Let's connect the dots here .... Mil Spec NATO ammo is designed to function in standard NATO issued firearms such as a Beretta M9, Browning Hi Power, CZ 75b, etc. Notice something? Nearly all 9mm military pistols are hammer fired. NATO spec ammo typically has less sensitive primers to prevent "slam fires" so it requires a stronger hit to detonate. 9mm NATO ammo is manufactured in just about every NATO country in the world and is supposed to be made to the same set of NATO specifications. Turkish made ZQI 9mm ammo is a civilian version of 9mm NATO ... made in the same factory, probably with the same powder, bullets, and primers so I would expect it to be virtually identical to 9mm NATO. If you have ever fired American made mil-spec ammo with headstamps that include a 2-digit year of manufacturer ... ie WCC 03 or FC 89 (date code will obviously change) it is loaded to the same specs as GI ammo, also with less sensitive primers.
Try this simple test: find a new wood pencil with a new eraser. Drop it down the barrel of an empty hammer fired pistol .... eraser first. Point the muzzle straight up, cock the hammer, and fire. The pencil will launch several inches ... probably enough to clear the barrel. Repeat the same test with a striker fired pistol. Chances are the pencil will not move more than an inch or two. What does this tell you? Hammer fired pistols strike primers with considerably more authority. No doubt, there may be exceptions but in nearly all cases, a hammer provides better primer ignition than a striker.
So .... if you own a striker fired pistol, do the above test and if the pencil doesn't almost clear the barrel, you should use US brand name commercial ammo with more sensitive primers ... not Mil-spec.
