Ah, for myself I am super conflicted now on if I want to pick up a _Grand Power K100D_ or a _Tisas Zigana F_ . Basically, I'm looking for a low price point DA/SA hammer-fired range gun. And right now it looks like these are the top 2 contenders. I suppose the good news is probably that there's not a wrong choice here since it seems both are great guns. But still, "if I can only have one" I want 'the best one', lol. (edited for formating)
The Grand Powers are great except for the plastic body and the fumble apart and trying to out fumble it together field strip. You might consider a CZ 75 9mm or CZ 97 45 auto. 9mm is very hard to get now. 45 ACP is pretty well still available anywhere. Grand Power has a 45 version too... really nice. I like my CZ 75 Compact all steel. Or, CZ 97 which is always all steel. The CZ 75 P01 is aluminum frame. Actually the CZ p10, p9, and p7 plastic guns are good too.
Nice. I can sure tell from your voice tone what you like. You sound more excited when you talk about this and I can't remember but one of the Walther gun videos
Excellent. I don't have a GP, but I do have a P-07 and a Beretta 92 LTT. I have striker CCW but plan on looking at the more compact GP DA/SA options. I'm assuming that's the direct Tia heading.
Wow you shoot that thing great! I see why you've stuck with it. Tia might consider getting one also, she shot it very well! How many times have changed carry guns over the years?
Several times. Because we have so many guns come through for videos or articles I have the pleasure of trying out a lot of stuff. Sometimes I hang on to them and try carrying them, but the K100, Walther PPS M2, Grand Power P11, Walther PPQ SC, Diamondback AM2, and Bersa TPR9C have been my main lineup.
With the hammer down (not cocked), can the safety lever be moved up? If so, what's the effect on the trigger? Locked? Free/dead? Last year I considered a GP but didn't like the safety's functionality. Based on your review, got a Bersa TPR9C instead...
Great review, very nice gun. I reckon smaller or lesser known manufacturers could benefit from including a holster in the package. If a buyer doesn't think they are going to be able to carry it straight away that may be enough to deter them from buying it and choosing something more popular with lots of available accessories. It'd be a shame to lose a sale over that.
I can't provide links, but Gun Pro Deals has been a good place to go to. Global Ordnance is the importer. Just watch to see which model you're ordering. There are some that are cocked and locked only safety and this is the "D" model with a decocker and safety.
Glad I waited. Will get pictures to you. Holster & all. Might make a video. Dk much tech .enough to function.will figure it out. Same thing with safety coming off ,not cocked & unlocked though. Once. Put under a seat cover to go surf fishing . Forgot about it. It was cocked and off safe when I remembered it. Guns do weird stuff. Not often but it happens. Bullets can be even more unpredictable. Later
You need a STI GP6 and Century GP to add to your collection. You can get a different hammer on the century model. The hammer is a lightened variant of the current hammer.
@@GBGuns You can have the progression of variants. GP6 was the early variant with a different hammer exclusive to STI and the first import into the US. Century came later with an updated model and an the ability to fit a different hammer.
How does this feel in hand? My only real comparison is a Glock 19x and CZ 75 Compact. How do the Grand Power equivalents compare to a Glock 19 and CZ in ergonomics, grip texture, and quality of feel? Does it feel cheap or well-made? Would it conceal similar to a Glock 19?
Love my Grand Power and if you get a chance to shoot a Grand Power you will become a fan guaranteed! If you see me at the range don't be afraid to ask if you can shoot it but remember it's NOT for sale.
Congrats.enjoy.haven't had a chance to try any grant powers or any other rotating barrel yet.have cash saved .have been interested since yo recommend that was in stock & on sale..saved more so will be trying a different belt and holster too..strong side carry here too.curious what your useing.? Maybe on yal!ls Amazon affiliate page?Will check .1st thing I saw was 2x4 spring target mount.that was nice.anyhow enjoy.not sure what works for you will be what I'll like but a bunch in common.wil! See.enjoy
Wouldn't she like the smaller P11D? Recommending your channel at the end of my CCW for women video that's coming out since Tia often gives her impressions too
If they could keep this gun in stock it would be on my hip already. Great stuff as always keep them coming. I have watch these Grand Power reviews multiple times. Also did she choose a new carry gun yet ?
@@GBGuns In your opinion is it worth having the K100 in non de-cock if the carry is not as "on the regular" as other options. Or does one wait until you can have the ladder ? .
