[Bill B.]

Anyone have one of these pistols and can give me some feedback as to where they fit in accuracy wise for bullseye shooting? How do they compare to the High Standards and the S&W .41?

[Standing Wolf]

A fellow I shoot bullseye with two evenings a week has an IZH .22 caliber match pistol, although I'm not sure of the model number.

He's much more accurate with it than I'll ever be with my pre-agreement Smith & Wesson model 41 or either of the Connecticut High Standards I shoot. His gun is horrendously ugly—nearly as ugly as my IZH air pistol, in fact—and seems to give him occasional failures to feed and extract. He said he chose it because it was the only pistol he could find with stocks to fit his hand, which is half again the size of mine. It doesn't lock open after the last round.

[jefmad]

Ishoot bullseye with a IZH-35 and accuracy wise I do believe that it is as accurate as anything else out on the market. It is not nearly as refined as the High Standard or Smith 41 but shoot just as well in my opinion. Just get your dremel tool out to get the grip shaped the way you want and you will love the pistol.

[Black Snowman]

I asked the guys at Denny's Guns here in KC about them and they swear by them and always keep one in stock.

[Sactown]

This is mine:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/p754004712c1e0ae1ac584cf4ead07097/f94aa849.jpg

It shoots really accurate. I haven't had any problems with mine. Feeding and extraction problems may be due to the magazines. Some of the springs can be weak so the rounds dont' get enough of a push up. The spare magazines I purchased from CDNN required minor fitting with a file (instructions included). Mine shoots the lights out. I shoot it better than my Trailside Target Competiition. The trigger is fully adjustable as well as the sear engagement. You need to blue loctite the screws on the shrouds otherwise they will work themselves loose. Did I mention it's accurate as heck? You can get Walther grips for the IZH from Neal Stepp at ISS. DJ Precision sells a new trigger and bottom mag release if you go with the Walther grips. They aren't pretty, but they can sure shoot.

[Bill B.]

Does the IZH 35 lock open on the last shot? Appreciate the replies and info.

By the way Sactown you have a great looking pistol! Are those the Walther grips?

[rick_reno]

A friend got one (on my recommendation) - he shot a few 100 pt. targets this past winter with his. We had some problems in finding ammo that was accurate and would cycle the gun - you might have to experiment to find ammo that works well. I think they compare well with the older HS's and SW's. The trigger is not as good as the high end guns (Hammerli/Pardini), but for the money spent it's more than adequate.

[gvass]

"Does the IZH 35 lock open on the last shot? "

NO!

The "walther" KSP200-labelled IZH35 had some manual hold-open button on the right side of the slide.

(The gun is a great bullseye target pistol for its price. Soviets won olympics medals with it. Not a plinker!)

[StephenT]

I've been looking around for one of these IZH35s without much success. CDNN used to list them in their catalog, I don't see them there anymore. Anyone know of a good source online and how much they cost? Thanks.

[gvass]

EAA webpage:
http://www.eaacorp.com/firearms/rifles/targetrifles/izh35/index.shtml

[DougCxx]

These guns shoot very well, at ~$400 they are the only low-priced real match gun available, you would have to spend up near $1000 to get anything else comparable. They appear crudely finished but have very good triggers and excellent in-hand balance and firing behavior, but benefit from some minor work out of the box.

--The canonical info site is the Pete Brunelli page: http://izh.petebrunelli.com/
...do note that the Pete Brunelli "scrapbook" page notes begin around 1998, when these guns were fairly expensive and rare. A few minor mechanical revisions have been done since then, so some of the problems and features mentioned there no longer exist. They do not have a last-shot-hold-open, as that is an American "tactical" affectation and these are not guns designed particularly for the American market---->which is why they have the real, actual fully-adjustable match triggers that they do.

--Some tuning tips also are in the "rimfire handguns" section of the RimfireCentral forum.
~

[Bill B.]

There are a couple of these: IZH 35's, on sale on the acution sites new for $405.00. There is one used for $950.00 that is labeled a IZH 35M. :what: Apprently it must shoot real good! :D