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The Sphinx slide is fully machined from solid steel and features an advanced pyramid design that decreases weight and profile. The slide is coated with TiAIN to resist corrosion and wear.
Sphinx Rolls Out SDP Compact 9x19 Pistol
January 8, 2012Printer Friendly | Email |
(GunReports.com) -- Sphinx, the Swiss pistol manufacturer, is releasing a 9x19 Parabellum compact pistol designed specifically for the law enforcement and military markets.
The Sphinx SDP Compact 9x19 Parabellum is an all-black compact pistol in Double-Action/Single-Action with an ambidextrous decocking lever and magazine catch. It includes various safeties features, including a loaded chamber indicator (visual and tactile), internal firing pin safety, drop safety, integrated slide position safety, and a hammer safety.
The Sphinx's upper frame (dust cover) is made from aeronautic-grade hard-anodized aluminum with Teflon inserts to reduce wear. The full-length guide rails are machined in, and an integrated Picatinny rail made from MIL-STD 1913 aluminum with 4 notches holds a variety of accessories.
The lower part of the frame or grip is made from a proprietary polymer. The ergonomic,
The Sphinx SDP features new Defiance sights, with a front fiber/Tritium day & night green sight working in conjunction with a Tritium 2-dot red rear sight.
For more information on the new Sphinx® SDP Compact pistol visit www.SphinxArms.com.
I just want to get the updates in case any of you fellows get one and want to tell us what you think. No pertinent comment. Judging from the examples of Sphinx pistols I have seen and handled, they are pretty well made and desirable pieces. They are also quite pricey, but it seems anything worth a hoot is pricey, these days. Who would buy this CZ P07 knockoff? Certainly not Law Enforcement or Military as this story claims. An Important Note for GunReports.Com Readers: Our goal on this website is to foster a free expression of views while reining in language that crosses the line of civil discourse. Accordingly, the comments areas are intended to expand the knowledge of all users of this site. But site administrators wish to discourage the use of profanity, insults, disrespect, the advocacy of lawlessness, violence or sedition, or attempts to impinge on the rights of others. While GunReports.Com encourages robust discourse that furthers our understanding of all the issues affecting gun owners, comments that break GunReports.Com’s rules will be removed. In addition, we reserve the right to edit or delete individual comments, and in extreme cases, to ban commenters at our discretion. --Tim Cole To post a comment you must be a registered user of gunreports.com and be logged in. Use one of the forms below to login or register for FREE to gunreports.com
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