Just a FYI if you are thinking of buying one. You only have to pull back on the slide about .5 in. to put the gun back into battery after useing the decocker.
In other words, a standard "press-check" to confirm a round is in the chamber is all that is required to place the striker back in battery on a TP9SA. It really does require minimal rearward travel of the slide. If, for whatever reason you have decocked the TP9SA with a round in the chamber, it takes no more effort to reset the striker than it does to manually thumb-#### a single-action pistol with the hammer down on a round in the chamber. The idea behind the decocker is not to put the hammer down on a round in the chamber - it us intended soley to facilitate stripping the pistol without having to trigger-fire the action (like a Glock) which could result in a negligent discharge. Even with a round in the chamber, the decocker will allow safe stripping of the TP9SA if the decocker is properly incorporated into the stripping procedure. That is it - that is all there is to the decocker on a TP9SA. It wasn't intended to "drop the hammer" on a round in the chamber. It is a tool for safely stripping the pistol, nothing more. Insert mag, rack slide, put pistol in holster ready to striker-fire "single action" al-a Glock, S&W M&P, etc, relying on internal safeties to do their job while you control the trigger. To unload, remove mag, rack slide, replace round in mag, and decock (always safer than a trigger pull) to ease springs. Done. No "second strike" capability is required unless you inexplicably decock with a live round in the chamber, at which time a quick "press-check" will suffice to ready your pistol. That, or you encounter a defective round, in which case a "tap, rack, fire" Immediate Action drill will sort you out.
If I sound like I am defending the decocker on the TP-9SA, it is because I am. It is a safety feature if properly employed, nothing more. You can ignore it completely and apply a Glock/Springfield/S&W manual of arms to the TP9SA with zero issues and safe as can be. The decocker simply facilitates the take-down procedure without having to fire the striker by pulling the trigger. That's it, that's all.
I am a fan of the TP9SA for a number of reasons. The ergos are great, the trigger is the best that I have ever tried on a striker-fired pistol, and the price is right. Just like my Hatsan Turkish shotgun, the value of the TP-9 far outstrips the price-tag thanks to low labour costs and state of the art CNC machining processes. The bone-stock TP-9SA gives my tuned Glock a real run for 1st place in my striker-fired stable. It is that good. Try one and you will like it!
