Type: Double Action Chamber: 9x19 Luger/Para Weight w. empty magazine: 720 g Length: 177 mm Barrel length: 100 mm Capacity: 13 (standard magazine) or 12 (compact magazine) rounds
9mm Vektor СР1 pistol was intended as a concealed carry weapon for police and civilian
public. Designed and manufactured by the Vektor, a small-arms division of the
South African military DENEL Corporation, it has an unusual, streamlined design with a polymer frame and an even more unusual safety, located at the front of the trigger-guard.
Introduced during the late nineties, it is still manufactured in limited numbers, mostly for export.
The CP1 uses a
gas- delayed blowback action with gas cylinder located below the barrel, design probably borrowed from the German
HK P7 pistol. Trigger is double action, striker fired.
Manual safety is located at the front of the trigger guard. To set on Safe, the
button must be pressed rearward from the front; to set on Fire, button must be
pressed forward from inside the triggerguard. Pistol also fitted with automated
trigger safety. Magazines are double stack; 12-round magazines are flush fit
with the bottom of the grip, 13-round magazines have extended finger rests at
the bottom.
The October 2000 issue of the American Rifleman, p. 25, has a recall
notice for the new South African-made Vektor CP1. The recall states
that the loaded gun can discharge if bumped or dropped. DO NOT LOAD
THE GUN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES