After shopping around for a p01 for many years and never seeing one in the shops except for one i passed on in od green (not crazy about all green guns), I finally stumbled across an all black one a couple of days ago in the used counter in like new condition. It’s also one that has the NSN on it which is just another cool factor. Funny thing is I’ve been after a p01 for a while now and saw this one used and kind of wanted to pass because i wanted to buy one new. So I decided that I would get either a colt lightweight commander or a Springfield range officer champion elite instead, because I’m also after a commander size 1911 as well (I know, it’s a sickness lol). I narrowed that choice down to the Springfield range officer elite champion because it not only was $60 cheaper than the colt, but after a fairly detailed comparison it also seemed to give better bang for my buck or value if you will. So I decided to go with the Springfield. So I told myself if anything out of the ordinary happens I’m just going to take it as a sign to get the Cz that I really wanted in the first place. Then low and behold the guy helping me came back and said “we don’t have any more in the back but we have the box for this display model if you still want it”. That was all I needed to follow my first instinct and go with the p01. Upon detailed strip at home I’d guess this Cz has probably less than 500 rounds through it, by comparison of my 75B when I had about that much through it. And it doesn’t seem to have been carried much or if so it was in a high quality holster because there is no holster wear or finish flakings/nicks on the aluminum frame. Aluminum frames seem to be a little less forgiving to show wear than others in my experience. All in all I’m extremely happy as I can be for not shooting it yet. Range review to follow when I can get there in a couple weeks. As a side note I will be purchasing that range officer champion elite in the future and possibly the sig p365. I could not believe how small that p365 was in hand for a 10+1/12+1 9mm handgun. Wow! Well anyway here she is.
