ZIĞANA Pistols

Budget pistols from Turkey TURKISH MANUFACTURER, TISAS, of Trabzon started producing firearms in 1994. South African importer, HJ Drinn (Pty) Ltd, received their first consignment in early 2018 and recently sent Magnum four of their pistols, the Zigana F, Zigana K, Zigana M16 and Kanuni S, all in 9mmP, to test.

I was somewhat apprehensive about testing a range of pistols I had never heard of, but my fears proved to be unfounded. All the test pistols have aluminium alloy frames, steel slides, and are double action, hammer-fired semi-autos. They function on a locked breech, short recoil design. The barrel locks to the slide with