Canik TP9SA/TP9

[wild cat mccane]

Not to beat a dead horse, but there is a difference between treatment and finish.

Cerakote is a finish (applied on top, no metal protection once rubbed). Canik only has cerakote and it lacks clay that makes cerakote tough.

Teffiner/melonite is a metal treatment that penetrates the metal. Walther is teffiner treated and has a harder finish.

 

[Dustin cotes]

Only had my canik tp9 a week. Love how it feels in my hand love how the action works. I am shooting low and i mean 2 inches low at 15 ft. I cannot move my elevation at all. Are there any other options for sights. I have a great shot group so i know it is not my shooting.

 

[Blkhrt13]

oh, another issue I had, like an idiot I went and lost the allen wrench that shipped with the gun and when I tried switching out to another sight post I was unable to find an allen wrench that fit the front sight set screw. I even went so far as to take it to a company that specializes in custom tools, they weren't even able to match a allen wrench, apparently the size listed in the owners manual is a gross approximation.

Are you sure it's not a Torx

 

[M1key]

Only had my canik tp9 a week. Love how it feels in my hand love how the action works. I am shooting low and i mean 2 inches low at 15 ft. I cannot move my elevation at all. Are there any other options for sights. I have a great shot group so i know it is not my shooting.

My SF shoots low with lighter bullets, then I tried 147 gr WWB and HST. Brings POI right on target. Good luck.

M

 

[gsbuickman]

I'm not a tupperware or striker-fired kind of guy, however I had a Canik To9sa w/ 3 magazines, and I really liked that thing.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/my-new-turkish-canik-tp9sa.814983/

It was the single action model with the indicator that tells you if the firing pin is live or not. Some people refer to it as a loaded chamber indicator, however just because the indicator is red doesn't necessarily mean there's a round in the chamber, just that the firing pin is hot (cocked).

It felt good, pointed well and was dead nutz reliable with great magazine capacity. In a way I miss that thing but I couldn't turn down a trade offer on a Israeli Kareen Mk1 Browning Hi Power for it ...

 

[Good Ol' Boy]

Just to make clear a couple of things, the TP9SA is NOT a DA/SA gun. It does not have a double action feature.

It does however, have a decocking feature. There is an indicator on the rear of the slide that lets you know if the gun is cocked. In the picture below the gun is cocked...




Press the decocker button and the red dot goes away. The gun is now decocked...




The loaded chamber indicator that was in question earlier is located on top of the slide behind the chamber. Loaded round in chamber...




No round in chamber...





Neither of these indicators can be used by themselves alone to know that the gun is in condition 1. The gun can be decocked with a round in the chamber. A simple pull of the slide less than an inch (not even a full press check) will recock the gun. As you can see the LCI and the cocked indicator are two entirely different things.

 

[Rittmeister]

I haven't fired a Canik yet but I handled a TP9SF and was impressed with the trigger to the point where I want to buy one, and I generally dislike striker-fired triggers. I've shot Glock, M&P, XD, P320, Ruger SR series, you name it, and IMO the Canik was the best of the lot.

I'm especially interested in the TP9SF Elite S, with the trigger-block safety. I hope to handle one to see how positive the safety action is; if it really stays where it's put, I might have to pick one up.

 

[Girodin]

There is no issue with getting parts for replacement when they are needed. Century has those parts and backs the warranty.

They will not, however, sell you three recoil assemblies and a striker spring. That's simply not how it works with this handgun. They don't manufacture it, they only import it. They can warranty parts but not sell them.

There is no shortage of parts if someone needs them.

I don't think it is crazy for someone to want to have items like that on hand and be able to change them at regular maintenance schedule rather than wait for a problem and then have to have it fixed. Its a $300 gun that seems to be pretty durable so I'm not sure I'd fret over it too much. But for a defensive gun being able to do preventative maintenance just feels better.

It has been mentioned that the early guns had triggers that are not as good as the newer guns. Can the old guns be fitted with the newer trigger parts?

 

[900stx]

I don't think it is crazy for someone to want to have items like that on hand and be able to change them at regular maintenance schedule rather than wait for a problem and then have to have it fixed. Its a $300 gun that seems to be pretty durable so I'm not sure I'd fret over it too much. But for a defensive gun being able to do preventative maintenance just feels better.

It has been mentioned that the early guns had triggers that are not as good as the newer guns. Can the old guns be fitted with the newer trigger parts?

I don't think it is crazy for someone to want to have items like that on hand and be able to change them at regular maintenance schedule rather than wait for a problem and then have to have it fixed. Its a $300 gun that seems to be pretty durable so I'm not sure I'd fret over it too much. But for a defensive gun being able to do preventative maintenance just feels better.

It has been mentioned that the early guns had triggers that are not as good as the newer guns. Can the old guns be fitted with the newer trigger parts?

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I don't think it is crazy for someone to want to have items like that on hand and be able to change them at regular maintenance schedule rather than wait for a problem and then have to have it fixed. Its a $300 gun that seems to be pretty durable so I'm not sure I'd fret over it too much. But for a defensive gun being able to do preventative maintenance just feels better.

It has been mentioned that the early guns had triggers that are not as good as the newer guns. Can the old guns be fitted with the newer trigger parts?

 

[900stx]

You can now buy some spare parts for the Canik directory from Century Arms.

 

[glove]

One can get an M&P Shield for about the same price. For about $100 more one can get the M&P 9C. On the Walther Forum a lot of members have been buying NIB Walther P99 AS for around $435 from a dealer on Gun Broker. IMO those are all great choices for cost effective CCW. To me getting a P99 AS for less than $100 more versus the Canik would be a no brainer. German made quality, fast parts availability, lots of holster options, and much more compact dimensions also for CCW.

The M&P9c will not hold 18 + 1 round in the chamber.

 

[wally]

I suspect I'll end up with a TP9sfx in the not too distant future.

Like what I've seen of them.