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The Caniks are made in Turkey, and right now Turkey is putting out some of the best small arms in the world. The Caniks, Sarsilmaz, there are a couple of others. All well-priced and seem to be very well made. They are very close clones of the CZ, but internals are different from what I understand. Seems like someone took apart a trigger group and the Canik stuff was a bit bigger. If you were able, you might be able to take a CZ and a Canik apart and make stuff work, but if you had to take it to a smith, it might not be worth it.
CZs are the best, I think. No, I'm sure. They are amazing firearms. That said, I also love clones. I don't know why. THey are just fun. And this little Canik is on my list for sure. If I needed another 9mm right now I would already have one, but I got a 10mm EAA instead. If you decide to go with the Canik, you won't be disappointed, but you would be just as happy with another P-01 or even a 75 Compact.