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Turkish-made SAR9X pistol awarded by US defense editors
Aversion of Turkey’s SAR9 pistol, the SAR9X Platinum, was awarded the 2020 Editor’s Choice Award of the U.S.-based On Target defense magazine.
Produced by Turkey’s Sarsılmaz under a project initiated by the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), the SAR9X Platinum 9 mm pistol is used by Turkish police and armed forces. It has been imported to the U.S. through a subsidiary, SAR USA.
The prominent defense editors – including Massad Ayoob from Guns magazine, Dave Bahde from Tactical Life, Chris Mudgett from Guns & Ammo and Mike Dickerson from Gun Digest – evaluated a group of pistols for the award through multiple technical tests.
The SAR9 pistol was introduced by SAR USA for the first time at the 2018 Shot Show and received outstanding reviews from experts. Shortly after, the SAR9X Platinum was revealed, which has numerous add-ons and accessories. It has often been compared with the well-known Austrian handgun Glock and is assessed as having better features.
“Due to the low bore-axis and overall-great ergonomics, the SAR9X is, arguably, more comfortable, controllable and flat-shooting under recoil than the Austrian pistol its features resemble. No malfunctions were recorded during testing,” the magazine said.
“Given this pistol’s ergonomics, accuracy, reliability, host of useful accessories and rock-bottom sticker price, we consider the SAR9X Platinum to be a very worthy recipient of 2020 On Target Editors’ Choice Award,” it added.
Turkish-made SAR9X pistol awarded by US defense editors
A version of Turkey’s SAR9 pistol, the SAR9X Platinum, was awarded the 2020 Editor’s Choice Award of the U.S.-based On Target defense...
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2020 Editor’s Choice Award – SAR USA SAR9X Platinum Pistol
SAR USA SAR9X Platinum Pistol
The most rigorously-tested pistol you may never have heard about
The new SAR9X Platinum 9mm pistol is made in Turkey by Sarsilmaz, which has been producing firearms since 1880. The company is the exclusive supplier of pistols to the Turkish National Police and the Turkish armed forces, which has the second largest army in the NATO alliance. Sarsilmaz pistols are imported into the USA by the company’s American subsidiary, SAR USA, located in Auburn, Alabama.SAR USA introduced the original SAR9 pistol at the 2018 SHOT SHOW. It received excellent reviews from the gun press, and one writer went so far as to call it “What the Glock platform should have been.” As luck would have it, SAR USA initially sent us a basic SAR9, followed shortly by a SAR9X Platinum, so we had both models to evaluate side by side. The SAR9X Platinum is the same pistol as the SAR9, but with a number of embellishments and additional included accessories.
The pistol shares the same dimensions and 4.4-inch barrel length as the standard SAR9, but vented front slide serrations and an included weaponlight (along with a paddle holster and dual magazine pouch) are unique to the “X” model.
The SAR9X Platinum, priced at an extremely-reasonable $555.54, is a polymer-framed, striker-fired pistol which closely follows the Glock design. In fact, it takes down in the same fashion as a Glock, albeit the takedown latch is much larger and easier to manipulate. It incorporates the best features of the Glock, and when the slide is removed and the innards are examined one would be hard pressed to differentiate the SAR9X Platinum from a Glock. Externally, there are also similarities to the Glock platform, but the overall profile is much different looking. Compared to a Glock 17, the SAR9X looks taller, narrower and has a more rounded grip frame . . . not to mention its platinum-colored frame and slide.
Notable features include 3-dot sights, with the front being staked on and the windage-adjustable rear dovetailed into the slide; slide lightening cuts aft of the front sight; front and rear slide serrations; external extractor/ejector; and a slide top is drilled and tapped for optional mounts for most popular red-dot and holographic pistol optics. The slide and polymer frame are both finished in platinum (silver) Cerakote, and the 4.5-inch, hammer-forged barrel has a recessed muzzle crown.
The pistol shares the same dimensions and 4.4-inch barrel length as the standard SAR9, but vented front slide serrations and an included weaponlight (along with a paddle holster and dual magazine pouch) are unique to the “X” model.
The SAR9X comes with three sets of interchangeable back straps and grip side panels, insuring that it can be configured to fit any hand. The front strap has three full finger grooves, and all grip surfaces are lightly stippled for both comfort and good grip traction. A 3-slot Picatinny equipment rail is molded into the underside of the dust cover.
Frame-mounted controls consist of an ambidextrous manual safety, left-side mounted slide catch/release, non-reversible magazine release, ambidextrous take-down latch and safety-blade trigger with a red dot visible at the rear when the striker is cocked. The slide catch/release is raised and was much easier to operate than the Glock’s flush iteration. The takedown latch is a huge improvement over the Glock’s tiny latch. It’s wide, stippled and easy to manipulate. The trigger’s average pull weight was 5.1 pounds—the same overall pull weight as a factory Glock trigger. Empty weight is 27.5 oz. and overall length is 7.6 inches.
The SAR9X Platinum is supplied with one 17-round and one extended-floorplate 19-round magazine. Both functioned flawlessly when loaded to full capacity.
