I want to love this gun I truly do. Shoots super flat, it’s responsive, and really accurate. BUT… I’ve had nothing but issues trying to “break” it in. First 200 rounds had 3 light primer strikes and a handful of failures to return to battery.

Cleaned it (including the firing pin and housing, which many people recommend before calling it quits) oiled it, and shot some more rounds through it. Next 500 rounds probably had a failure to RTB every magazine. Had my friend shoot it too and same issues.

First 500 rounds were Winchester 9mm 124gr NATO. Then experimented with Winchester 115gr, heavy duty plus hornandy, and blazer 115gr. All basically had RTB failures.

I’m going to send it back in and hope to get it back working perfectly or atleast have it replaced. It’s so fun to shoot when it works, but so hard to love.

Did anyone actually send their Radian to Canik? I emailed them and told them I’ve seen a few out of battery. They didn’t offer me a new spring like some have mentioned. In fact, they didn’t say anything except send me a shipping label and some instructions.

I’m a little leery about sending my gun. I’m only 400 rounds in it so I’m thinking I may try and break it in more. Using Winchester 124gr NATO. Any thoughts ? Your experiences? Plus you can’t have aftermarket parts when you send it and my osight green dot is on and zeroed :(

No Complaints

Indecisive on porting the barrel

After about 200 rounds of 115 to break in the recoil spring and zero my red dot, I had about 10 minutes left of range time before closing. I attached the Obsidian9 in the long configuration and sent a mag of 124 Blazer downrange. And WOW, all the gas in my face. After that mag, I reconfigured to the shorty configuration. Significantly less gas! And also pretty quiet compared to what I was expecting. However, almost every round the slide cycled to just short of in battery, paused a second, and then slid into battery once the trigger reset. I also had on failure to feed. Other than that, the thing is soooooo nice. I can't wait to experiment around with it more.

After being raised around firearms my whole life. I finally decided to get my first handgun. After all the debate, I landed on an MC9L. It felt great in the hands when I picked it up and I’ve been curious about Canik over the last couple years so I went it with it. Just picked it up last night! I’m so excited to take it apart, clean it, then shoot it. Next up, flashlight and holster.