Coming around full circle (Back to CZ)
When I first started carrying, my normal carry guns were either a SIG C3 1911, a SIG P220, or a CZ75B.
I had FTRB issues with the C3, so it fell from grace. The P220 was a bit bulky for an 8+1 gun. The CZ lasted quite a while.
Then I started playing around with polymers. Glock 30 and 21; S&W M&P45 and 45c; more recently, Walther PPQ and PPS. Light weight, high capacity, seemed like a pretty good deal.
But I've noticed in IDPA that the polymers are a bit more muzzle-flippy. This hadn't been a major issue, until this last week we were doing one stage that involved shooting through a "window" with a cross shaped frame in the middle. I hadn't realized quite how high my PPQ muzzle flipped, until that stage - had a couple FTRB, and realized my front sight was hitting the cross-frame during the muzzle rise, and affecting cycling.
Lessons learned:
1) Move back farther from the door, so that can't possibly happen;
2) Muzzle flip can affect more than just follow-up times.
So I broke down and ordered a new CZ75, to replace the one that I used to have - my best friend shot it one day, and loved it so much that I gave it to him...
Should receive my SP-01 Tactical in a day or two, and plan to run it at IDPA later this month. I will be curious to see how it compares.
When I first started carrying, my normal carry guns were either a SIG C3 1911, a SIG P220, or a CZ75B.
I had FTRB issues with the C3, so it fell from grace. The P220 was a bit bulky for an 8+1 gun. The CZ lasted quite a while.
Then I started playing around with polymers. Glock 30 and 21; S&W M&P45 and 45c; more recently, Walther PPQ and PPS. Light weight, high capacity, seemed like a pretty good deal.
But I've noticed in IDPA that the polymers are a bit more muzzle-flippy. This hadn't been a major issue, until this last week we were doing one stage that involved shooting through a "window" with a cross shaped frame in the middle. I hadn't realized quite how high my PPQ muzzle flipped, until that stage - had a couple FTRB, and realized my front sight was hitting the cross-frame during the muzzle rise, and affecting cycling.
Lessons learned:
1) Move back farther from the door, so that can't possibly happen;
2) Muzzle flip can affect more than just follow-up times.
So I broke down and ordered a new CZ75, to replace the one that I used to have - my best friend shot it one day, and loved it so much that I gave it to him...
Should receive my SP-01 Tactical in a day or two, and plan to run it at IDPA later this month. I will be curious to see how it compares.
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