Type: Double Action
Caliber: 9x19mm Luger
Length: 8.2” (210 mm)
Weight unloaded: 2lbs. (995 g)
Barrel Length: 4.6” (118 mm)
Magazine: 15+1 rounds
Country of Origin: South Africa
The pistol is manufactured by a small arms division of the DENEL corporation.
The SP Stands for Service Pistol.
it uses a short-recoil operated, locked-breech action.
The frame is made from an aluminum alloy with the other parts made from steel.
The trigger is double-action with an exposed hammer and a frame-mounted ambidextrous safety that allows the shooter to carry “cocked and locked”.
(Cocked and locked: The pistol has a round in the chamber and the hammer cocked back and ready to fire with the safety on.)
The Vektor SP1 was designed as a improved model of the South African Z-88 (a copy of the Italian Beretta 92F pictured below.) The pistol is manufactured by a small arms division of the DENEL corporation.
