It happened several times on an anti-hijacking course. The mag release is not recessed, it is flush with the frame, and if you end up in trouble and you have a tight grip, you can accidentally eject your magazine with your right thumb. It doesn't snag, is very comfortable to hold and point, and if the trigger wasn't so bad, it would rate as the best shooting pistol I have tried. I'll say one thing about the CP1: it is very comfortable to carry, especially IWB. At the time I bought it, that was all I could afford. If you have a look at the Vektor SP1 and SP1 General's model, you will see what I mean.īut the CP1 was sold as an affordable, compact 9mmP. The build quality of the other LIW weapons was good.

Obviously I don't carry it now, because I am in London and the Vektor is in SA. I have carried that CP1 for 3 years solid, 24/7 and I have about 3000 rounds through it. Kayback, it was definitely an issue with mine, but also a few others in South Africa where the gun was developed and sold in quantity. Still it's interesting to see other people's thoughts on a matter. The mag release on the ones I shot was recessed into the grip.Īre these observations based on one pistol? Maybe you got a bad one. I really didn't know about the mag release getting tripped under stress. Like i've said I've only put a few rounds through one.

I've always been impressed with Denel/Vektor arms. I'm suprised you mentioned the build quality. You'll understand why this was a problem in the CP-1's caseįortunately I don't shoot like that any more. The oldschool SAPS and SANDF way of shooting a pistol is sticking the index finger of the weak hand on the trigger guard. One drawback I found was the placement of the saftey. Infact it has a better trigger than many DAO pistols I've shot.

I didn't find the trigger TOO bad, especially when compared to other weapons like the Taurus Millenium and the like. Personally I haven't put many rounds through a CP-1 but I have fired some. Some people tried 'fixing' the trigger which lead tot he possibility of the trigger tripping if it was dropped. Exhibit 34)/Rect/Subj(Typewritten Text)/Subtype/FreeText/T(lpalmerin)/Type/Annot>

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