The Sarsılmaz Kılınç 2000 is a

semi-automatic pistol A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol) is a repeating firearm, repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridge (firearms), cartridges in its chamber (firearms), chamber afte ...

chambered for the

9×19mm Parabellum The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a Rim (firearms)#Rimless, rimless, Centerfire ammunition, centerfire, tapered cartridge (firearms), firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer ...

round. It is manufactured at the Sarsılmaz Silah Sanayi factory in Turkey. It was previously sold in the U.S. by the

ArmaLite ArmaLite, or Armalite, is an American small arms engineering company, formed in the early 1950s in Hollywood, California. Many of its products, as conceived by chief designer Eugene Stoner, relied on unique foam-filled fiberglass butt/stock fur ...

corporation under the ArmaLite name as the AR-24. It is now self-imported by SAR USA as the SAR2000 with an updated thick rubber tactical grip and black phosphate finish.

Design

The weapon is similar to the Tanfoglio variant of the Czech

CZ-75 The CZ 75 is a semi-automatic pistol made by Czech firearm manufacturer ČZUB. First introduced in 1975, it is one of the original " wonder nines" and features a staggered-column magazine, all-steel construction, and a hammer forged barrel. It ...

, with design elements borrowed from the

SIG P210 The SIG P210 ( Swiss Army designation Pistole 49, the civilian model was known as SP47/8 prior to 1957) is a locked breech self loading, semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured in Neuhausen am Rheinfall (Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzer ...

, though few of its parts are interchangeable with the Tanfoglio weapon from whose machining dies and blue prints it was derived. It has a hot forged steel frame mated to a heavy milled slide treated with manganese phosphate, and coated in heat-cured epoxy.

Variants

The AR-24/15 ''Standard'' model has a parkerized finish and fixed dovetailed rear sights and a proprietary front sight with three white paint dots. The AR-24/15C ''Tactical Custom'' Model has checkering machined on the front and back grip straps and its rear notch sight is adjustable for windage. The AR-24K/13 ''Compact'' and AR-24K/13C ''Compact Tactical Custom'' are like the full-sized variants, differing only in their shorter barrels, grips, and amount of ammunition carried.

References

External links

Official page from Sarsilmaz
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