Canik MC9. One impressive little handgun.

[jamison55]

Not sure of the first two, but the second two are still smaller than the MC9.

Also significantly smaller is the Kahr PM9:
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Yes, the Ruger, 642, and KelTec are all smaller than the MC9. But I can only consistently hit with them out to 25 yards. I can hit out the 50 with the M&P, but it’s a big (Glock 19 size) compact pistol.

The MC9 appears to be easier for me to hit at 50 and even possible to hit out to 100. And it’s significantly smaller than the M&P. So if it’s reliable, it bridges the gap between the two for me and is my Goldilocks carry.

A buddy of mine has that little kahr. It’s a hoot to shoot with a smoooooth da trigger. Snappy little SOB.

 

[Coyote33]

Yes, the Ruger, 642, and KelTec are all smaller than the MC9. But I can only consistently hit with them out to 25 yards. I can hit out the 50 with the M&P, but it’s a big (Glock 19 size) compact pistol.

The MC9 appears to be easier for me to hit at 50 and even possible to hit out to 100. And it’s significantly smaller than the M&P. So if it’s reliable, it bridges the gap between the two for me and is my Goldilocks carry.

A buddy of mine has that little kahr. It’s a hoot to shoot with a smoooooth da trigger. Snappy little SOB.

Not looking for a 50 yard gun in a "carry" handgun. For pocket gun purposes, 7 yards, maybe up to 20 would be fine.

 

[Agnotology]

After a year of EDC'ing my canik TP9 SF Elite, my only complaint is due to my own stupidity. Storing it in the case in the leather holster, I've developed some minor surface rust on the extended slide release. I would bet money if I just stored it in the case with the factory holster, which would allow my holster to dry in the summer months (I'm still a fatty) betwen carries. No fault of the gun, just my own stupidity.

If I can't clean it off and stop it with a brass brush and boiling the slide release in distilled water, then I will replace it.

 

[jamison55]

Update after today’s range trip.

The little Canik continued to run flawlessly for me. 100 more rounds of 115gr range ammo and wimpy handloads without a hitch.

My buddy, OTOH, could not get through a magazine without MULTIPLE failures of the gun to go into battery.

It’s the most puzzling thing. I shoot the gun, bang, bang, bang. He shoots it, bang, bang, click.

Hands it back to me, runs like a top. Hand it to him, bang bang click. Same ammo. Same magazine.

And this guy is not a newbie. 50 something and been shooting regularly his whole life. We shoot a few hundred rounds together every week. And we both have shot just about everything that is out there. He said he’s NEVER shot a gun that ran this poorly.

So I TRIED to get it to fail. One handed strong hand, bang, bang, bang. One handed weak hand. Bang bang bang.

The ONLY failure I had was one failure to go into battery with a mag of 147gr WWB HPs I had rattling around in the back of the ammo safe. But 147 hps are sketchy in a few of my guns.

So now I’m perplexed and rethinking it as a carry gun. On one hand it might be the best carry gun ever. It only works for me . OTOH, if it fails so easily when someone else shoots it, is it only a matter of time before it fails on me?

This might explain why one person says this gun is the greatest thing since sliced bread and the next guy says it’s garbage. It may actually be super sensitive to the way people shoot it. I tend to have a more aggressive arms locked out stance than him. OTOH, the slide locked open in an empty chamber every time for him, and the only time it locked town for me was the mag I shot weak hand only.

But that’s pretty common among all the guns I own. Today I shot a Glock 19, and my VP9 along side the Canik and the slides didn’t lock back on those either. That’s why I’m so good at counting rounds!

 

[Qwikdraw45]

I love the texture on the hellcat...the tigger is doable if you drop the weight I was super excited to check out the comp'd pro version...but now the legion x macro got me all hot and bothered...and I'm hoping sig drops the scorpion carry version soon.

Sold my Macro to a friend who had bought a Legion. Going to the metal frame for him kind of defeated the purpose for having a Macro - to carry it.

Update after today’s range trip.

