Sarsilmaz SAR 9

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Regarding the Turkish manufacturer SAR Arms and their new(ish) SAR 9 handgun, their website claims this:

"Possibly the most rigorously tested pistol ever developed, the new SAR9 endured 130° baking to simulate desert conditions, -50° for the arctic, salt fog, high altitude, 24 hours of rain, solar radiation, fouling, drop tests and 150,000 round of live fire in the factory. Police later ran their own test that included 50,000 rounds. Finally, a NATO test against major manufacturers from Austria, German and the U.S. ran 90,000 rounds with the SAR9 the clear winner. However, the SAR9 has more to offer than just toughness and reliability."

I think that it was more of a matter of national pride that the Turkish military adopt a Turkish-made handgun than any overwhelming superiority of the SAR9 over Glock and HK. In fact, the SAR9 looks like someone spliced together a Glock and an Hk. By all accounts, it's a cheap ($300 range), reliable, and reasonably accurate handgun with a CHF barrel. Politics aside, anyone own/fire one of these yet?

http://sarusa.com/sar9.html