The Ghost TR01 is a compact

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designed by Akdal Arms of Turkey. It was designed as a pistol for security and law enforcement personnel rather than the military market. The TR01 is very much like the

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and shares many similarities.

Design details

The Akdal has been designed with high ergonomic quality with a comfortable grip and well balanced weight. The TR01 uses a short recoil operated locking breech mechanism which is also seen in Glock 17s. The locking breech is based on the Glock 17's Browning model in which the barrel engages the slide with a single lug, entering the ejection window. The pistol utilises a pre-cocked striker, which takes some of the workload off the shooter by allowing the trigger to be pulled less to fire off a shot. The pistol has several safety mechanisms to prevent a

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or accidental discharge. These include a

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safety, a

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safety, decocking indicator and a chamber indicator. The rounds in the magazine are double stacked, which allows for twice as many rounds because there are two rows as opposed to the one in a single-stacked magazine. The sights for the pistol are fixed, but a

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can be fitted in front of the

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or in front of the ejection port for a

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sight. Finally, the

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is made of lightweight

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and the barrel has six right-hand rifling grooves.

Aftermath

The Turkish armed forces prefer to use the

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which has recently passed military trials and is in service with a few regiments. The TR01 was introduced in 1990 and continues to be produced.

References

{{reflist 9mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols Semi-automatic pistols of Turkey Short recoil firearms

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Aftermath

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