Yea. I kept reading how all the top shooters are using SP01s, but I really like the no rail look. Plus, I wouldn't really have to do much trigger work to get a good trigger since no firing pin block!
I can't wait. I just set up the FFL transfer so hopefully that is all set by the end of the week. Then just a long 4 weeks before I can go home and shoot it!
I've bought a lock box, cable lock, bore snake, FrogLube, Otis Pistol Cleaning Kit. Anything else I should get?
I'm probably gonna order another SentrySafe so I can store the gun without being suffocated by foam.
A holster wouldn't be a bad thing to have, I am well pleased with the BladeTech OWB line with TekLok.
If you want to go hog wild you could buy the extended firing pin, rami 2075 firing pin spring, and a 13# mainspring. And a Stainless Steel magazine break from CZC. Since it's a range gun maybe the Cajun OEM correct fiber optic front sight. Those are really nice. The hammer and disco will make the trigger top shelf with some judicious polishing, but the springs will get you a good bit of the way there. If you do buy some internals buy a roll pin punch set and a mallet with a non marring tip (harbor freight sells one with 1 steel head and 3 varying density rubber heads you can screw on)
My personal favorite oil is now officially motor oil. I found an old can of 3 in 1 3w20 in my toolbox my father gave me and gave it a shot. It stays put longer/better than the other stuff I was using in the rails at least (Zero Friction and Slip2000 EWL).
You could visit Mr Greg Cote and pick up some of the 17 round anti friction magazines. Get the MecGar ones, they are a little nicer than the OEM magazines. The 17 rounders have a nice base pad that you won't have to change unless you want to and are only 3$ more per mag. I like to have at least 3 magazines for each gun personally. You might buy some of the plastic beretta base pads from him there or the CZ P01 rubber ones. The sheet metal base pads the gun comes with will dent and bend the first time they are dropped on concrete, probably not a concern for a stall shooter but a big concern should you ever shoot a match. I don't know the laws but you might be able to get some 10 rounders and be set for Illinois.
After a holster all you "need" is ammo and range time. Once you get it out and figure out which end sends lead down range and get good at not pointing that at yourself or others, maybe check out a USPSA or IDPA match. The sport itself is really fun but the group of folks who shoot it are really solid. Show up several weeks/months in a row and you can't help but make friends.
Finally the "5th law of gun safety for living with other people". Never ever place a loaded gun on a horizontal surface with ammo in the mag or chamber. The gun won't go off and is perfectly safe but people are not. This is especially important for when you start having kids and all of a sudden they are into everything.
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