Upgrades for the Canik TP9 SFx 

I just got one myself! Already put a magwell flare, a reflex sight, 12 pound recoil spring, and a 3.5 pound trigger spring. Working to get all that broken in. So far, I absolutely love it!

This pistol was made for 124 & 147 gr. +p ammo. I confirmed that with Canik. I contacted Canik and they sent me a reduced tension spring, no charge. Mine was a tack driver right out of the box!

I just got to shoot my pt9sfx for the first time a few days ago amd from straight out of the box i was hittin spot on but my friend was shootin a bit high with it. I absolutely love my canik. I am not gettin rid of it like i did my glock.

All of the springs I swapped out gave my weapon exceptional performance. However , swapping out the striker spring caused several failures to eject. Put the stock back in worked fine. Awesome video!

Thank you so much!!! I LOVE THAT TRIGGER!!! Solved the ONLY problem with this trigger system. the takeup

Great video man. Straight to the points with explanations and visuals

It's those factory sights they use. There's a 1cm gap on both sides of the front sight from the dovetail. I'm 6'2"... With full extension it's still hard to shrink that floating gap. Upgrade is necessary for consistency. Aside from the sights, I'm kind of in love with this firearm. Nothing else I've tried can touch a canik for the price, Great guns overall.

1:30 point being made is so important. Thanks man.

If you like the Walther P99AS you'll love the SFX or elite compact or subcompact in my opinion the Walther P99 platform is the absolute best striker fired guns ever and all the Caniks are a very very good copy or clone

Just ordered a TP9sfx two days ago in Tungsten Grey like yours in the video. Mine is coming with a Vortex Venom red dot sight. The only thing I plan on upgrading almost right away is the trigger. I've already heard the Canik TP9sfx triggers are very good, but I still want to upgrade mine to the Freedomsmith Fat Daddy trigger in red. I think a red trigger with the red dot Vortex Venom sight with the Tungsten Grey finish of the gun will look pretty damn awesome. Aside from that I'll keep the rest of the weapon stock for awhile. Eventually I'll upgrade some internals but I'm also a newbie so I don't know what all I should consider upgrading. This will be the first firearm I've ever owned. Can't wait to get out to the local range with it and to bring it camping in the Summer months.

Thank you for your post, you seem very knowledgeable and I learned a lot.

I love my SFX Greatest striker fire stock trigger I have ever experienced.

Love my canic sfx, no more untill they make extra mags to sell me along with

FYI on your Striker spring weight if you're worried about not letting off your ammo Glock Factory Strikers are 5.5 lb so you've got a pound and a half of extra Force to light off that primer I would say you're good to carry that based on the spring configuration weights

I have 13lb recoil spring an 5.5 lb striker spring, both for glock ,works great for me.

Good video, but myself, I'm not changing a darn thing.....love this weapon as is, along with the other six different series of the TP9's I have............to each his own and what you did is great, just not my thing.......I do like the magwell...a lot.....thanks.

The freedomsmith trigger actually increased trigger pull slightly. We have two TP9SFX pistols one with the new trigger a one still stock. Stock pulls at 3.75 and the Freedomsmith at 4.5 although the quicker reset and reduced travel. The reviewer is dead on with the essential pairing of the upgrade spring kit with the trigger upgrade. Good review!

Thank you for a well reasoned video. Recently purchased a Canik TP9 SFx and your analysis and approach to upgrades makes sense. For USPSA competition shooting using minor power factor loads, pistol is over-sprung from the factory. Again, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

I’ve done all this to the new rival, man it’s a beautiful thing

Thank you for the video. I have the SFX and the Elite and the SC. Three of my favorite pistols. CANIK makes a great firearm.

I have a factory tp9 Sfx in black/fde so far I love the gun still getting used to the trigger as I’m used to a stock glock 17 g5 trigger other than that guns pretty great

I have the Canik TP9 SFX. I really like the trigger out of the box. I have a lot of really good hand guns and found the Canik is very nice to shoot and very accurate. I like the mag well you added and I will do that. I am concerned about the paint coming off the slide. I think you should address that. I don't think paint should come off from tape. ( unless you used a Gorilla Tape ). You need to get that fixed.

