My Beretta's Turkish cousin come over today. Have to say prettier than expected! 
I'm impressed with the quality, fit and finish is quite good. The trigger is not as good as of my Beretta, which does have a D spring installed, but its quite decent esp in single action (perhaps even would be equal to 92FS if it had a lighter mainspring).
Also surprisingly liking the feel of the finger groves; they fit me perfectly, in fact when holding it if I didn't know about them I wouldn't know they were there (I wear Large size gloves, but my hands certainly aren't bear paws). Thin plastic grips make the Girsan feel noticeably smaller than my Beretta that wears aluminum grips.
As much as I love the full size Beretta 92 and have for years, I also like the balance and size of the compact Girsan model (which is based on Beretta 92 Centurion models that have been discontinues for years). IMO if this design was invented today the "compact" would be considered a full size and the full size model be somewhat of a ling slide/competition/tactical model at 4.9".
First thing I tried was to change the uppers and it was a no go. Beretta mag did fit in the Girsan but wouldn't hold the slide back and the way it locks in was a little off.
To those tho wonder so what are the differences between the Beretta 92FS and Girsan Yavuz 16 Compact are: Obviously the slide and barrel length (4.9" vs 4.3" barrels), finger groves on the front strap, shape of the trigger guard, angle and shape of slide serrations. Also internally Girsan is based on an older 92F model so it doesn't have an oversized hammer pin and the locking block is an older design. That's all I can tell for now.
All in all initial impressions are very positive, for what they go for they're a great deal. Tomorrow I'll take it to range and see how it does and will post an update then.
Here are some crappy cellphone pics:
Same size as a Glock 19! ....oh no wait it's a Glock 17
I'm impressed with the quality, fit and finish is quite good. The trigger is not as good as of my Beretta, which does have a D spring installed, but its quite decent esp in single action (perhaps even would be equal to 92FS if it had a lighter mainspring).
Also surprisingly liking the feel of the finger groves; they fit me perfectly, in fact when holding it if I didn't know about them I wouldn't know they were there (I wear Large size gloves, but my hands certainly aren't bear paws). Thin plastic grips make the Girsan feel noticeably smaller than my Beretta that wears aluminum grips.
As much as I love the full size Beretta 92 and have for years, I also like the balance and size of the compact Girsan model (which is based on Beretta 92 Centurion models that have been discontinues for years). IMO if this design was invented today the "compact" would be considered a full size and the full size model be somewhat of a ling slide/competition/tactical model at 4.9".
First thing I tried was to change the uppers and it was a no go. Beretta mag did fit in the Girsan but wouldn't hold the slide back and the way it locks in was a little off.
To those tho wonder so what are the differences between the Beretta 92FS and Girsan Yavuz 16 Compact are: Obviously the slide and barrel length (4.9" vs 4.3" barrels), finger groves on the front strap, shape of the trigger guard, angle and shape of slide serrations. Also internally Girsan is based on an older 92F model so it doesn't have an oversized hammer pin and the locking block is an older design. That's all I can tell for now.
All in all initial impressions are very positive, for what they go for they're a great deal. Tomorrow I'll take it to range and see how it does and will post an update then.
Here are some crappy cellphone pics:
Same size as a Glock 19! ....oh no wait it's a Glock 17
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