TARA TM-9

     Notes: The TM-9 appears to be Glock-based, with some Browning and CZ thrown in, but it also incorporates a wide variety of modern features, ranging from the plethora of internal passive safeties to the ergonomic grip.  The frame of the TM-9 is polymer, and the slide is of hardened light alloy designed to be strong, light, and corrosion-proof.  Action is DA/SA, and external controls include a slide lock, manual safety, and magazine release.  The TM-9 uses what TARA calls the DARE trigger system.  This essentially allows a smooth and relatively light trigger pull weight even on that first double-action trigger pull.  A MIL-STD-1913 rail under the dust cover is used (this is almost a required feature on modern pistol design).  The TM-9 uses an external extractor, and it doubles as a visual and tactile chamber loaded indicator.  The sights are fixed but dovetailed in, and are of the 3-dot type. The 4.45-inch barrel sits low in the frame, providing a low bore axis that helps reduce felt recoil and muzzle climb.  The frame has three finger grooves and a stippled surface, as well as a grooved backstrap.  Three interchangeable backstraps are available. At the heel of the grip is a small punch-type tool that allow the pistol, including the internals, to be completely disassembled; while attached to the TM-9, it serves as a lanyard loop.  Magazines are of steel with an anticorrosion coating, and the magazine well is beveled to help speed reloads.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

TM-9

9mm Parabellum

0.75 kg

17

$322

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

TM-9

SA

1

Nil

1

3

Nil

11