Javier Traba Pistolas: https://www.youtube.com/@TrabaPistolas/videos
When the Colombian government wanted a locally produced service pistol for its military and security services, it turned to Indumil – the government-owned small arms factory. Indumil already had a license from IMI to produce Galil rifles (both the older AR and the new Ace), and they leveraged the tools and materials from the Galil into the new pistol. Named “Córdova” after
José María Córdova, a young military hero from Colombia’s (and Bolivia’s and Peru’s) fight for independence from Spain, the gun uses a modular fire control system in a polymer frame, with a slide design modeled in part from the IMI Jericho. It is a DA/SA, hammer fired, 9x19mm pistol with a Browning tilting-barrel locking system.
Production began in 2014, and has continued ever since with tens of thousands now made and in use by Colombian military and police units. This pistol has gone through several improvement cycles during that time and it is a quite good handgun, if not particularly unorthodox. In addition to the Standard (Estandar) model in the video, they also produce a compact model and a tactical model.
Many thanks to Indumil for giving me access to film in their factory, and to Javier for letting me use his Cordova!
It seems like the umpteenth variation of the Tanfoglio Force 99 (yeah, the Jericho is one). The pins that lock the frame to the firing group are still in the same position, and the The firing pin block still seems the standard Tanfoglio one (and IWI Jericho obviously), that works the other way round than what Ian explained. As long as the firing control group pushes it up, the weapon can’t fire. When trigger is pressed, the spring loaded block can go down, and the firing pin block is released. That way the trigger group doesn’t have to fight vs. the firing pin block spring, but it’s helped by it.
The way Ian explained is how the CZ75 firing pin block works.
“Where’s Ian?” is getting as extreme as “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”. Where next? I am voting for Mars to show off the latest Martian ray guns, hosted by Marty the Martian, of course.
I like the pistol being hammer fired. Glad to see a manufacturer willing to “buck the tread” when they think they don’t just have to do what everybody else is doing. And there is obvious attention to small details, like the rail cover and recessed crown.
Seems like a great pistol. Too bad it is not imported to the US. I wonder what the price in Columbia is.
I’m looking at this and mostly seeing a down-scaled Star Megastar.
That slide looks like a Jericho which has fallen victim to the modern designers’ trendy obsession with fractals being “hip” and “edgy”.
That forward-push magazine release is no sillier than the downward-push one on the HK USP.
As for that nine-round magazine, ten minutes’ work with a Dremel would remove those two “dents” and restore full 15-round capacity.
On the whole, I’d call it no better or worse than any other average DA/SA “wondernine” of a quarter-century ago. But there’s a reason most makers stopped making those a long time ago.
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eon
Probably the Colombians were weighing off the in the field demands against what they could produce reliable and locally and this is what they came up with. To me it looks like a decision by committee. Not necessarily bad but not really a home run either
What do you feel is lacking in the pistol? For the purpose for which it was designed, I don’t see anything that needs more bells and whistles. Ian said that the pistol had 10,000 rounds through it. And I am sure this was done under conditions other than a clean shooting range.
Ian has been showing lots of sexy new pistol designs. The are great to show off at the range or used in serious competitions. But would they survive being dunked into the muck every day?
Personally I have a mild fetish for striker-fired pistols. But as hinted above this scarcely amounts to a deal breaker. Like I said, given Colombia’s perceived needs there is no reason to pee on their parade
Isn’t the B in Spanish usually pronounced like a V? So his name change would leave him with the same pronunciation, which is mighty convenient!
They could also have said it was named after Gonzalo de Cordoba.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_C%C3%B3rdoba
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eon
It is as useful, not to mention good looking, as a lipstick on a pig.
This is a reply to Barts comment, replying me regarding stippling part, it got mixed up in eons post
Back home in Toadstomp Tennessee, I allus lip-sticked a pig before I kissed her. Seemed like good manners
Ok, I believe you, but please dont go kissin’ any toads!
Lipstick or not
“Variable; this is Knife. Over.”
Love it when Ian has a modern gun I’ve never heard of.
Someone mangled it with soldering iron, above the trigger.
That is stippling to let the shooter know that their finger is in the correct, safe position. This facilitates good trigger discipline.
Now THAT is a good idea. Wandering trigger fingers and poor muzzle discipline have me cringing at a whole lot of shooting vidz lately.One might not be able to teach idjits, but a few mechanical reminders might instill some wound-saving awareness
If one does not know what to do with his fingers or where should they go, maybe handling a firearm should not be for that person.
Think of it as a reminder to those learning. Properly handled, a gun does not absolutely NEED a safety either. Fallible gun handlers apparently do.