I have to get my hands on one before i can start upgrading the whole pistol. I just want the pistol to be my self defense pistol and my home defense as well. I will probably buy the sights and biy a few magazines and call it a day

The stock trigger is awesome but with the freedomsmith trigger installed it's the absolute best striker fired trigger l ever felt l didn't do the grip tape on mine but l did do the freedomsmith trigger Galloway guide rod and spring and night fision yellow green sights l also have a Walther PPQ navy 9mm that is stock the SFX with a stock trigger are equal in trigger pull weight and reset but since l put the freedomsmith trigger in the SFX it has removed 50 percent or more of the trigger take up it is noticeable trigger pull weight is now 3.5 pounds compared to just under 5 for the Walther l absolutely love both your going to love the SFX l sold my Springfield XDM 5.25 that had a 165 dollar trigger upgrade to get the SFX and the SFX had a better trigger stock than the XDM did with the 165 upgraded trigger there is no comparison with the freedomsmith trigger installed it was the best decision ever selling the XDM and replacing it with the SFX if you get the sights adjusted it is very very accurate mine has also been extremely reliable so far

I think I might just rub the rest of the finish off, it seems you are liking the piece in general, in your place I would rub it off, I think there are some decent diy refinish things out there . I was really commenting to say cool sights , I’m going to have to copy you on that I think, and thanks for all the info on this complete, it seems I sort of inherited one, I wasn’t going to keep it, but I keep seeing all this positive content on it.

There's a decent amount of aftermarket support for them but the stock Canik TP9sfx is probably much better than other brands costing much more they perform pretty good even stock the gun is better than 90 percent of handguns sold and I'm not considering 1800-3000+ dollar custom 1911s-2011s other than a good 1911 that has a tuned trigger nothing l know of will touch a Canik TP9SFX with a freedomsmith trigger and it's billet and under 80 dollars the quality of it for the cost is very good so is the outcome after installed a average person can afford it l got my SFX without the RMR optics for 460 dollars with tax and call in included

When I took my concealed carry class there was the instructor and two other students besides myself. Neither the instructor or other students could fathom why I would make any changes to any gun, no matter that I explained that I had many guns for different reasons. It always came back the same to them ~ " What if you have to use it for self-defense? " . To them that was the only purpose possible I guess.

To avoid pulling the cerakote off of your gun, Use the 3m Blue or the Green Frog Tape. ;)

Great Video. For my Canik SFX, I recently ordered a TF weight kit (Back strap, 3 mag extensions and mag well flare, plus 1 extra mag extension all brass) with custom Ceracote. I plan on mounting a Holosun 507K on it, (Love Holosun circle dots) however I understand some modification of the optic is involved. I'm planning on competing, and I could tell the gun would benefit from some extra vertical mass. Got a Red X holster; seems like a good entry level holster. Tungsten guide rod looks pretty cool. Gonna wait on the trigger mod, but I do have the safety plunger spring ready to replace.

trigger is backordered for another 5-6 months and then they MIGHT start creating new orders. Something about how their manufacturer is behind and trickle in product each week but are very slow because of covid. at least disruptive defensive (FB/Soon their own site) will be launching their new SFX Compressor in April.

Freedomsmith trigger is the best up grade you can do for the Canik. Just do it, you want be disappointed

I like what you did over all to your pistol made a really nice race gun out of it and still looks good. For me all that is a bit to much. My first thing is to get four more 20 rounders, got to feed the beast. Canik offers night sights so that would be next. I like your mag weld device it adds to the weapons looks and its a great addition for faster mag reloads. I will get a hologram mini. Sometime later. There no competition in my future but very much like longer barrel pistols to give my 147gr HP more velocity and of course better accuracy. I go hunting and exploring alot in our wilderness so I am always armed with a long gun and pistol not really for four legged creatures.

Great information, thank you for making the video and sharing. I'm looking to buy a rival or tps sfx cant decide. Gotta get my hands on a canik to see how it feels

I would be concerned that the base coat or the banking however Sarah coating is done it's going to be defective in more areas of your gun than just what you happen to find. And it comes off that easy there's probably a corrosion concern but you're right it doesn't impede the function of the gun yet

I've wanted this gun for a while and finally bought it. I normally shoot a Dan Wesson 1911. I dont notice much of a difference between this guns trigger break and my 1911. Its a little heavier, maybe a lb, but just as crisp. The only reason I'd replace the trigger is the uptake is a lot. I will do the springs right away. I have large hands so I'll probably look at hogue for a grip wrap. Great review, and remember, 100 ounces in a pound

I’ll buy upgrades when I can find freaking mags!

Thanks for the video. Well thought out !

Great Video !!! Super Helpful. Thank You for doing it..

I wish they made those triggers in shiny chrome.

I included links for every part in the video description for anyone interested. If you have any experiences or questions about upgrading the TP9 SFx, feel free to share them in the comments!

Thanks!

The tp9sfx is already front heavy I wouldn't want anymore weight to the front

Where did you find the matching color flared mag well? I’ve looked on the Taylor Freelance website and all I saw was either a shiny silver or black.

