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CZ PISTOL CLUBS => CZ SP-01 and variants => Topic started by: Metal Wonder Nine Guy on February 19, 2022, 03:26:46 PM
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Just curious as to what made you folks pick a certain SP-01 over all the others. Did you like certain controls better, do you compete, etc.?
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I have a SP01 T and used it competitively in an IDPA season recently- it served me well. I prefer decockers over the safety only variants as I like the simplicity of just having to draw and fire, especially in IDPA games.
I have shot MS guns in my games, and have done well, but as I mostly shoot revolvers, striker guns and decocker SA/DA guns, it minimizes muscle memory for me.
That’s my story. I know others who have long history with 1911s and prefer MS SP01s. To each their own
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85 combat, then tatical right after….
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I like decockers so the tactical was my choice and I found a killer deal on it that didn't hurt!!
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Sp01 MS because it's the only one allowed retail in kommiefornia.
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My first CZ was a decocker and it just seemed right. Almost all my CZ's are decockers. I just shot my SP01 Tactical in a steel challenge match today. I had to retrain my brain and trigger finger for the 1st shot in DA. I shoot my TSO in USPSA the most so I'm most used to starting locked and cocked.
I wish CZ would make a shadow 2 orange decocker optic ready variant. I'd buy two. You could run it in production and carry optics and start decocked. Wouldn't have to manually lower the hammer at the make ready.
Cheers,
Toby
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My first CZ ever was my SP-01 Tac FDE. I knew nothing about CZ handguns at the time. A local gun shop got this FDE one in and I saw it in the case and asked what it was. The owner said just hold it. Well, I went home with it that day. In the end I prefer decockers, so it all worked out.
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It came with a threaded barrel
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The one thing that stood out the most on my very first CZ purchase was the price.....$376.00 OTD!!!!
And the rest is HISTORY!!! LOL!!!! ;D
https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=101014.msg780556#msg780556
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Sp-01 Tactical:
1) Wanted a decocker, not a manual safety
2) Wanted to be able to mount a light on it
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We had a "Sig" day for the ERT at the SO. However, due to my high grip I would interfere with their rearward located slide release and could not make the slide lock back on the last round fired.
Looked for a substitute and found the SP-01. The Chief Deputy would not allow a safety version on patrol and said it must be a decocker. So the tactical version was ordered.
Been with me through patrol, interdiction, ERT, and CID. Used a Safariland holster made for Glock 21 on patrol and had Blackpoint Tactical make a holster for it and a Surefire 300 with CID. Many thousands of rounds later I've never regretted my decision.
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We had a "Sig" day for the ERT at the SO. However, due to my high grip I would interfere with their rearward located slide release and could not make the slide lock back on the last round fired.
Looked for a substitute and found the SP-01. The Chief Deputy would not allow a safety version on patrol and said it must be a decocker. So the tactical version was ordered.
Been with me through patrol, interdiction, ERT, and CID. Used a Safariland holster made for Glock 21 on patrol and had Blackpoint Tactical make a holster for it and a Surefire 300 with CID. Many thousands of rounds later I've never regretted my decision.
Interesting to hear that you carry an SP-01 Tac on duty. Would love to see some pictures of your duty set up with it. That is great that the department let you go with the CZ. Was it kept all stock? Did you inspire anyone else to choose a CZ?
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I have two SP01 Shadows that I use for USPSA. Great pistols!
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1st CZ I got, I got it for the decocker and night sights, and it was a CZ.
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We had a "Sig" day for the ERT at the SO. However, due to my high grip I would interfere with their rearward located slide release and could not make the slide lock back on the last round fired.
Looked for a substitute and found the SP-01. The Chief Deputy would not allow a safety version on patrol and said it must be a decocker. So the tactical version was ordered.
Been with me through patrol, interdiction, ERT, and CID. Used a Safariland holster made for Glock 21 on patrol and had Blackpoint Tactical make a holster for it and a Surefire 300 with CID. Many thousands of rounds later I've never regretted my decision.
Interesting to hear that you carry an SP-01 Tac on duty. Would love to see some pictures of your duty set up with it. That is great that the department let you go with the CZ. Was it kept all stock? Did you inspire anyone else to choose a CZ?
