Girsan Regard Thread

No problem. I'm actually fairly new to guns - my Girsan Regard MC Compact shown above is my first. So it's possible that I'm misunderstanding what my gun has or what a firing-pin safety is specifically. If so, feel free to correct me.

I don't have a huge amount of range time on the gun yet, but here's what I've put through it so far:
200 Winchester 115gr FMJ Target
200 Blazer 124gr FMJ (aluminum casing)
100 Blazer 124gr FMJ (brass casing)
75 Winchester 147gr Winclean

Tomorrow I'm headed out to put another 100 of the Winchester 115gr FMJ Target through it and I've got 75 of the Winchester 147gr Winclean ones left to shoot with one of my buddies probably next weekend.

No malfunctions so far, and it shoots straighter than I do - by which I mean I'm inexperienced enough that the issue isn't the gun as much as the user at this point!

Edit: If you guys want any specific pics off my compact, let me know.
 
Hitzy said:
It's a Beretta 92F in every aspect, so far everything Beretta I tried on mine fits, or will fit with very minimal fitting. The wolff trigger spring conversion worked fine, but made the reset a little too soft for me so I put the OEM spring back in. Slide stop, extractor, dropped right in, locking block is tight and will need minor polishing to fit. Nothing wrong with the OEM parts either, I got these simply as spare parts as they were cheap from Brownells....
The firing pin block is the little rectangular bar the slide up out of the slide as the end of the trigger pull....same as a Beretta
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Cool. That means there is a lot of aftermarket support out there.
 
"GIRSAN Gun Industry was established in Giresun Turkey in 1994. The models of Yavuz 16 compact and Yavuz 16 Regard guns have been introduced to the market in 1995. Girsan upgraded to the automatic control system using computer-aided CNC workbenches in 1999. And later the Yavuz 16 compact MC and Yavuz 16 Regard MC models in 2004. Bora, Tugra and Zirve models in 2006. MC 21 and MC 23 models in 2007 have been introduced to the market" Copied off Wiki. It shows they are not that new, just new to us.
 
Yup, that's the information from the factory website, copied many times all over the web.
Only information available comes from the factory as far as I know.
Nearly every Turkish company making handguns claims to be the supplier of the Turkish Army or Police.
That would explain why the Army is using 37 different kinds of semi-automatic pistols.
For your interest:
Canik 55: http://www.canik55.com/index.php?lang=en
Sarsilmaz: http://sarsilmaz.com/en-US/Default.aspx
 
could someone tell me what the 2 little holes toward the back of the slide on the regard full size are for. they are on either side near the top just below the de cocker and just ahead of the rear sight. should I be able to see light through it, or is something wrong.
 
Why would You do that?
No real gain there.
Does it really make any difference on the range to squeeze 2 more rounds into the magazine while risking the feeding issues?
I don't think so.
You will be just as fine making the holes in the paper with any standard mag.
For the imaginary, defensive use...You don't want to sacrifice any reliability at all.
 
kschneider said:
could someone tell me what the 2 little holes toward the back of the slide on the regard full size are for. they are on either side near the top just below the de cocker and just ahead of the rear sight. should I be able to see light through it, or is something wrong.
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That's actually the roll pin that holds the firing pin block in.
 
kschneider said:
one difference is the 92fs has an extra groove on the slide at the back that keeps it from flying off in the event of breakage. ours don't have this so be ready to duck.
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easier to catch it in your teeth (keep your mouth slightly open when shooting so it doesn't knock any teeth out as it travels backwards off the frame). If you catch it in your teeth, you don't have to look for the slide afterwards if you duck.
 
They are running a sale on Brownells as we speak.
Slide intercepting mask for Beretta 92F and the clones for $9.99.
It comes standard pretty plain, even without the teeth protector, but the protector is only $4.99 more, so I would certainly consider that option as well.
 
The chance of this occurring is extremely remote and would likely only happen after 35,000 rounds or so.
Since these guns are different from the Beretta 92F, where these original problems were noted, I doubt
we'll see any failures. The original failures were attributed to inferior steel used by the Italian maker of the slides.
 
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Dunkan Keith is a hockey player but that pattern of tooth loss can only be attributed to Girsan's failed slide due to missing extra grove which Beretta was equipped with. It is not in Keith's nature to duck, he takes it like a real man, right in his teeth. Subsequent Girsan slide failures will go easier.
BTW, I just became an owner of a nice stainless Girsan Regard (pretty little thing to look at) but I am afraid to shoot it until you guys divulge your round count so far, and any missing teeth as a result.

9mmGunGuy said:
More likely, he's a hockey player. ;)
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