
Picatinny Rail in Mil. Std.
All Components are Chrome Plated
NATO round longevity specification is 50,000 rounds. When using +P rounds longevity is 30,000 rounds.
MSRP: $320-$350ish + $40 FLL holder Fee
Now as you can see in the picture this is what comes in your little suit case. The holster that is showin is one of those
Black Hawk Serpa holster. Continuing on the holster comes with two belt clips which one clips on and the other is a loop. Next you get an extra magazine, clip for your magazines, three front sights(more on that later) and extra back strap.(cleaning brush, gun lock, and manual not in picture but does come with it).
Now above are two side shots of the gun itself. I just want to say that I put grip tape on. So if you want to see what the gun looks like without grip tap click
here. 
Here is another shot just showing the fantastic ergonomics of the pistol. If you have small hands this pistol will be too big for you. I kind of have small butter fingers but I have wide palms so its not that bad. And if this pistol is kind of small you can always change the back strap out for the larger one.
Now as you can see here is the rear sights. The stock rear sights are not that bad. They are very open but I just did not like how they were made out of polymer. The stock sights for the gun both rear and front are not night sights. But as you can see in the picture above I did change out the stock rear sights and put in my own custom metal sights. The sights that I have on now are
Trijicon tritium night sights . NOW KEEP IN MIND if you want to customize anything with this pistol you're going to have to use accessories from the Walther P99. The rear sights that come with it glows orange while the front glows green. I don't have the front Trijicon night sight on because I have a fiber optic sight which more on that later. I just want to say that the Trijicon front night sights are too high for my cup of tea. One last thing that is really cool about the TP9 rear sights are is that they are adjustable for windage. RARLEY a feature like this is on a $320ish pistol let alone a lot of $500 pistols.
Here is a shot of the front fiber optics. I am using
HiViz Walther P99 front sights. These are not night sights. Amazingly these front sights illuminate REALLY well in broad daylight. I have both the reds and the green ones. The red front sights are low sights and the greens are high sights. By the way I just want to mention that the TP9 comes with three stock front changeable polymer front sights of low, medium, and high sights. Again the stock sights are not bad at all. I just tend to like having all my guns have a fiber optic sight so I can align and distinguish my targets a lot faster.
Trijicon night sights glowing orange. Even though the front HiViz sights are not night sights, they do glow just a bit with a enough ambient light around as you can see.
As I mentioned above I tend to like having pistols that have a high capacity magazine. As you see here it's a 18+1 round mag. Just want to say that the gun will fire without the magazine in.
Magazine are made from Mec-Gar. I am sure that shooters will agree with me that Mec-Gar makes some good quality mags. If you plan to buy any spare mags like I did so now I have a total of 3, a mag will run you for $21. That's a hell of deal especially compared to other mags like Glocks which cost $40.
The very special feature for this gun is the trigger decocker which is located on top in front of the rear sights. As you can see from the pic above there is a red indicator. That indicator indicates that the gun is cocked and in single action mode. Before anyone ask NO that is not a indicator telling there is a round in the chamber.
If you look closely you can see that the trigger is further back in single action mode with its 5 pound trigger pull. To give you guys a good idea the trigger pull is basically similar to the Glocks trigger pull in single action mode but without the stupid trigger safety. The gun does not have a manual safety either. Your safety is your finger of course and using the decocker to put in double action mode especially if you plan on carrying with a round in the chamber.
Just some pictures of what the gun looks like disassembled.
Right here is a target shot(s) that I took from 15 yards away. The gun does shoot a bit high. But it can also be from my bad accuracy LOL.
To give you a general idea how big that square target is, go look at your head in the mirror.
For that target I was using
ZQI 124grain ammo. Important thing to note is that the TP9 does not like to use any rounds under 100 grain. I was using
85 grain DRT rounds, and it caused the gun to double feed. The light grain round causes the slide to rack faster compared to lets say from a 115 grain bullet. I have read with people claiming in order to fix that is to buy a lighter recoil spring. But the TP9 sure does love 147 grain ammo. The recoil for the gun is fantastic IMO. It could be also because its a 9mm and a full size handgun. But to minimize recoil even more I tend to like to use bullet grains from 115-135 grain ammo. 147 grain ammo causes the slide to rack with more force because of the heavier grain and the lighter grains like the 85 DRT causes the slide to rack too fast. By the way my personal favorite home defense ammo for 9mm is
Hornady's critical duty 135 grain ammo.
This did not come with the gun but here is my conceal carry holster that I purchased. I am using a
De Santis in waist holster.
So thats a quick nice review of the Canik TP9. I hope you guys liked it and if you have any other questions about the it please feel free to ask. Next time I will take some more pics of target shots of different brand ammo to give you guys a better idea of how it shoots. O yeah one last thing is if your interested Canik has made a new version of the
TP9 SA but the main difference with this gun is its single action mode hence(SA). But if your looking to get a new pistol you cant go wrong with this gun. I say HURRY UP and get the gun while prices are still low. I can promise you that this gun is going to go up in popularity and once that happens prices goes up. So go buy it now!
