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Offline tacomandood

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First CZ, went for the full send!
« on: November 15, 2018, 10:40:27 PM »
Just picked this beauty up today. Got am amazing deal that I couldn?t deny.
Barely over a month old, and I?m loving the way it looks! Hoping to get some decent practice before it gets too cold to be shooting much.

Offline George16

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2018, 10:53:48 PM »
Congrats! You got the new TSO model with the shadow 2 extended safety and mag release pad.

You?re going to love shooting that gun. I know my wife loves to shoot my TSO with the big Cmore on it.

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2018, 11:14:36 PM »
Yeah, I almost didn?t go for it, but I hadn?t been able to find many of the newer models and figured this would be my best chance at the price I paid. I?m definitely liking the mag release here, it doesn?t dig into my palm like the older ones did. The extended safety is alright, but a little small to get a good hold of. Still, I?m loving the gun and can?t find much to complain about.
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Offline George16

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2018, 08:14:45 AM »
My TSO is an older model and I had to cut, grind, drill and tap the mag release to install the shadow 2 pad. It was worth it though.

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2018, 01:02:49 PM »
That?s a grand slam homerun. You?re going to absolutely love it! I?ve only had mine for a week and a half, and now can?t imagine not having one.
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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2018, 02:54:20 PM »
It?s freakin killing me having to wait until tomorrow to shoot it lol.

Went and picked up some ammo already, still need to get a good holster. Any recommendations from you guys? I?m thinking a DAA race-type holster, but I know there?s some other good ones out there. Planning on leaving the thumb rest on so it?ll probably be best to avoid kydex.

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2018, 09:53:02 PM »
It?s freakin killing me having to wait until tomorrow to shoot it lol.

Went and picked up some ammo already, still need to get a good holster. Any recommendations from you guys? I?m thinking a DAA race-type holster, but I know there?s some other good ones out there. Planning on leaving the thumb rest on so it?ll probably be best to avoid kydex.

I know the feeling very very well.  ;D

I haven?t looked into holsters as of yet, let me know what you find! I know some of the guys here have some nice race setups for the Oranges

Report back after you get her out and run her  8)
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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2018, 11:14:26 PM »
I randomly got a Saturday off (usually work them), and I?m probably going to take mine out for a run tomorrow also. Still trying to decide if it?s going solo, or with any of its siblings  :D
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Offline George16

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2018, 03:37:52 AM »
It?s freakin killing me having to wait until tomorrow to shoot it lol.

Went and picked up some ammo already, still need to get a good holster. Any recommendations from you guys? I?m thinking a DAA race-type holster, but I know there?s some other good ones out there. Planning on leaving the thumb rest on so it?ll probably be best to avoid kydex.

I?m using a DAA race master for mine. Just make sure you order the correct insert for your gun.

Looking at the picture, you have the old style trigger guard so want to order the Czechmate insert for either the DAA alpha X or race master.

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2018, 11:58:17 PM »
Looking at the picture, you have the old style trigger guard so want to order the Czechmate insert for either the DAA alpha X or race master.

Yeah I noticed that on the DAA site. I find it funny since this was manufactured just last month, yet it's using the "old" frame. I'll have to confirm with their customer service on which holster block to get, but I think you're right.. Aside from that, the gun shoots great!

Took it out today and put around 200 through it between me and my wife. First time shooting .40, but it felt almost exactly the same as shooting 9mm minor. Not sure if it's a combination of having a heavy gun plus thumb rest and all, but I was able to hit pretty decent groups on double taps and clear my 6" plate rack in good time. The gun just eats recoils for a ~178PF major load (factory 180gr ammo chrono'd at ~990fps). This is the first time I've had a gun this accurate out of the box too. I was only shooting at about 10-12 yards, but that thing would land exactly on my point of aim if I slowed down for a good shot. Very, very rarely does a bullet hole appear exactly where I'm aiming with my other guns. I'm talking like I put a bullet dead-center in the head A-box, first try. After throwing up some pasters, I aimed straight in the middle of a lone one and punched a hole right in the middle. It took me a little bit to get used to the sights, since the gap in the rear is a little tighter than I'm used to, as well as the front fiber optic being smaller than I'm used to. Got a little more accustomed to it after the first hundred though! Even the wife was hitting 6" plates at about 10 yards, and normally she can't hit the broad side of a barn lol.

Overall, I'm really loving the gun. The extended safety and thumb rest ended up being exactly where I lay my grip. The only things to change in the future is to tune my recoil springs, compare recoil buffers to see if they make a difference, and get some extended mag baseplates for matches. The recoil tuning will have to come after I finally get some .40 conversions to load on my 1050, but that's another $200+ investment I'm gonna have to make along with everything else for the gun lol.

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Re: First CZ, went for the full send!
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2018, 10:50:07 PM »
Glad to hear you?re loving it!!! Such an excellent, excellent pistol. It?s my first .40 also, and I couldn?t be happier with it.
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