The little Canik continued to run flawlessly for me. 100 more rounds of 115gr range ammo and wimpy handloads without a hitch.

My buddy, OTOH, could not get through a magazine without MULTIPLE failures of the gun to go into battery.

It’s the most puzzling thing. I shoot the gun, bang, bang, bang. He shoots it, bang, bang, click.

Hands it back to me, runs like a top. Hand it to him, bang bang click. Same ammo. Same magazine.

And this guy is not a newbie. 50 something and been shooting regularly his whole life. We shoot a few hundred rounds together every week. And we both have shot just about everything that is out there. He said he’s NEVER shot a gun that ran this poorly.

So I TRIED to get it to fail. One handed strong hand, bang, bang, bang. One handed weak hand. Bang bang bang.

The ONLY failure I had was one failure to go into battery with a mag of 147gr WWB HPs I had rattling around in the back of the ammo safe. But 147 hps are sketchy in a few of my guns.

So now I’m perplexed and rethinking it as a carry gun. On one hand it might be the best carry gun ever. It only works for me . OTOH, if it fails so easily when someone else shoots it, is it only a matter of time before it fails on me?

This might explain why one person says this gun is the greatest thing since sliced bread and the next guy says it’s garbage. It may actually be super sensitive to the way people shoot it. I tend to have a more aggressive arms locked out stance than him. OTOH, the slide locked open in an empty chamber every time for him, and the only time it locked town for me was the mag I shot weak hand only.

But that’s pretty common among all the guns I own. Today I shot a Glock 19, and my VP9 along side the Canik and the slides didn’t lock back on those either. That’s why I’m so good at counting rounds!

Maybe it's in the trigger pull? If he's experienced, maybe he uses a slow and steady pull, and as the trigger is pulled it starts to slip off of the sear and moves just a tiny fraction, leaving an infinitely smaller shorter distance to go forward and thus hitting just a tad lighter/slower? It sounds like it's the only difference, since even limp wristing should at least have the gun fire. Just my .02. Or, if he is someone who pulls the trigger slightly to the side and there is some play, something similar? Maybe have him try "fast and furiously"?

 

[jkelly1229]

Sold my Macro to a friend who had bought a Legion. Going to the metal frame for him kind of defeated the purpose for having a Macro - to carry it.

Maybe it's in the trigger pull? If he's experienced, maybe he uses a slow and steady pull, and as the trigger is pulled it starts to slip off of the sear and moves just a tiny fraction, leaving an infinitely smaller shorter distance to go forward and thus hitting just a tad lighter/slower? It sounds like it's the only difference, since even limp wristing should at least have the gun fire. Just my .02. Or, if he is someone who pulls the trigger slightly to the side and there is some play, something similar? Maybe have him try "fast and furiously"?

I want to try the metal frame...supposedly it shoots great.

I'm hoping they release a "scorpion" and they get more aggressive on where the support thumb sits.

The legion kinda screwed it up .. the lines they have suck and make it hard to put grip tape on

 

[jamison55]

Sold my Macro to a friend who had bought a Legion. Going to the metal frame for him kind of defeated the purpose for having a Macro - to carry it.

Maybe it's in the trigger pull? If he's experienced, maybe he uses a slow and steady pull, and as the trigger is pulled it starts to slip off of the sear and moves just a tiny fraction, leaving an infinitely smaller shorter distance to go forward and thus hitting just a tad lighter/slower? It sounds like it's the only difference, since even limp wristing should at least have the gun fire. Just my .02. Or, if he is someone who pulls the trigger slightly to the side and there is some play, something similar? Maybe have him try "fast and furiously"?

I'm a few hundred more rounds into it. Still flawless for me. Still an issue for my friend. I've handed the little gun to everyone I bump into at the range to test fire. Experienced and inexperienced shooters alike. About 10 different people have shot it at this point. It's run flawlessly for everyone but my friend, and my 16yo son. Both of them have the gun fail to go completely into battery between shots, leading to a light primer strike and a dead trigger. When my son shot it, we examined the rounds that didn't go fully into battery, and found a groove across the front of the nose. From the sharp feed ramp. I spent a few hours this weekend polishing the feed ramp to a mirror shine, and every so slightly rounding off the sharp base of it. I will have my friend, who it always fails on, shoot it this week.

