Taran Tactical Sand Viper

The Sand Viper is one of Taran Tactical Innovations' best-known pistols. It's built as a 2-Gun and 3-Gun pistol, and it has taken the overall win at the USPSA 2-Gun Nationals. It's a 9mm 2011 built to shoot extremely flat, finished in a warm Coyote Bronze.

This package comes with a Trijicon SRO. Up front is a 5-inch match-grade barrel with a DLC coating, paired with a large single-port compensator. The slide is highly polished and coated in Coyote Bronze DLC, and the frame gets the same finish. The look is unmistakable.

The trigger breaks at 1.75 to 2.25 pounds. TTI uses an Extreme Engineering fire control group with a light speed hammer, an ultra-low-mass sear, a match disconnector and a titanium hammer strut. The grip is TTI's Phantom grip with an ergonomic beavertail.

The slide has a precision optic cut for the Trijicon RMR or SRO, set ultra low. This package includes a Coyote Brown Trijicon SRO, so the optic matches the gun. TTI also includes two 126mm magazines and one 140mm magazine, all with 4mm TTI base pads.

The lead time is six to eight months, which tells you these aren't pulled off a shelf.

If you want a flat-shooting 2011 with a finish nobody will mistake for anything else, the Sand Viper is a statement piece that's also built to win matches. It's the kind of pistol that draws a crowd at the range, and it backs up the looks with how it shoots.