@@WinterFallout5 I carried the regular for a couple of years and a few thousand rounds of practice. It's a fine gun, I just think the detent that holds the safety was getting too soft for my liking. It was also an older generation of the gun so that may have been fixed in anything you'd find for sale these days.
Are there any decent appendix holsters available for the Grand Powers? And are they reliable as a carry gun even if it sits a few months without being lubed???
Where can you purchase these pistols? I checked with Global Ordinance and they say the decocker version not available in the USA. Would like to get a P11 in the decocker version also....
WOW, the GO folks must really be confused. I bought mine from them! Ask for UPC 8588005808286 that's the exact product code that I used to buy one from them a month ago.
Thanks for quick reply. I will check back with GO to verify. Maybe it was the P11 and P380 that is only now sold in the US in the non decocker version?
With the exclusion of the grip modules, would you also be equally impressed with a Beretta PX4 Storm in terms of reliability, smoothness and accuracy ?
Guess who just ordered a K100D from Global Ordnance... D@^^N you Graham Bates. Seriously though, thanks. I have been looking for that perfect defensive handgun design for years and have wished I could take design aspects from several different firearms and put them together for the, subjectively, best self defense gun. I currently carry a Glock 26 with a spare G19 15rnd mag, and will continue to carry on jobsites and days of fewer concealment garments. I sometimes carry a Commander slide/Officer frame 1911 owb. I hail to the doctrine that I should carry the best that I can get away with on any given day and wanted a full-size, double-stack, decocker, hammer-fired, double/single with a refined single action break and a usable double. I have always loved the Beretta PX4 but the gun is ugly and I don't like the slide mounted safety. I considered CZ and clones, Sig and Arex, and many other double/singles and they all left me wanting - many failing in weight vs capacity vs quality control vs reliability/track record. Anyway, I really like the idea of the Grand Power designs and the triggers look excellent. They seem to manage recoil great and the machining looks amazing. That big chunk of steel in the polymer frame seems like a winner. I look forward to many hours of dry-fire practice and breaking in the double action pull. I hunt with a 9.5"SuperRedhawk and am not scared of a heavy double action. Will update when it comes in. Thanks, Graham and Tia.
From what you describe you're looking for I think the K100D will fit the bill nicely. Takedown and reassembly is a bit different, and they do require more regular cleaning than a Glock, but are excellent pistols. There is a K100 in Slovakia at a rental range that has survived more than 100,000 rounds with no change to the operational geometries. Springs and other parts of course have been changed as they would be on any gun, but operationally it's still as it was on day one.
@@GBGuns I don't have any trouble breaking down an R-51 or any of the fixed barrel designs that break down similarly to the K-100. Always a trick to it. The rep in one of the Shot Show videos made reassembly look effortless. I clean my carry guns after shooting - some of the other guns have to wait a few weeks but I don't think they care one way or the other. I read about the 112,XXX round count range demo. I doubt it will see half that round count but I am really impressed with this company. I hope the Stribog raises awareness of Grand Power among the consumers and we start seeing these in the local gun shops. Thanks for turning me on to these handguns.
Nice shooting Graham the 5 shot at 7 yds wow all in the same hole i'm impressed, i have the beretta px4 storm w/ rotating barrel and i love it i need a grand power where can i find them ? thanks
Crap. Just when I'd decided to upgrade my first generation Q100 with the newer model, here you are singing the praises of your new K100. CRAP!!! Now I can't decide!
Both great choices, I'd say if you're looking for carry go K100 or K100D (in this video), if it's for range or competition stick with the Q100 and enjoy that new trigger.
Now if Grand Power would only reengineer those take-down tabs to lock in the "open" position to aid in maintenance! I only have two hands!!! Reassembly especially can be a bitch!!!
