Out of curiosity I bought one of the TS9s that RK was selling before Christmas when the OTD price dropped below $250. Today I finally had a chance to get to the range. Being an indoor range and I knew I would lose most of my brass, I decided to test the pistol with MagTech steel cased ammo.

I disassembled, cleaned and lightly lubed the pistol before heading to the range. This pistol has the oddest takedown I've encountered to date. There is a button inside the trigger guard that has to be pushed into the frame to release the slide. This button is normally flush and I see no way of it accidently being pushed while firing. Once I got used to the system it seemed very easy to use. Trigger was a little gritty and I hope it breaks in a little with use.

First 16 rd group was very disappointing. I was shooting at 10 yards and the group was 3" left. The group itself exhibited vertical stringing, around 2.5" wide and 6.3" high. The rear sight is held in place with an Allen screw. Once a couple magazines confirmed the horizontal placement was consistent corrections were easy to make. By the end of the 100 rd test I could keep a full magazine within the 3" diameter sticker I was using for a target if I used the pumpkin on a post sight picture. Not match grade accuracy but this pistol doesn't claim to be a match pistol.

Felt recoil seemed less than I'm used to with a semi automatic but I don't know if that is due to pistol design or the caliber I was shooting. Normally if I'm shooting a full sized semi auto it's a 1911 in 45 ACP or full sized M&P in 40 S&W. I'm also not sure if the trigger smoothed from shooting or I just got used to the feel but it did seem smoother at the end of the session.

The magazine loader included with the pistol was a big help. Those are stiff springs. There were no malfunctions with the steel cased ammo. I've never used the Magtech steel cased ammo before. Unlike the Russian stuff which usually has a coating the Magtech looks polished. At first glance I thought it was nickeled brass not steel case. This ammo will definably be my first choice for ball ammo where I don't expect to recover the cases. I do occasionally reload 9x19.

Overall I think this pistol represents a good value especially if ambidextrous controls are important to you. I think once this supply is gone some will regret not getting them at the low price when they were available.