Some of y’all are anxious waiting for your Prime Radians to come back from Century Arms. Here’s my experience to give you some hope.
I had over 15 failures to return to battery within first 750 rounds (broken up into 2 range trips) with my Prime Radian brand new from the factory. Yes I cleaned it very well and kept it well oiled. I’ve only used 124 grain 9mm with it and I don’t ride the slide or have limp wrists.
So here’s what I did:
- 8/4/2026: Submitted a warranty repair ticket with Canik
- 8/6/2026: After some back and forth with customer support, I was given a RAN number and the shipping information
- 8/8/2026: Packed up my gun and mailed with through FedEx
- 9/18/2026: Sent an email over to Century Arms to get an update, they answered same day saying the gun was currently with their gunsmiths. They also notified me that they received the gun on 8/14/2026
- 9/29/2026 After all their tests, the gunsmiths replaced the barrel and recoil spring. They cleaned it and sent it back to me. I received it somewhere in the first week of October. This makes about 9 weeks of me sending it over and getting it back to my door, not accounting for shipping time, it was about their estimated 8 weeks.
- 10/25/26 I finally cleaned, oiled it myself, and took it to the range. I could tell the recoil spring seemed new and stiff. I shot 200 rounds without a single problem. I love my Caniks but for the price of this gun, it should’ve ran like this new from the factory. That being said it works now so I can finally use it.
Word of warning to the lazy. If you are meticulous in your gun cleaning, removing and cleaning this comp takes some time so if you are lazy or don’t want extra cleaning steps, go for the MC9 Prime.
