 This video is sponsored by Eurooptics. Their American sales staff are all shooters, hunters, and outdoorsmen. If you call, they actually pick up the phone by someone who knows their products and will steer you in the right direction based on your needs. Their inventory is listed in real time, so if it shows in stock, then it is in stock. They ship all orders the same day and offer one and two-day delivery commitments. Check them out at Eurooptic.com. Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're going to do a range comparison with the M&P 9 Compact 2.0 and a Canik TP9SF Elite. Both very similar sized handguns. The Canik has a 4.2 inch barrel. The M&P 9 has a 4 inch barrel, but to show you how similar they are in size, I've got a Kydex holster made for the M&P 2.0 and it fits in there nice and snug. Now if we do the same with the Canik, I'll force it in just a little bit, but it does fit. I could carry using this holster right now. Let's go ahead and start with the Smith & Wesson M&P 9. Often a duty gun, a lot of law enforcement moved away from Glock to the M&P line and they seem to enjoy it. Comes with two 15 round magazines, grip panels, I'm sorry, grip modules, and a very aggressive grip texturing. A full rail right there, already mentioned 4 inch barrel, 3 dot sights, drift adjustable rear, a sight hole indicator. It has a hinged trigger with a 5.5 pound trigger pull reset right there. A very popular model. A lot of people like the M&P line. I think Smith did a good job when they came out with the M&P line and they've expanded significantly throughout the years. Huge fan base here and I've had this one for about three years now and it has performed very well for me. And it continues to. Nice handgun and I think it has proven itself throughout the years. But over here we've got the Canik TP9 SF Elite. What I like about this and it also has 15 round mags is that it offers a little more. Now the grip texturing is nowhere near as aggressive. This has interchangeable back straps but what I like about it is the trigger in particular. It has a 4.2 inch barrel as I mentioned, a trigger bar safety and they're opposed to the hinged trigger but a 4.5 pound trigger pull. The trigger bar safety is red so that's kind of cool. It has a fiber optic front sight, black serrated rear sight. It also has a rail. This has forward serrations. The M&P really doesn't have forward serrations. It has little grooves in there and there goes my mag. I just dropped. It's getting cold out here. I will tell you it is getting cold. Ambidextrous slide stop. It has a very simple takedown that I think is pretty cool. After pulling the trigger you just pull these tabs down and the slide just pops off like that. So it steps away a little bit. More and more models are like that but it does have a loaded chamber indicator bar and a striker indicator on the back plate of the slide. 28 ounces loaded or I'm sorry unloaded. 28 ounces unloaded. The M&P 9 Compact is 27 ounces unloaded. So you're looking at a very similar platform if you will type of handgun. I really like the way this fires. The TP9 SF Elite is a bit less expensive. Now I did a search prior to coming out here and I found that the snow covered M&P 9 Compact is selling for right around $500 now. Now a year and a half ago or so it would have been $400. This is currently selling for right around $400, a little bit less, maybe $370. This is selling for $500. So is it worth it? I find them both to be quality made handguns and if I were to get political about this, I'm going to blow my cover off here, if I were to get political about this I would say I would take the M&P 9 Compact all day long. American made, quality, manufacturer, no doubt about that. But if I stayed out of politics I would go with the Canon TP9 SF Elite. I shoot it I think a little bit better. I like the fiber optic front sight and I like the trigger better than the hinge trigger with the M&P 9. Both excellent handguns, happy to own both. My question for you is which one would you take? If you like videos like this please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.