@@edwardbohlman3209 Don't like that fumble apart and out fumbling it to get it together? I have the same issue on choosing which. The current price on the K100/D is hard to beat $463, about a $100 off. But the Q100 is like $399 right this instant. And, that long barrel X-Calibur is really nice. The Grand Power website says the Q100 is for self defense and military forces use. Personally being a mean old man makes me favor hammers, but being an engineer that part of me favors the striker... so I have a worse problem in choosing. But they do make a safety for the Q100... suppose would have to write direct. Worse they have some awful pretty ones with cericoat finishes now... I am going to do a pistol project, and fix that fumble apart / out fumbling it to assemble aspect... looking at it pretty closely I think it can be modified, and fixed.. with new barrel and slide. Unfortunately modifying the stock components would be difficult. Grand Power hardens there slides to pretty high core tempers (390 brinell and about carbonitride of at least 700 brinell for about .5mm thick) and likewise the barrels but harder inner bores around 480-500 brinell but with similar core and surface tempers) this is pretty hard and carbide end mills and tools only pretty much... and cutting through the surface would need cubic boron nitride tools likely, or cermet. That will all depend how I find the thing is to maintain. I am also conflicted on the Stribog I purchased now some weeks ago, but not shipped though in stock, as they just released the roller delayed version... yet have not shipped my blow back version yet.... and I am almost ready to change over the order! From what I have seen in a French language video on the Stribog, the GP roller system Stribog is unusual design using ONE roller between the non-reciprocating operating handle part of the bolt (little bitty extension of the bolt that mounts only the operating handle) and the main bolt body. It does not lock in recesses in the receiver but in a ramp milled into the separate very small section of the bolt just behind the bolt handle section of the bolt, and interposed between that and the bolt body to which it is attached by the delay roller working in a ramped slot. That means I would guess about 1/10th of the mass of the bolt is in the roller delay mounting section and 9/10ths is in the rest of the bolt body... but they recoil together... just the heavier section moves about 1/4" running the roller up the ramp slot between that and the very light forward extension to the bolt. It is unique as it is not traditional roller delay/locked but only roller delayed in differential mass sections of the bolt so it is simply a internal delay to the bolt, operating like a staged blow back. Interesting to see Graham's comments. However, I have changed my mind a little on how it works since a couple months ago.... actually it works like a Mk19 MG... sort of: the main body of the bolt is accelerated back by the recoil and firing pressure impulse, this causes the small mass section of the bolt to be accelerated forward by the ramp and roller action between the two components, this transfers momentum and energy from the larger to the smaller to counter the rearward movement of the main bolt body.... to "delay" actually retard by momentum transfer between the two parts. Nothing like a conventional roller locking / delay where the rollers interface and temporarily lock the bolt in place to the receiver!
Graham. Did your GP K100 come with extra front sights? When I bought my SP1 and it had one extra sight. Just wondering if they still include extra sights.
We have 37 videos on Grand Power. The next smaller model is the P1 with a shorter barrel and slide but same 15-round frame. From there the next smallest in the US is the P11 with a shorter barrel and frame (12 rounds).
@@GBGuns I was on my way to a big box sporting goods store for high priced ammo and stopped at Dad's Guns, a small mom & pop gunshop, and they had a Grand Power K100 MK12 and now I have a K100 MK12
@@GBGuns congrats from Bern (Switzerland, Europe) for all your informative reviews. I‘d like to buy also a K100D, but I‘m not sure if the K100D model is identical with the K100 Mk12 model. Or are there some differences?
The issue that you ran into with the manual control moving inadvertently is what keeps me from buying a grand power. If they had a da/sa decock only version like a cz or a sig with no safety option, I'd buy one tomorrow. Keep it simple stupid.
Yes. Although obviously not as dangerous as DB’s slip into in-safed SA, you can inadvertently leave the later GP’s in DAO. As I understand it, some of the early ones did not have a decocker.
Dont like Ambi-controls! Everyone in my family is right handed. WHY would I want controls that could only harm me? I understand the need for Left handed controls - just NO advantage at all for me to have them!!!
There are a number of reasons. For one it's easier to use the mag release on the right side of the gun for many right-handed shooters. 2. Should you train, or god forbid need to shoot with your left hand the gun remains fully functional. 3. The ambi safety makes for a quick check of a holstered firearm while remaining low profile enough to not get bumped during carry.
If you live in a State that allows lg capacity Glocks, the safety system is 1000 times better then a Grand Power 100 D... That being your trigger finger and a consistent pull. KISS...keep it simple stupid.
Btw, that group you shot with that Nosler Match ammo was insane!! That was a 5-shot group in the same hole, outstanding!!
After seeing how nicely these shoot, I'm gonna have to pick one up. They have the original K100's on sale at gunprodeals for $399!
Man, these two can shoot! I may have to get one of those.
Thank you. I've had a lot of practice and training, but some guns just jive with me better than others if you know what I mean.
So nice to see Grand Power reviews.
i own a stribog. its my only "pistol". i heard good things about grand power's handguns and might have to pick one of them up.
