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CANIK TP9 ELITE COMBAT EXECUTIVE

anik and Salient Arms International ... a match made in, err, heaven? Apparently so, because the Turkish purveyor of economically priced pistols and the custom handgun specialist have teamed up on a new(ish) 9mm: the TP9 Elite Combat Executive. It’s Canik’s popular TP9 Elite Combat striker-fired polymer, dolled up with a bunch of Salient Arms International upgrades. These include a fluted and gold PVD-over-nitride-coated match-grade

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