Further solidifying its outstanding value are its package contents. The SAR9X Platinum comes with one 17-round and one 19-round, drop-free, steel magazines, a molded Kydex pancake-style belt holster with retention latch, a pancake-style double magazine pouch with adjustable retention, a rail-mount weapon light powered by one CR123A battery (included), magazine loader and an oversized red polymer, lockable case with cut-foam interior to accommodate every accessory.
Testing the SAR9X was drama-free; it fed, fired, extracted and ejected everything we fed it without a single malfunction. Also, of no small note, the SAR9X is — arguably — more comfortable, controllable and flat-shooting under recoil than the Austrian pistol its features resemble. From the 25-yard line, Black Hills’ devastating 125-gr. HoneyBadger ammunition, which uses precisely-machined solid-copper bullets, gave us the best 5-shot-group performance during testing, with a centered cluster measuring 1.68-inches. The five other factory loads used gave best-group sizes ranging between 1.85 to 3.46. All-in-all, more than acceptable precision when compared side-by-side to its closest competitors.
Black Hills’ 125-gr. HoneyBadger ammunition gave us the best 25-yard/5-shot performance during testing with this 1.68-inch group. Due to the low bore-axis and overall-great ergonomics, the SAR9X is, arguably, more comfortable, controllable and flat-shooting under recoil than the Austrian pistol its features resemble. No malfunctions were recorded during testing.
Given this pistol’s ergonomics, accuracy, reliability, host of useful accessories and rock-bottom sticker price, we consider the SAR9X Platinum to be a very worthy recipient of a 2020 On Target Editors’ Choice Award.
The SAR 9x19mm striker-fired pistol features a 4.5-inch hammer-forged barrel with recessed crown for increased accuracy, three-dot sights with an optics-ready mount, interchangeable backstraps and sideplates, and a black-oxide slide. It comes standard with 17- and 19-round magazines.
The lightweight, polymer-framed, striker-fired 9mm SAR 9X is designed to point naturally. In addition, the low barrel axis helps lessen muzzle climb, allowing the user to quickly get set for a follow-up shot.
Offered in single-/double-action, the SAR 2000 line of 9x19mm pistols has been used by the military and law enforcement agencies around the world. The SAR 2000 features a 4.5-inch hammer-forged barrel with a recessed crown for increased accuracy. Other features include an ergonomic trigger guard, a Picatinny rail, a dovetail rear sight, and a changeable front sight. Users have a choice of two 10-round or two 17-round magazines.
SARSILMAZ started to mass produce SAR 127 MT machine guns with a diameter of 7.62x51 mm. Machine guns with a diameter of 12.7x99 mm came to the prototype stage.
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Do they sell to civilians as they do with their pistols?
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Qualification of the lightened National Infantry Rifle MPT-76-MH
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3.75 KG ?????
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Look at the butt-stock.
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New handguard design, new trigger group, new buttstock design, improved mechanical sights and hopefully the barrel with the special coating of MKE that is increasing the performance even further.
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Sarsılmaz SAR9X pistol receives 2nd award in US
Turkey’s SAR9 pistol won the Reader's Choice Gold Award of U.S. Tactical Retailer defense magazine, becoming its second award in the handgun category since the beginning of this year.
According to the announcement by Sarsılmaz, the producer of the SAR9, Sig Sauer received a silver award, followed by a bronze medal of well-known Austrian handgun Glock.
In January, another version of the SAR9, the SAR9X Platinum, was awarded the 2020 Editor’s Choice Award of the U.S.-based On Target defense magazine.
Produced by Turkey’s Sarsılmaz under a project initiated by the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), the SAR9X Platinum 9 mm pistol is used by Turkish police and armed forces. It has been exported to the U.S. through a subsidiary, SAR USA.
The SAR9 pistol was introduced by SAR USA for the first time at the 2018 Shot Show and received outstanding reviews from experts. Shortly after, the SAR9X Platinum was revealed, which has numerous add-ons and accessories. It has often been compared with Glock and is assessed as having better features.
“Due to the low bore axis and overall great ergonomics, the SAR9X is, arguably, more comfortable, controllable and flat-shooting under recoil than the Austrian pistol its features resemble. No malfunctions were recorded during testing,” On Target magazine said.
“Given this pistol’s ergonomics, accuracy, reliability, host of useful accessories and rock-bottom sticker price, we consider the SAR9X Platinum to be a very worthy recipient of 2020 On Target Editors’ Choice Award,” it added.
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Lighter Version of the National Infantry Rifle MPT-76 Ready for Duty
The lightened version of the MPT-76 National Infantry Rifle, which continues to be developed with the Turkish Armed Forces feedback, has become ready for the use of security forces.
www.defenceturkey.com
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I know that’s around 40k
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Something between 80k - 100k we have in inventory is more likely.
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I want to buy a Zigana PX-9 when im a bit older. Very cheap tbh.
Dont like Turkish shotguns so thats a no go, I wonder why is there no AR variant produced by them thats sold here?
Dont like Turkish shotguns so thats a no go, I wonder why is there no AR variant produced by them thats sold here?