I'm looking forward to shooting a Grand Power, I also love hammer fired pistols and am left handed
Welcome home Brother!
Spotted the Crossbreed holster in the background. Love my horsehide from them, very comfortable!
Ah, for myself I am super conflicted now on if I want to pick up a _Grand Power K100D_ or a _Tisas Zigana F_ .
Basically, I'm looking for a low price point DA/SA hammer-fired range gun.
And right now it looks like these are the top 2 contenders.
I suppose the good news is probably that there's not a wrong choice here since it seems both are great guns.
But still, "if I can only have one" I want 'the best one', lol.
(edited for formating)
The Grand Powers are great except for the plastic body and the fumble apart and trying to out fumble it together field strip. You might consider a CZ 75 9mm or CZ 97 45 auto. 9mm is very hard to get now. 45 ACP is pretty well still available anywhere. Grand Power has a 45 version too... really nice. I like my CZ 75 Compact all steel. Or, CZ 97 which is always all steel. The CZ 75 P01 is aluminum frame. Actually the CZ p10, p9, and p7 plastic guns are good too.
I'm going to see if I can find this..I want to move away from striker fired. I'm certain I can move out of the Glock platform
Nice. I can sure tell from your voice tone what you like. You sound more excited when you talk about this and I can't remember but one of the Walther gun videos
You are convincing me I need to buy one
It may be too soon for you, it will spoil you into not liking other handguns
@@GBGuns 🤣🤣🤣👍👍
Excellent. I don't have a GP, but I do have a P-07 and a Beretta 92 LTT. I have striker CCW but plan on looking at the more compact GP DA/SA options. I'm assuming that's the direct Tia heading.
Great there goes another that money. Great review and shooting enjoy the "new Gun" .
Wow you shoot that thing great! I see why you've stuck with it. Tia might consider getting one also, she shot it very well! How many times have changed carry guns over the years?
Several times. Because we have so many guns come through for videos or articles I have the pleasure of trying out a lot of stuff. Sometimes I hang on to them and try carrying them, but the K100, Walther PPS M2, Grand Power P11, Walther PPQ SC, Diamondback AM2, and Bersa TPR9C have been my main lineup.
Damn, I was not aware of these pistols! Im def in the market for one now! Thanks for sharing! Love the channel and what you guys do!
Thank you! If you want to know more about Grand Power we've got three dozen other videos on them! Not kidding!
@@GBGuns hell yea! Im still watching through all your vids i havent seen , def be checking it out! Thanks for reply! Have a good one!
That is why I like decokers on hand guns.
Accuracy is no joke with this pistol!
I’m liking this gun, this looks sweet
With the hammer down (not cocked), can the safety lever be moved up? If so, what's the effect on the trigger? Locked? Free/dead?
Last year I considered a GP but didn't like the safety's functionality. Based on your review, got a Bersa TPR9C instead...
Great review, very nice gun. I reckon smaller or lesser known manufacturers could benefit from including a holster in the package. If a buyer doesn't think they are going to be able to carry it straight away that may be enough to deter them from buying it and choosing something more popular with lots of available accessories. It'd be a shame to lose a sale over that.
There are plenty of holster options for Grand Power
I’m convinced... please provide link to buy or website store 💪💯💯.... thanks .... wow. Love ambidextrous mag releases also
I can't provide links, but Gun Pro Deals has been a good place to go to. Global Ordnance is the importer. Just watch to see which model you're ordering. There are some that are cocked and locked only safety and this is the "D" model with a decocker and safety.
Thanks I really appreciate it, great detail in the videos too awesome work 💪💯💯
I’m left handed too 👏 💯💯
Excellent review and gun... and you did it on my birthday!
Glad I waited. Will get pictures to you. Holster & all. Might make a video. Dk much tech .enough to function.will figure it out. Same thing with safety coming off ,not cocked & unlocked though. Once. Put under a seat cover to go surf fishing . Forgot about it. It was cocked and off safe when I remembered it. Guns do weird stuff. Not often but it happens. Bullets can be even more unpredictable. Later
You need a STI GP6 and Century GP to add to your collection. You can get a different hammer on the century model. The hammer is a lightened variant of the current hammer.
I've looked for them from time to time, but with already more than a dozen Grand Powers in my collection it's hard to justify
@@GBGuns You can have the progression of variants. GP6 was the early variant with a different hammer exclusive to STI and the first import into the US. Century came later with an updated model and an the ability to fit a different hammer.
