BUDGET PISTOLS BUILT LIKE TANKS: MEET THE CANIK TP9 SERIES

Guns.com ^ | May 24, 2021 | JOHN GRÜNER

[jntrees]

ETS? I got them for like $9.00 from Midway. I figured I give them a try after watching a few reviews from some of my Youtube favs.
I’ve used them on the range a few times during testing and they’ve worked. Would I take them into battle? Probably not, I have some Pmags and Glock mags for that.

Send me a link to your claim. I’d love to see that.

[Lazamataz]

I was pokin' at ya. :^)

You might appreciate this:

How To Properly Unbox Your Hi-Point

[jntrees]

Lol. Hilarious...

In all fairness though to Hi-point, I hear they fire the first shot each time, after that it’s a toss-up. They may work for a throw-away or a “gun to get a gun” or some other scenarios that I won’t post in a public forum but other than that, not worth a place in my growing collection.

[Who is John Galt?]

Century Arms should be avoided at any cost. I bought two of their L1A1s. Neither would feed from the magazine reliably; and, Century Arms refused to fix them. They are junk. Want to buy mine?

Actually, it depends on who made the receiver, as well as the condition/source of the parts kit, and probably which Century employee[s] put everything together. Years ago, I owned a Century-built FAL; the receiver was from IMBEL, an FN-licensed manufacturer. Kind of funny; even though the receiver was labeled "L1A1 Sporter" (or something like that), it used metric mags, and had a low-mileage Israeli HB parts kit installed, apparently by a knowledgeable employee. That rifle was extremely reliable (except with some South American ammo I once tried). IIRC, however, Century later swapped to a different supplier for their receivers (which had "unibrow" feedramps?? ;>), and reliability suffered...

[Who is John Galt?]

Did you know that the company that makes Hi-Point contracted to make those magazines, on your rifle?

I was pokin' at ya. :^)

Was going to say, I would guess that Hi-Point had more experience with zinc alloys, than clear plastics...

;>)

[Big Red Badger]

Ruger P85,
Granpas’ got one
Laying around some where,,,
Good piece,You say?

[central_va]

Buy American.

[central_va]

[Who is John Galt?]

Ruger P85,
Granpas’ got one
Laying around some where,,,
Good piece,You say?

I owned one for over 30 years - it fit my hand well, and I had zero issues with it (sold/traded it to a local FFL last year, along with most of my guns). I"m sure there are more accurate & prettier pistols available, but mine was 100% reliable, as mentioned above was 'built like a tank', and most owners seem to have had similar experiences (obviously, IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc.).

Only thing I can think of to look out for is, Ruger did a recall on the very early P85s to swap in an improved safety/decocker (apparently the pistol could fire IF the firing pin was broken, AND the original safety was used to decock the gun). IIRC, the retrofitted 'improved' safeties were marked "Mark II" or something similar - probably not an issue anyway, unless grandpa dry fired the heck out of it. Ruger also had 2 different versions of 9mm mags for their P-series pistols; the factory mags for the P85s & early P89s were made by Mecgar (good mags! ;>) & had steel floorplates. Factory 9mm mags for the late P89/P93/P94/P95 had plastic floor plates, and were a little different dimensionally, so they may or may not function as well in a P85. If lightning strikes & you end up needing any early factory mags, send me a private message...

[Who is John Galt?]

IT'S kinda LIKE A GLOCK BUT FOR MEN

;>)

[Big Red Badger]

FUJB