In case you were expecting a glowing report where everything worked great out of the box. This isn't one of them!
That said, there is a very happy ending to what could have been a tale of woe.
About a year ago, I ordered a Mid-Size version of the Armscore/RIA/Tanfoglio MAP1. A pistol I had found hard to come by and wanted very badly.
Mid-Size Version of the Tanfoglio/Armscore MAP1 9mm with the Pachmayr Cz75 Finger Groove Grip installed.
Shown here with a Mec-Gar AFC Cz75 17 round Magazine installed
Everything seemed to go wrong from the start. The Distributor took his sweet time shipping the Pistol, and shipped the wrong Pistol, twice.
After about two months of wrangling, it finally arrived.
Got it home, field stripped it, cleaned and lubed it. Then headed to the Range with 200 rounds of commercial store bought 9mm.
From my experience with it's larger full size sibling, a MAP1 FS, I expected the supplied Factory Magazines to be junk, and they were.
Wouldn't feed hardball for anything. Fortunately, I also knew that MecGar Cz75B Magazines would work, and they did.
The Pistol started to feed well. Unfortunately, I was still getting a failure to extract about every 4th or 5th round fired.
Did not matter what brand of ammunition I fed it and I won't tolerate ammunition sensitivity in my handguns, anyways.
Then, I got busy with all sorts of other domestic projects and even other handguns, so this Pistol sat in the bottom of my Gun Vault for almost a year and a half, and you never read a Range Report from me on it, because of that.
Then, last Spring, my Nephew and his Wife come for a visit and want to go to the Range to shoot. Naturally, Uncle provides Guns, Ammunition, and later Steak Dinner.
They go through a few of my 9mm and .45 Pistols and enjoy themselves. However, during our Range Session, the Full Size MAP1 starts failing to extract and is quickly put off to the side.
Now I've got two all steel 9mm paper weights on my hands!
Later on, I pull the Extractors from both Pistols, and inspect everything. Everything looked good and well made. Nothing I would bother to even polish.
In the past, I dealt with the similar issues on my pre-B Cz75, by replacing the Extractor and Spring, but in this case, I could not fault the Extractors at all.
Enter the Internet and Wolff Gunsprings. During one of my Internet surfing sessions, I found that Wolff Gun Springs made extra power Extractor Springs for
Cz75 and Cz75 pattern Pistols. Ordered a package of them, and installed them upon arrival.
Headed for the Range with 400 rounds of aluminum cased Federal Champion and both Pistols. Shot 200 trouble free and accurate rounds through both Pistols.
After both Pistols were 100 rounds into the session, I started doing drills and steel plates. Nothing at all to worry about!!!
During another Range Session, I put Winchester PDX and CCI Gold Dots though both, without issue.
Now, instead of two paper weights, I have two more handguns that will serve me well!
Armscore/Tanfoglio MAP1 Full Size and Mid Size 9mm Pistols with Pachmayr Cz75 Grips and Mec-Gar AFC Cz75 17 round Magazines