How does this feel in hand? My only real comparison is a Glock 19x and CZ 75 Compact. How do the Grand Power equivalents compare to a Glock 19 and CZ in ergonomics, grip texture, and quality of feel? Does it feel cheap or well-made? Would it conceal similar to a Glock 19?
Love my Grand Power and if you get a chance to shoot a Grand Power you will become a fan guaranteed!
If you see me at the range don't be afraid to ask if you can shoot it but remember it's NOT for sale.
Good thing yours are for sale. Mine aren't!
@@GBGuns oops typo NOT FOR SALE
It reminds me of a CZ P09 but with a rotating barrel
Congrats.enjoy.haven't had a chance to try any grant powers or any other rotating barrel yet.have cash saved .have been interested since yo recommend that was in stock & on sale..saved more so will be trying a different belt and holster too..strong side carry here too.curious what your useing.? Maybe on yal!ls Amazon affiliate page?Will check .1st thing I saw was 2x4 spring target mount.that was nice.anyhow enjoy.not sure what works for you will be what I'll like but a bunch in common.wil! See.enjoy
how hard is it to find holsters for these guns? do they fit any other guns holster?
Is the recoil really that reduced with the rotating barrel? How is the recoil compared to a 5.7x28? Thanks !
Wouldn't she like the smaller P11D? Recommending your channel at the end of my CCW for women video that's coming out since Tia often gives her impressions too
I really appreciate that! I think we may have some videos coming that relate to that very thing 😎
Nice!!!!
Excelente video y muy buena información, gracias y saludos desde México
If they could keep this gun in stock it would be on my hip already. Great stuff as always keep them coming. I have watch these Grand Power reviews multiple times. Also did she choose a new carry gun yet ?
Teya hasn't yet, we're waiting for the buying craze to calm down a bit.
@@GBGuns In your opinion is it worth having the K100 in non de-cock if the carry is not as "on the regular" as other options. Or does one wait until you can have the ladder ? .
@@WinterFallout5 I carried the regular for a couple of years and a few thousand rounds of practice. It's a fine gun, I just think the detent that holds the safety was getting too soft for my liking. It was also an older generation of the gun so that may have been fixed in anything you'd find for sale these days.
Still looking to get a GP P380 or LP380.
Are there any decent appendix holsters available for the Grand Powers? And are they reliable as a carry gun even if it sits a few months without being lubed???
I have a clearing bucket in my gun room and decock mine prior to carry! No real need to buy a new gun!
is that your EDC? 9mm or 45?
Where can you purchase these pistols? I checked with Global Ordinance and they say the decocker version not available in the USA. Would like to get a P11 in the decocker version also....
I think that is what I'll be ordering soon myself
WOW, the GO folks must really be confused. I bought mine from them! Ask for UPC 8588005808286 that's the exact product code that I used to buy one from them a month ago.
Thanks for quick reply. I will check back with GO to verify. Maybe it was the P11 and P380 that is only now sold in the US in the non decocker version?
If Teya wants a nice DA/SA has she tried a CZ 75 BD -PCR ? I have one in my seasonal rotation.
No we haven't, we don't do much with CZ. Long private story as to why.
Graham Baates that’s a shame. It is a damn fine little shooter. Plenty more fish in the sea. I might have to try a Grand Power.
I know, I've shot a few of them, but the company doesn't care for my methods of reporting so I don't care for the company.
With the exclusion of the grip modules, would you also be equally impressed with a Beretta PX4 Storm in terms of reliability, smoothness and accuracy ?
The PX4 isn't quite as smooth. It's a different method of rotating barrel lock
Guess who just ordered a K100D from Global Ordnance... D@^^N you Graham Bates. Seriously though, thanks. I have been looking for that perfect defensive handgun design for years and have wished I could take design aspects from several different firearms and put them together for the, subjectively, best self defense gun. I currently carry a Glock 26 with a spare G19 15rnd mag, and will continue to carry on jobsites and days of fewer concealment garments. I sometimes carry a Commander slide/Officer frame 1911 owb. I hail to the doctrine that I should carry the best that I can get away with on any given day and wanted a full-size, double-stack, decocker, hammer-fired, double/single with a refined single action break and a usable double. I have always loved the Beretta PX4 but the gun is ugly and I don't like the slide mounted safety. I considered CZ and clones, Sig and Arex, and many other double/singles and they all left me wanting - many failing in weight vs capacity vs quality control vs reliability/track record. Anyway, I really like the idea of the Grand Power designs and the triggers look excellent. They seem to manage recoil great and the machining looks amazing. That big chunk of steel in the polymer frame seems like a winner. I look forward to many hours of dry-fire practice and breaking in the double action pull. I hunt with a 9.5"SuperRedhawk and am not scared of a heavy double action. Will update when it comes in. Thanks, Graham and Tia.
