Description
The Rival-S put a stainless steel frame under a striker fired pistol at a price that did not require a second mortgage, and this version removes the last job left to the buyer. The Canik SFx Rival-S MO2 Chrome 9mm arrives with a MeCanik MO2 red dot fitted and the fiber optic irons still in place underneath. Nearly three pounds of pistol with a dot already zeroed is about as close to match ready as a factory gun gets.
Steel Frame, Optic Already Fitted
Weight is the reason this platform exists. A stainless steel frame brings the gun to 42.72 ounces empty, roughly fifty percent heavier than a polymer competitor, and that mass sits low and central rather than out at the muzzle. The result is a pistol that barely moves under recoil and returns to the same place shot after shot, which is exactly what a dot wants.
The MeCanik MO2 optic ships mounted, which matters more than it sounds. Choosing a dot, matching it to a plate and mounting it squarely is where a lot of shooters stall, and doing it wrong costs accuracy. Here the work is done and the slide is still plate based, so switching to a different optic later is a plate change rather than a new slide.
The trigger is a flat face aluminum trigger with the short reset Canik is known for, and three magazine release extensions plus three backstraps ship in the case so the controls can be fitted to your hand rather than accepted as delivered.
Sights, Grips And What Is Included
Irons remain underneath the dot rather than being deleted. A fiber optic front sight sits against a click adjustable rear, so the gun can be zeroed precisely on irons and used that way if the optic ever fails or the division requires it. A spare fiber rod is included, which is a small thing that becomes important the first time one snaps.
The chrome finish over a stainless frame is deliberately loud, and on this version the grip panels follow the Rival-S house style rather than the rosewood used on the plain chrome model. Either way the gun stands out on a table at a match, which some shooters want and others will find distracting.
Case contents are extensive: a travel case, two 18 round magazines, an E Z loader, an external magwell, a holster, a punch, a tool kit, a cleaning kit, spare fiber, additional optic plates, three backstraps, three magazine release extensions and a lock.
Canik SFx Rival-S MO2 Chrome 9mm Specifications
- Caliber: 9mm Luger
- Capacity: 18 rounds, two 18 round magazines included
- Barrel length: 5 inches
- Overall length: 8.09 inches
- Height: 5.75 inches
- Width: 1.41 inches
- Weight: 42.72 ounces unloaded, before the optic
- Frame: stainless steel, chrome finish
- Action: striker fired, semi automatic
- Optic: MeCanik MO2 fitted from the factory
- Trigger: flat face aluminum
- Front sight: fiber optic, spare rod included
- Rear sight: click adjustable
- Optic compatibility: Shield RMSc, Trijicon RMR, Canik ONYXc and PHANTOMc, ONYX XL, PHANTOM, Delta Point Pro, Vortex Venom
- Included: travel case, external magwell, holster, loader, tool kit, cleaning kit, 3 backstraps, 3 magazine release extensions
Canik lists the Rival-S in chrome and in a black Darkside finish, with or without the MeCanik MO2 fitted, and with rosewood grip panels on some chrome variants. The polymer framed SFx Rival is the lighter and cheaper alternative if the steel frame is more weight than you want to carry through a match.
Why Buyers Choose The Canik SFx Rival-S MO2 Chrome 9mm
A steel frame and a mounted dot together would normally push well past a thousand dollars, particularly in the 2011 world where this kind of weight usually lives. The Canik SFx Rival-S MO2 Chrome 9mm gets there at a striker fired price and with striker fired maintenance.
Buying the optic bundled is almost always cheaper than buying it separately, and it removes the mounting problem entirely. For anyone whose first dot this is, that is worth more than the price difference.
And the accessories are still included rather than upsold. An external magwell, a holster, spare plates, backstraps and magazine release extensions arrive in the case, so the pistol is genuinely ready to compete without a follow up order.
Who Should Buy The Canik SFx Rival-S MO2 Chrome 9mm
This is a competition pistol for Carry Optics, steel and similar disciplines, and for high volume range shooters who value how little a heavy gun moves. It is also a sensible first dot gun because nothing needs mounting. At 42.72 ounces the Canik SFx Rival-S MO2 Chrome 9mm is far too heavy for concealed carry, so look at the METE MC9 family for that, and anyone wanting the same layout with less weight should compare the polymer framed SFx Rival.
Full manufacturer specifications for the Canik SFx Rival-S MO2 Chrome 9mm are published by Canik on the official product page. Browse more Canik pistols and competition guns in our handguns category.
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