Tristar C100

[wingman]

I bought a Tristar C100 several years ago.  I decided to order another one and found that Tristar no longer imports that pistol.  Who is currently importing this pistol; or did it just disappear?  Thank you for your time.

[jwc007]

I bought a Tristar C100 several years ago.  I decided to order another one and found that Tristar no longer imports that pistol.  Who is currently importing this pistol; or did it just disappear?

TriStar is only the Importer.  Canik, who manufactured Cz Clones for TriStar, no longer manufactures their lines of Cz Clones, in order to concentrate on their TP9 series line, which have higher sales volume.

I have the TriStar T-120, which has been, and still is, an excellent handgun.  I also have a Canik TP9, which is often my EDC.


TriStar/Canik T-120 with Hogue Grips and Gold color-fill


Canik TP9V1 with spare Magazine

[wingman]

Thank you for the information.  Sorry to hear that they are no longer made.  I think they are great pistols.

[RSR]

TriStar is only the Importer.  Canik, who manufactured Cz Clones for TriStar, no longer manufactures their lines of Cz Clones, in order to concentrate on their TP9 series line, which have higher sales volume.

I have the TriStar T-120, which has been, and still is, an excellent handgun.  I also have a Canik TP9, which is often my EDC.


TriStar/Canik T-120 with Hogue Grips and Gold color-fill

Also sold as the Canik "Shark" model...  A jericho 941/baby desert eagle clone.

[RSR]

Thank you for the information.  Sorry to hear that they are no longer made.  I think they are great pistols.

They'll probably cycle around again.  Believe the same factory in turkey is the same one making 1911/hipower/beretta 91 clones currently...  Different badges (canik, tristar, girsan, etc.) but same factory. 
Canik's line 5-7 years ago when imported by Century (that's probably the problem as it was when their reputation was "Century monkeys" for botching clone builds from parts kits, even though they outsourced pretty much all of the actual build work) was $. 
And a several of those guns as t120-shark post of mine above illustrates were identical or nearly so excepting engraving...

Regardless pricewise, these days, you're probably best ahead to buy the actual CZ version of whatever gun you're interested in.  The turkish clones used to be 1/2 the price of CZs, and now they're up to 70-80% of the real deal. 
And if it's a gun you plan to keep forever/pass on to kids and grandkids that longer tail of parts, mags, parts commonality, etc., on authentic CZs is probably worth paying a little more for as this current out of production on the c100 illustrates.

[jwc007]

Also sold as the Canik "Shark" model...  A jericho 941/baby desert eagle clone.

Originally, when the Canik Cz Clones were brought into the USA, Century was the importer.  Then Century dropped the importation of the Cz Clones and the usual lack of Century Customer Support may have had something to do with that.  TriStar then entered the picture, importing and supporting the Canik Cz Clones.  It should also be noted that Canik has set up it's own Importer, Canik-USA, and left Century behind.  Seems to be a trend!

It should also be noted that while the external styling of the TriStar T-120 and T-100 Pistols resemble the styling of the IMI/IWI Jericho/Baby Eagle Pistols, the inner workings and much of the design of the IMI/IWI Jericho Baby Eagle Pistols are more an extraction of the Tanfoglio Cz Clone design.  The Canik/TriStar Cz Clones more closely copy the Cz75B design so much so that some, but not all, Cz Parts can be made to work in them.  Note that fitting may be required.

I very much like my Canik, Sarsilmaz, Tanfoglio, and Cz Pistols!  I feel very well served by them all!

As for prices of Cz Pistols vs. Cz Clones, given the current strength of the Dollar vs other currencies and the current supply shortages of some models, it will be awhile before prices on everything settles down.  Only then can we make accurate judgements on values.

[RSR]

As for prices of Cz Pistols vs. Cz Clones, given the current strength of the Dollar vs other currencies and the current supply shortages of some models, it will be awhile before prices on everything settles down.  Only then can we make accurate judgements on values.

Dollar isn't strong, it's weak.  It's just less weak than the Euro.

Turkey's lower prices were primarily for cheap labor -- an analogy would be Mexico in NAFTA vs Turkey as furthest east portion of the EU.  But Turkey's labor rates have been steadily increasing.

Additionally, Turkey also has more modern and accordingly more efficient manufacturing lines than com-bloc countries since their factories are much newer.

Turkey also benefits from cheap energy -- they've been importing Russian oil this year, despite sanctions...

Point being Turkish prices are likely going to hold steady, relatively, though expect the CZ-UB guns -- the Czech Republic having the highest electricity rates in Europe -- to only increase.

While the Euro should continue to decline -- if and until it dissolves this winter -- relative to the USD and accordingly offsetting some of this price inflation, the price of CZ-UB guns is expected to rise and Turkish guns expected to hold, in my book at least.

Accordingly, NOW is the time to buy any CZ-UB guns your wanting and likely the lowest delta between clones and CZ-UB-made guns in the near future at least.

[wingman]

Thanks!  I appreciate all the GREAT in formation.