From what you describe you're looking for I think the K100D will fit the bill nicely. Takedown and reassembly is a bit different, and they do require more regular cleaning than a Glock, but are excellent pistols. There is a K100 in Slovakia at a rental range that has survived more than 100,000 rounds with no change to the operational geometries. Springs and other parts of course have been changed as they would be on any gun, but operationally it's still as it was on day one.
@@GBGuns I don't have any trouble breaking down an R-51 or any of the fixed barrel designs that break down similarly to the K-100. Always a trick to it. The rep in one of the Shot Show videos made reassembly look effortless. I clean my carry guns after shooting - some of the other guns have to wait a few weeks but I don't think they care one way or the other. I read about the 112,XXX round count range demo. I doubt it will see half that round count but I am really impressed with this company. I hope the Stribog raises awareness of Grand Power among the consumers and we start seeing these in the local gun shops. Thanks for turning me on to these handguns.
its like the P11 . leave it decocked and it will run double action all the time.
correct
Nice shooting Graham the 5 shot at 7 yds wow all in the same hole i'm impressed, i have the beretta px4 storm w/ rotating barrel and i love it i need a grand power where can i find them ? thanks
I order from GunDealZone (formerly GunProZone)
Crap. Just when I'd decided to upgrade my first generation Q100 with the newer model, here you are singing the praises of your new K100. CRAP!!! Now I can't decide!
Both great choices, I'd say if you're looking for carry go K100 or K100D (in this video), if it's for range or competition stick with the Q100 and enjoy that new trigger.
Now if Grand Power would only reengineer those take-down tabs to lock in the "open" position to aid in maintenance! I only have two hands!!! Reassembly especially can be a bitch!!!
@@edwardbohlman3209 Don't like that fumble apart and out fumbling it to get it together?
I have the same issue on choosing which. The current price on the K100/D is hard to beat $463, about a $100 off. But the Q100 is like $399 right this instant. And, that long barrel X-Calibur is really nice. The Grand Power website says the Q100 is for self defense and military forces use. Personally being a mean old man makes me favor hammers, but being an engineer that part of me favors the striker... so I have a worse problem in choosing. But they do make a safety for the Q100... suppose would have to write direct. Worse they have some awful pretty ones with cericoat finishes now...
I am going to do a pistol project, and fix that fumble apart / out fumbling it to assemble aspect... looking at it pretty closely I think it can be modified, and fixed.. with new barrel and slide. Unfortunately modifying the stock components would be difficult. Grand Power hardens there slides to pretty high core tempers (390 brinell and about carbonitride of at least 700 brinell for about .5mm thick) and likewise the barrels but harder inner bores around 480-500 brinell but with similar core and surface tempers) this is pretty hard and carbide end mills and tools only pretty much... and cutting through the surface would need cubic boron nitride tools likely, or cermet. That will all depend how I find the thing is to maintain.
I am also conflicted on the Stribog I purchased now some weeks ago, but not shipped though in stock, as they just released the roller delayed version... yet have not shipped my blow back version yet.... and I am almost ready to change over the order!
From what I have seen in a French language video on the Stribog, the GP roller system Stribog is unusual design using ONE roller between the non-reciprocating operating handle part of the bolt (little bitty extension of the bolt that mounts only the operating handle) and the main bolt body. It does not lock in recesses in the receiver but in a ramp milled into the separate very small section of the bolt just behind the bolt handle section of the bolt, and interposed between that and the bolt body to which it is attached by the delay roller working in a ramped slot. That means I would guess about 1/10th of the mass of the bolt is in the roller delay mounting section and 9/10ths is in the rest of the bolt body... but they recoil together... just the heavier section moves about 1/4" running the roller up the ramp slot between that and the very light forward extension to the bolt.