Nice video bro! For my Canik Rival i just ordered the w74 tungsten guide rod with a 14 & 15lb commander spring , the sprinco trigger spring kit and 29 newton striker spring and of course the brass back strap and mag extensions. I heard it’s a very nice upgrade so we will see. Any recommendations?

Never baby a gun. Beat hard!

I swapped mine out for an M&P 9

Green painters tap instead of masking tape.

Where do you get the brass back strap and mag well?

Can any of this or does any of this apply for the Canik Rival models?

Not a fan of the blackout rear sight. Looking at the Tritium Pro

Would you recommend the Freedom Smith trigger if I plan on daily carrying?

I have the same pistol and trigger. But mine is purple.

I need to find the canik tp9sfx whiteout edition somewhere

Is there a reason that the paint is coming off of the Slide so badly?

Do you have any videos showing the install of the trigger? Also, is that the talon grip?

That’s definitely suppressor height sights

Is your front sight height .375 as you stated or .275? I am looking into this same sight set up and Dawson suggests .285 - .300 with the Glock adj rear sight

Are you able to send the slide in to someone who could maybe refinish it for you? I was hoping that would be a possibility. I'd love to be able to send mine in once it's looking a lil beat up like yours and have it sent back to me in maybe a different color all together. It would be badass if your slide matched the color of your trigger.

What is on your grip tape? Stock?

I skipped around so sorry if you talked about it but your timestamps don't include the magwell

Made practically all same upgrades but curious why your reducing your guid rod spring rate? If your shooting in competition and recoil reduction and faster follow up shots is your goal, you should be increasing your guide rod spring rate. The lighter the guide rod spring is the faster your slide slams rearward causing “noodling”. Increasing the guide rod will create less barrel rise as it slows the slide and gives more of a straight rearward push. You have a great starting point with the tungsten guide rod but I believe you stated a 14# guide rod and shooting 115gr. Your sweet spot for fastest follow up shots should be around a 18#-22# guide rod. Best way to test it maybe get an 18, 20, & 22# and try some drills. Quick recession 3-5 shots with each spring rate and check your group size. You will find your groups shrink respectively. A shot timer helps. I did notice a slight difference with the springs but noticed more of a difference from highly polishing the seat, disconnecter, plunger and trigger bar as well as inside the trigger housing where sear & disconnector runs than I did with the springs. The biggest improvements to be made are with a 20# guide rod spring and sending the slide/barrel off to Magnaport to have the barrel Quadra ported. (About $100) The Quadra ports aren’t huge but certainly noticeable when shooting 115gr and makes for fast follow up shots. May not be as noticeable if your downloading to meet a low PF.

Hello, great video what model Glock is the rear sight from. Thanks

How can i buy a magwell for my Canik TP9SF Elite?

What about the grip? Is that grip tape or?? I like the look and I’m sure it’s comfortable

Gun is perfect as is but yeah let’s see

Would this work on the elite models?

Where did you get the magwell?

get the 45 blast thats all you need

How do I keep my from flacking like yours?

Hey ... great video. I was able to view all the parts you suggested, except the one for the trigger return spring. It appears to be part number 87885. Is this correct? A prompt response will get you a new subscriber ... deal?

You missed the description on the mag well flare??

I just don’t see a reason for a trigger switch.

Where did you purchased the Tungsten Guide Rod?

If you don't mind me asking, how much did the complete upgrade cost you?

Where did you buy the magwell from?

Niiiiice!!!

Laser links??

Where's the optic?

Let's see you do a LBS test on that... I am willing to bet you will not beat the factory trigger

I always wonder when people will buy what they want from the start...no upgrades needed...

How do you replace the trigger return spring?

I think the new rival Grey one is so sexy I wanted to turn in my tungsten model never fired to upgrade to the rival but they said I'd still owe 450$ just for the rival and that if I traded in my swampfox justice I walked out like ahh nah fuck that

Is that gun huge or do you have tiny hands?

Why you diddlin with irons? Mount an sro.

Thanks for your comments but I totally disagree.

Trigger?

Does it come with that same grips that it has

What grip did you use?

My dude my canik came with some bad a$$ sights lol.

I just got one , and it keeps jamming ! It sucks

7:28 Farther

Since the Trigger is unavailable and not GOING to be available for a very long time, if anyone has one, in their gun and not using it, or have a spare they are willing to sell, HIT ME UP.

Inside of the gun looks like a Ruger security 9

I got one, and man, it failed to much. :(

Probably shooting high because your shooting 115 grain and it's made for heavier loads

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