 

[Coyote33]

Give them some spinach!
Ugh ugh ugh ugh!

 

[Agnotology]

I'm a few hundred more rounds into it. Still flawless for me. Still an issue for my friend. I've handed the little gun to everyone I bump into at the range to test fire. Experienced and inexperienced shooters alike. About 10 different people have shot it at this point. It's run flawlessly for everyone but my friend, and my 16yo son. Both of them have the gun fail to go completely into battery between shots, leading to a light primer strike and a dead trigger. When my son shot it, we examined the rounds that didn't go fully into battery, and found a groove across the front of the nose. From the sharp feed ramp. I spent a few hours this weekend polishing the feed ramp to a mirror shine, and every so slightly rounding off the sharp base of it. I will have my friend, who it always fails on, shoot it this week.

Did the polish fix the issue?

 

[jkelly1229]

I'm waiting for the xl model to be comp'd then I'll switch

 

[jamison55]

Did the polish fix the issue?

Not sure if it was the polish or the hundreds of rounds that I put through it, but it’s 100% now. Even for my friend it was constantly failing on. Still has a great trigger and stupid accuracy. I carry it regularly.

 

[paul73]

New MC9…this might be “the one”

As my eyes age, I’m reluctantly rethinking the utility of pistol optics for edc. In competitions at my local club pistol matches I am significantly faster on target and follow up shots with my SFX with a cheap ADE red dot than with my CZ75 with irons.

So I finally got I through my bone head that if I’m that much faster in competitions, I would be that much faster when my life depends on it.

Right now my carry rotation consists of a M&P 2.0 Compact, a Ruger LC9s, a Smith 642, and a KelTec P3aT.

The M&P is the only one of the four I can hit out to 50yards with, so it’s my “Mall and Movies” carry. The Ruger and J frame are good out to 25, and are easy to slip into my waistband for more casual carry. The KelTec is a slip into the gym shorts trip to the Cumbys better than no gun, gun.

None of them are cut for an optic, and I was looking at $200+ to mill the M&P. Considering I live in a 10 round limit state, that seemed…impractical.

I LOVE my SFX, so the MC9 seemed to check the right boxes. I picked one up last week, and immediately put a Holosun 407 on it. Holy crap, am I impressed with this little gun! As I’ve come to expect from Canik, the ergos are just right for me and the trigger is fantastic.

At 10 yards it’s boring how easy it is to get a 2” group. At 25 I’m center mass all day. So I decided to walk it out to 50, thinking, there’s now way I’m gonna get any kind of accuracy from a 3” barrel. Well color me shocked when standing, unsupported, I got all 10 rounds in about a 12” group. So I did it with two more magazines. Cheap Winchester White Box. Minute of bad guy all day long.

Well crap, if I can hit like this at 50, what would happen if I took it out to 100. I hit an 8” steel plate 3 out of 10 times. Standing. Unsupported. From a 3” barrel.

My M&P was my distance gun. But it was an 8 out of 10 hits on a bad guy at 50. And it’s big and bulky compared to the Ruger and J frame. The little Canik has the ability to reach out as far, but has the carry comfort of the smaller guns. I just need a few hundred more rounds to confirm reliability, but I can already see this piece replacing the M&P, Ruger, and 642.

This is one impressive handgun!

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That ADE red dot - is it holding ok, emitter in place, holds zero, etc?

 

[jamison55]

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That ADE red dot - is it holding ok, emitter in place, holds zero, etc?

It was fine. Held zero perfectly on the 9mm and a .45.

On the SFX, however, I ended up replacing it with the Olight dot around Christmas, when they Black Fridayed them down to $120. The Olight has a bigger window, shake awake, and a rechargeable battery. It’s too big for carry, but excellent for a comp gun.