Yavuz 16

Yavuz 16 Regard (full size) pistol

 

Yavuz 16 Bora (compact) pistol with fully enclosed slide

 

Yavuz 16 Compact pistol

 

 

	Yavuz 16 Regard	Yavuz 16 Bora	Yavuz 16 Compact
Type	Double Action semiautomatic
Caliber(s)	9x19mm
Weight unloaded	850 g	895 g	800 g
Length	217 mm	197 mm	200 mm
Barrel length	125 mm	106 mm	110 mm
Magazine capacity	15 rounds	15 rounds	15 rounds

Yavuz 16 pistol is a relatively recent development of Turkish Yavuz company. Its basic variant, Yavuz 16 Regard, is closely patterned after famous Italian Beretta 92FS pistol, although it is also available in several visually different versions. According to available information, Yavuz 16 pistol has passed official Turkish military trials and is in use with certain elements of Turkish armed forces and police.

Yavuz 16 pistol is short recoil operated, locked breech pistol that uses Walther P38-type vertically tilting locking piece to lock the barrel and slide. Models such as regard and Compact use Beretta-type open-top slide, while models such as Bora and Zirve used enclosed-top slide with small ejection window on the right. Internally these pistols are basically similar to each other. Trigger of Yavuz pistol is of double action type, with exposed hammer and ambidextrous, slide-mounted safety/decocker levers. Magazines are double stack, magazine release button is located at the base of triggerguard.

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