![]() Unfortunately, its numerous and consistent stoppages completely rule it out for this role. I’d hoped the C9 would be the answer to someone’s prayers for an affordable self-defense pistol and was expecting to be won over by its, er, homely looks. When employed as a tomahawk, the C9 exhibited acceptable combat accuracy, impacting slightly low and right of its 15-yard group. The overall feeling of top-heaviness was hard to ignore as the slide cycled, but the recoil impulse was soft and manageable when using normal-pressure ammunition. The magazine release was smooth to operate and fell naturally under the thumb. ![]() A left-handed shooter would have more difficulty during stoppage drills, as a southpaw really needs a third hand in order to hold the slide open by engaging the safety lever in the takedown slot. The C9’s grip shape proved to be comfortable and the pistol pointed naturally. Much to my surprise, they fed and ejected just fine. Why? Because (a) I happened to have them lurking in the bottom of my range bag and (b) I was getting desperate to find something, nay anything at all, that would run reliably in this test. The design and cost actually resembles some of the old “Saturday night special” guns I’ve shot, but the performance was better.Sights are adjustable and easy to pick up, but failed to survive use as an impact weapon.Ĭontrary to all sensible protocols, I eventually tried a magazine or two of my off-the-charts 115-grain TMJ Major reloads, which scream out of my shorty racegun at around 1,450 fps. So far, I am impressed with it for what it is. Heck, there are even reviewers who have gone so far as to shoot a Hi-Point with another gun, and it did still work at the end of the testing. I’ll be pushing this gun for a few more range trips soon, and I’ll update the results.īut as far as reliability – for a VERY budget gun – it has never failed to go bang, and the C9 has a reputation for being oddly tough for something made out of Zamak. Plus, there is no manual slide release, so the simple fact is that you need to manipulate the slide to reload anyway, making the failure to lock back a somewhat minor point. While this is not a stellar performance, the gun did easily cycle every single round. This could have been an issue with the magazine failing to aggressively activate the slide-stop mechanism – again, it only came with the one magazine to test that fact. It could also just be the break-in period. Sights are adjustable for elevation and windage, while there is also the option to swap the rear notch out for a ghost ring. (Photo: Paul Peterson/) But all of that is actually held in place by a roll pin that must be removed with a hammer and punch to take the gun apart. ![]() At face value, it is a very basic blow back system – fixed barrel, recoil spring and guide rod, slide, striker mechanism. What is hardly normal, by modern handgun standards, is how the C9 is actually put together. Perhaps more importantly, the +P rating indicates a level of strength built into the firearm’s design. It feeds from a proprietary single-stack magazine that gives you 8+1, and it is rated for +P ammo if, for some reason, you were trying to press this into the role of a self-defense firearm. ![]() Other than that, the C9 Yeet Cannon is a fairly basic blow-back pistol chambered in 9mm. It cuts the cost for manufacturing and material, but it is hardly sliming. That slide weight is in part due to the use of the zinc-alloy Zamak-3 instead of steel, while the lower is steel with a polymer frame. This mass, in turn, allows this fairly basic gun to be a blow-back design that can handle 9mm +P. The slide is massive, and it owns most of the weight on the gun. Normally, I wouldn’t consider the slide to be the heart of the gun, but that’s not the case for the C9. The guts are a fairly basic blow-back affair but with some extra parts. (Photo: Paul Peterson/) ![]()
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