It is unique as it is not traditional roller delay/locked but only roller delayed in differential mass sections of the bolt so it is simply a internal delay to the bolt, operating like a staged blow back. Interesting to see Graham's comments. However, I have changed my mind a little on how it works since a couple months ago.... actually it works like a Mk19 MG... sort of: the main body of the bolt is accelerated back by the recoil and firing pressure impulse, this causes the small mass section of the bolt to be accelerated forward by the ramp and roller action between the two components, this transfers momentum and energy from the larger to the smaller to counter the rearward movement of the main bolt body.... to "delay" actually retard by momentum transfer between the two parts. Nothing like a conventional roller locking / delay where the rollers interface and temporarily lock the bolt in place to the receiver!
I want to carry my K100! do you know who makes a inside holster?
I use a CrossBreed and recommend the extra bucks for the Founder's leather if you can afford it. Super comfy from day one (carrying strong side)
This is the same name model as my DSLR pentax camera 🤔 so I click and now am here. 🙃
Welcome!
Graham. Did your GP K100 come with extra front sights? When I bought my SP1 and it had one extra sight. Just wondering if they still include extra sights.
No it did not.
think my p11 came with 2 a +1 and a -1 front sight. K100 dont think so.
It probably depends on the importer. Check the engravings
Looking to purchase my first weapon. How does this model compare/differ from their compact carry model?
We have 37 videos on Grand Power. The next smaller model is the P1 with a shorter barrel and slide but same 15-round frame. From there the next smallest in the US is the P11 with a shorter barrel and frame (12 rounds).
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Where did you buy it? I can't find any in stock, anywhere!!
looks like global ordinance has them in stock $483
What is a difference between Grand Power K100D and Grand Power K100 mk12?
They all have a Mk after them, just different generations of the design.
love my Q1 now I'm looking for the K100 D.......where can I get one ?
I found mine at Gun Zone Deals, or you can check with their importer Global Ordnance
@@GBGuns I was on my way to a big box sporting goods store for high priced ammo and stopped at Dad's Guns, a small mom & pop gunshop, and they had a Grand Power K100 MK12 and now I have a K100 MK12
Congrats!
@@GBGuns congrats from Bern (Switzerland, Europe) for all your informative reviews.
I‘d like to buy also a K100D, but I‘m not sure if the K100D model is identical with the K100 Mk12 model.
Or are there some differences?
The "D" isn't an official designation. The K100 is available with or without a decocker. I use "D" to designate it as a decocker model
The issue that you ran into with the manual control moving inadvertently is what keeps me from buying a grand power. If they had a da/sa decock only version like a cz or a sig with no safety option, I'd buy one tomorrow. Keep it simple stupid.
Reminds me of the Bersa TPR9
Except this has a polymer frame with steel chassis and a different operating system.
going from a CZ to one of these seems like a huge downgrade. I could've understood an Arex Zero 1 CP but still prefer the CZ. I'll stick with my CZs.
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WHERE CAN YOU PURCHASE THIS GRAND POWER K100D?
An internet search is helpful. I bought mine from GunZoneDeals
@@GBGuns i plan to purchase a grand power p1. but where can i purchase a black nitrite barrel for this handgun?
They stopped with stainless and started nitride a year or so ago. It's that way from the factory
@@coffeeder Global Ordnance
Does anyone know how to change a safety only to a safety and decocker??
Not that I'm aware of
The same way that the safety got inadvertently knocked off, couldn’t this gun get inadvertently knocked into the double action only mode?
Yes. Although obviously not as dangerous as DB’s slip into in-safed SA, you can inadvertently leave the later GP’s in DAO. As I understand it, some of the early ones did not have a decocker.
So these are legit you trust your life on them.
Am I the only one who had to sit through 3 long ass ads before the video even began?
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You know you want to carry a Glock 44 LOL
I outgrew Glock long ago.
@@GBGuns I know that that was just playing I thoroughly enjoyed your Glock 44 review
Dont like Ambi-controls! Everyone in my family is right handed. WHY would I want controls that could only harm me? I understand the need for Left handed controls - just NO advantage at all for me to have them!!!
There are a number of reasons. For one it's easier to use the mag release on the right side of the gun for many right-handed shooters. 2. Should you train, or god forbid need to shoot with your left hand the gun remains fully functional. 3. The ambi safety makes for a quick check of a holstered firearm while remaining low profile enough to not get bumped during carry.
If you live in a State that allows lg capacity Glocks, the safety system is 1000 times better then a Grand Power 100 D... That being your trigger finger and a consistent pull. KISS...keep it simple stupid.