The 97 I bought new last year from Buds was cosmetically good and had a surprisingly good trigger out of the box. There is a small, almost unnoticeable dull area in the finish on the frame. It cycles nearly any bullet style. As has been noted, the stock screw-in barrel bushing is a weak spot in the design. My original bushing wouldn't quite index to be tight in the slide so there was some play. I bought an extra bushing to try which was a little better so I shot it like that for the last year and noted the groups opening up some. Last time cleaning the gun I tried the original bushing and BINGO! It indexed so a very light pull with the factory bushing wrench gave me a notch perfectly lined up with the spring plunger. There is now no detectable play in the barrel/bushing area.
This pistol had been acceptably accurate with a loose-ish bushing, as good as my most accurate striker fired 45. I did some bench resting last week with the 97 and the tight bushing. All tested loads grouped much better and some loads were as accurate as my best 1911. Obviously the bushing threads in the slide have been "worked" in some. With the bushing now tight enough to allow only limited, if any, barrel/bushung movement, I'll continue to shoot it as is. I'm expecting it may stay tight now but if it doesn't, the other bushing might then work. I will send the slide to Cajun for the bushing mod if I can't keep a tight CZ bushing in it.
