Sphinx pistols?

General Firearms Handguns - Semi Auto
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Great looking gun.

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Sorry to bump an old thread, but has there been any updates as to a release date for the full size model?

Another thing I wanted to ask: is it true that the lower frames are interchangeable? I know the SDP’s come with polymer lowers, but I heard there would be aluminum(?) and steel(?) drop in replacements. Does anyone know if this is true ? If so, I’d assume the serial numbers would be on the slide/upper half.

Thanks

23

I see that Tim with MAC has decided that he’s going to carry a Sphinx.

So, pardon the necro, but has anybody else shot one or heard anything about them?

Thanks!

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Wow, I forgot these these things even existed. I remember being really interested in them as a DA/SA semi auto, not being able to really find any info on them other than specs and then just completely forgot about them.

25

So far, I’m finding a heck of a lot more holsters for the Sphinx SDP than for, say, the Beretta 92G-SD.

G-Code and Safariland both offer holsters for it. And the Safariland offerings include ALS models for both the basic pistol and the pistol with an X300.

Safariland doesn’t even make an ALS holster for the P-07 for use with an X300 (SLS, yes).

It seems weird that at least one major manufacturer is making a significant number of holsters for a pistol that so few people have actually shot.

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Is it just me or does the SDP look like a pimped out P-07? Not in a bad MTV pimp my ride way, but a very tasteful version of a high end P-07. I wonder if it would work in the same holsters and if it would take the same mags?

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It’s not just you. In fact, I’ve read a few side-by-side reviews of the SDP and P-07.

So, armed with the knowledge granted by these reviews: The SDP magazines kinda work in the P-07. The P-07 magazines are too fat to fit in the SDP. In fact, standard CZ 75 magazines fit and lock into the SDP and are supposed to work, while they mostly work in the P-07: Think a P226 magazine in a P229-1.

While a leather holster for one might work for the other, Safariland - who use the same holsters for the HK45 and the P30L, the HK45C and the P30 - lists two different holster fits for the SDP and the P-07, so I would say that kydex holsters for the pistols are not interchangeable.

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Thanks for the info, do you know if the slide on the SDP is the same as the P-07 duty version, or the newer P-07. I have both and they are different, enough that kydex holster molded on the Duty version can be very tight when used with the newer (2014+) version. May we that’s why they list two separate holsters. I tell ya, if I had the money for it i’d be all over a SDP, it’s such a nice looking gun.

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The slides are very similar, but I doubt they’re similar enough for what it looks like you’re wanting to do with them.

30

Does anyone know of a source of night sights for the Sphinx?

31

Right now Tooltech is probably your best bet. They can simply install Trijicon vials in the issue sights.

32

Interesting to see that their prices have come down. At this point, there isn’t much difference in cost between a stock CZ with the upgrades from someone like Cajun Gun Works and what I am seeing on the Sphinx website. I’m not saying that one is better than the other, as I have never shot a Sphinx, but the price point at this time is pretty much the same.

33

I handled the Sphinx compact model. It was a nice pistol and exuded quality.

For someone looking for a compact DA/SA auto it is a viable option.

34

Does anyone know if they are ever going to bring in the manual safety equipped model here?

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I’m not sure what the deal with Sphinx is now- I was under the impression the real Sphinx recently folded and now Kriss is going to make them here in the USA but I am not 100% sure on that

It is a shame because I wanted to see their full size all steel competition oriented gun get made

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KRISS-USA’s website appears to indicate that the full-size SDP pistols are made in the US while most of the compact and “compact duty” pistols are made in Confoederatio Helvetica (Switzerland).

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I have a feeling that is just them failing to update the “older” models on the website but if true that makes no sense to me due to the import laws

38

I shot an AT2000 9mm a few years ago, and I have wanted one ever since. A friend has a stainless CZ75, and it might look like the Sphinx, but it’s nothing like it. The present models don’t interest me. But due to not having a lot of money to spend on a clone, I will probably buy a TriStar P120 long before I buy a Sphinx, or even a CZ.

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Thanks for the pic. How’s the thumb safety lever compared to the standard CZ75B? Always found the latter a bit small.

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I doubt it since they went bankrupt.