First off, hi everyone, thanks for the great forum and all the great info. I've been lurking here for a while, and finally decided to take the plunge and get an SP-01. After handling a few examples in shops, I decided to get the gun with competition hammer and slicked-up action from Ghost Products. I also had them put in the stainless drop free mag brake, and stainless guide rod. And a third mag.
They surprised me by unexpectedly shipping the gun way earlier than promised, which was almost a nice surprise, but also almost a SNAFU as I barely had time to pay down my CC to avoid major overlimit fees! Uh, all's well that ends well, I guess.
Got the gun and broke it down, cleaned the liberal coating of oil off, re-lubed lightly, and headed to the range.
Now, I should say that this gun is going to be my bedside and car gun, range piece, and SHTF sidearm. As such, I wanted a rail, (for TLR-2) total reliability, and good accuracy. This CZ is replacing a Sig 226 that, while reliable, has never been accurate enough for me to be really comfortable with.
First shot at 10 yards was a bull. Nice! I proceeded to shoot the best pistol group of my life, putting all 19 rounds into 8" standing, offhand, clustered evenly around POA. Yeah, I know that's not the world's greatest grouping, but I'm not the world's greatest shot, either...
Point being, the gun is more accurate than I am, shoots to POA, and that trigger is _sweet_. No creep, perfect break, and just enough weight to be light but not scary at 3lb, 11oz. DA is a smooth 8lb, 1oz, which is just fine for my purposes.
Shot 250 rounds of WWB, and not one malfunction of any kind. Didn't try any carry ammo, as I can't buy any right now so I'm hoarding what I've got. Moved out to 25 yards, and my groups opened up, but were still adequate to hit a torso at well beyond "self-defense" range.
At the end of the day, I went back to 10 yards, and put 13 rounds into 4", in a nice group centered on the bullseye of a shoot'n'see. Happy? Yeah!
Not being able to leave well enough alone, I got out the 400 grit and Dremel and polished up the feed ramp, chamber, and underside of the slide a bit. Gilding the lily in this case, but I've been trained by my Kel-Tecs to fluff 'n buff all new guns, and a polish can't hurt.
I'll be getting my TLR-2 today, supposedly, and I'll post further as I have more to say. Hopefully my shooting will improve now that I have something accurate to shoot with, too! For now, I think I made a great choice and got a great gun.
Cheers,
apophasis
Any CZ folks in the 505, drop me a line!
Sig 226 for sale, with holster wear,
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