Sphinx SDP9 Compact. Anyone ever shot one?
I have an opportunity to get a Sphinx for a reasonable price (friends with an employee). I've heard they are excellent guns. Reviews say easy to shoot, dead nuts accurate, pretty soft recoil, ultra reliable (Swiss engineering!) etc. They're also somewhat unusual, which kind of attracts me since everybody and their brother won't have the same gun at the range. But the problem is that I'd have to buy it sight unseen and having never shot one. That same relative rarity also makes them impossible to find for rental.
For comparison I'm also considering a Sig P229 (hammer) or P320 (striker). But living here in NH, Sigs are pretty common since they're made here. The discount I'd get on the Sphinx would put it within $100 of the Sigs prices at my LGS.
For reference, my only handgun right now is a Taurus PT92 (Beretta 92 clone) that is just a range toy. I have a permit, but the PT92 is way to big to carry, so I'm looking for something carry-sized. I've rented most of the usual suspects, M&P Shield, Glock, H&K, Springfield 1911, a S&W 357 wheel-gun... Some I liked (.357, 1911) some I didn't (Shield).
So anyway -- the question: what do you think of Sphinx? If you've shot one -- can you compare it with something more common? When the time comes, is it worth getting it sight-unseen?
I have an opportunity to get a Sphinx for a reasonable price (friends with an employee). I've heard they are excellent guns. Reviews say easy to shoot, dead nuts accurate, pretty soft recoil, ultra reliable (Swiss engineering!) etc. They're also somewhat unusual, which kind of attracts me since everybody and their brother won't have the same gun at the range. But the problem is that I'd have to buy it sight unseen and having never shot one. That same relative rarity also makes them impossible to find for rental.
For comparison I'm also considering a Sig P229 (hammer) or P320 (striker). But living here in NH, Sigs are pretty common since they're made here. The discount I'd get on the Sphinx would put it within $100 of the Sigs prices at my LGS.
For reference, my only handgun right now is a Taurus PT92 (Beretta 92 clone) that is just a range toy. I have a permit, but the PT92 is way to big to carry, so I'm looking for something carry-sized. I've rented most of the usual suspects, M&P Shield, Glock, H&K, Springfield 1911, a S&W 357 wheel-gun... Some I liked (.357, 1911) some I didn't (Shield).
So anyway -- the question: what do you think of Sphinx? If you've shot one -- can you compare it with something more common? When the time comes, is it worth getting it sight-unseen?