No, it was not kept stock and all changes had to approved. The recoil spring is 14lbs and the hammer spring is 13 lbs. I currently work at a US Federal Ct. House but still reserve for the SO. In fact, I'll be using the rig below pictured with my Deputy vest and Omnivore holster this weekend on patrol. ERT photo shows a drop down Safariland holster for the G21.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/z318QRpAy6aBQ1T77
https://photos.app.goo.gl/GAgrLWqahkz5jnNi8
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vxt5TJRSskAxacAQ9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/R9uYBUsAEn5wiJzD6
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@dbarn
Very cool. Thank you for serving your community for sure! While I am not LEO, I am in the TX Army National Guard. A few years back the TAG authorized us to carry concealed on duty due to a rise in attacks on military back then. I have been carrying a CZ P07 since. Just FYI, if you send an email and photo to the CZ-USA LE/MIL department they will send you some cool swag and put your photo under the User Submissions section on the web page. Mine is the ODG P07 on there.
https://le.cz-usa.com/
They sent me a very nice coin and some decals:
(https://i.imgur.com/LVOCcWL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UvOZfaW.jpg)
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Awesome! Thank you sir for your service as well! I truly believe the excellence of CZ is highly underrated in the Mil/Leo community. Hoping that changes in the very near future and the excellence of these pistols as service weapons is given their due as they are in Europe. Thank you also for the link to CZ-USA. I’ll definitely send a photo. Best regards.
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Just curious as to what made you folks pick a certain SP-01 over all the others. Did you like certain controls better, do you compete, etc.?
There are many ways to look at your life/world and so forth.
some people wear blinders when it comes to choices and some need an act of god to get them to move...and even then, some wont budge..
I choose not to.
So i look at WHEN, not IF.
if not, then i may spin my wheels like you maybe doing trying to figure out what the "best" this or that to buy...
I just get one and work my way down the list... again, WHEN, not IF.
good luck
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I'm a de-cocker guy myself, so all of my CZ's are de-cocker versions. I also like to be able to suppress whenever I like, so I chose the suppresser versions in urban gray for my SP-01, P-01, and P-07. Love them!
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I decided to go with the Shadow version because I really like my 75b SAO Shadow
(https://i.imgur.com/6tKiAWd.jpg)
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I like decockers so the tactical was my choice and I found a killer deal on it that didn't hurt!!
I happen to like decockers as well and I was lucky enough to come across one at a gun show!
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I also use the SP01 Shadow for IDPA and USPSA, both iron and optics (changeable slides).
The feel and natural pointability off the gun are spot-on for me, very reminiscent of the Browning Hi-Power which I find to be the perfect grip. Nice solid weight being all steel for comfortable and steady shooting, low muzzle flip, but not cumbersome and too heavy...if anything its proportions are rather svelte. With tuning the double-action is light and smooth, and most importantly with the 'old style' 85C trigger the single-action break isn't so far back like with other DA/SA guns. And I can also use it as ESP in IDPA starting cocked-n'-locked.
On top of all that, it feels like it's built like a tank so it will take a beating and is easy to maintain. Just the perfect competition 9mm for me, and it fits me better than a Shadow 2. Only niggle is that it's a bit heavy in the holster when running around during multi-gun.
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First CZ was a beat up old 75B, built it up for USPSA and was hooked. Bought an SP-01 Safety model for HD and kept it stock for over a year. Bought an S2 and then promptly sold it because I knew I could build a better range gun out of the 01 (like the 75B upgrades). So did all that to the SP-01 and added a frame mounted C-more railway and threaded barrel and made it an open gun.
Then got into 97s. All of mine are safety models, I personally hate decockers and won't own one(same for glocks). Mainly because they are harder to tune from what I have heard. I carry shoulder holster 99% of the time that I do carry. But I work from home and don't get out a whole lot. I normally carry my SARP8L(75 copy) or 97B ready for double action, no safety.
Good luck with your pick and pics when it happens, I'm sure you will be happy with a CZ any way around.
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My choice was the SP-01 MS
I learned to shoot with John Browning designs (1911, Hi Power), and prefer having a manual safety. I don't mind decockers, I have a couple of pistols with them that I like just fine. But, when I have the option of a manual safety, I have always gone that way- even on my DAO P365X carry pistol.
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I went with the SP01 Shadow because it was, to my perception when I first got into CZs, the most accurate of the CZ75 family.
Almost 20 years after I got my 75B I decided to bite the bullet and get the Shadow 1 instead of paying half as much again for the Shadow 2 because I felt there was ZERO chance I would carry that thing, LOL.