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I was perusing the local Cabelas last week and spied a Canik TP9SFX in the showcase. I've seen mostly good things on the internet about them, so I let my curiosity get the jump on my logic and toted it home. I finally got around to field stripping it this morning and something a little odd jumped out at me when I removed the barrel. I'm accustomed to hearing the high pitched "ring" the hardened steel of a slide makes as my shaky old hands rattle the barrel out of it, but instead I was greeted with more of a dull "thunk". Just to confirm, I field stripped several other pistols from various manufacturers and got the "ring" I expected.
Maybe it's just me being persnickity, but something doesn't seem right. I'm more than a little curious about the material and manufacturing processes that went into producing that slide. My Googling skills are admittely deficient and I am hoping one or more of you fine folks could point me in the right direction to find the information...
I found on their website that the slides are "forged from a single piece of military 4140 steel".
I was perusing the local Cabelas last week and spied a Canik TP9SFX in the showcase. I've seen mostly good things on the internet about them, so I let my curiosity get the jump on my logic and toted it home. I finally got around to field stripping it this morning and something a little odd jumped out at me when I removed the barrel. I'm accustomed to hearing the high pitched "ring" the hardened steel of a slide makes as my shaky old hands rattle the barrel out of it, but instead I was greeted with more of a dull "thunk". Just to confirm, I field stripped several other pistols from various manufacturers and got the "ring" I expected.
Maybe it's just me being persnickity, but something doesn't seem right. I'm more than a little curious about the material and manufacturing processes that went into producing that slide. My Googling skills are admittely deficient and I am hoping one or more of you fine folks could point me in the right direction to find the information...
I found on their website that the slides are "forged from a single piece of military 4140 steel".
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