I have shot my CZ 75B SA in two IDPA matches in two consecutive weeks in two very different states!
A week ago I had the opportunity to shoot at Linden Sportsmans Club, in Linden, MI. We shot five stages, approximately ninty founds of pistol ammo. They even had a couple of shotgun tagets and rifle targets complete with club loaned rifle, shotgun and matching ammo. The stages were easy to understand yet challenging to complete. Each of the five stages had it's own range safety officer that stayed on that part of the range. Flights of shooters moved from stage to stage easily and very efficiently. Each flight supplied a score keeper or two.
Ladies and gentlemen, this was the most friendly, safe and well run matches that I have had the privilege to attend and I can whole heartedly recommend it to you should you have a simular chance.
My new to me CZ 75B SA ran flawlessly. (The gun that is! I had several magazine failures.) I am a fairly new shooter in the IDPA discipline so I move and shoot very slowly. I work on accuracy and fluid motion.
This pistol is the best shooting, most natuaral pointing pistol that I have ever shot! Several shooters made comments like, "Great shooting!" and "I would not want him shooting at me."
I only dropped seven points all day! Five of those came from a "round left in the magazine".
We were shooting six round dumps into three targets. One target was to be engaged free style with six rounds. That is to say that you could hold the pistol and shoot using both hands. Another target was to be engaged with six rounds using only the strong hand. The other target was to be engaged with six rounds using only the weak hand. Magazines were down loaded to only six rounds.
The left target was about seven yards away. The center target was about fifteen yards away. and the right target was about seven yards away.
I shot the right target first using my strong hand. The pistol went to slide lock, and I ejected the magazine. I shot the second, more distant center target free style. The pistol went to slide lock and I ejected the magazine. I shot the left target using my weak hand. The pistol went to slide lock. I showed the Safety Officer that my pistol was clear, I lowered the hammer and holstered the pistol.
My right target had five shot holes, tightly grouped right in the center. The safety officer scored the target as "one miss, five points down". The center, more distant target had six shot holes, center mass, not as tightly compressed as the first target. The safety officer scored the target as "zero points down". The left target had six shot holes, center mass but more widely dispersed. The safety officer scored this as "zero points down". Then a loaded round was discovered in one of the two magazines that I ejected. There was some discussion as to whether or not to assess a penalty for a dropped loaded magazine.
Other members of my flight suggested that I be given "zero points down" for the right hand target because of the accuracy of the rest of my shooting. I would not alow this! A compromise was struck. The "five points down" for the string would stand, and I would not be assessed further penalty because the pistol did go to slide lock on a down loaded magazine.
This is a great pistol and these were friendly and fair minded people to shoot with!
Yours,
Virginia Jake
