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So I've posted before about my annoyance with my CZ SP-01 not consistently locking the slide back on the last round. A few posters here and elsewhere recommended changing the spring, but I wasn't having function issues and the gun was already chucking the brass far enough. I finally got around to contacting CZ and shipping the gun back to them so they could look at it. Why buy new if you don't use the warranty, right?
CZ has first rate customer service. I emailed them, they got back in touch quickly and send a fedex label for me to ship my gun in. They paid postage both ways, which is nice. I sent it over the holidays, and just got it back last week. There was an invoice inside that said warranty labor, no charge, but it didn't specify what labor was done. It also said that the gun locked the slide back 12 times in a row with the one Mec-Gar and one factory mag I sent in with the pistol.
I had a chance to finally test it yesterday. First mag locked back. Second one doesn't. Third doesn't. Fourth does. So on until I've gone through all 12 magazines I have for this. Um, okay. I guess it's not fixed. I reload the mags and try again. The ones that locked back now don't, and the ones that didn't now do. What is going on here?
Kinda pissed, I load up some magazines and go hammer on some steel, fast and heavy, and lo and behold I discover what the problem is. Mostly, I shoot one handed and focus on hitting things. I grew up the son of a bullseye shooter, so it's just how I operate. When I get a firm two handed grip and try hard to control recoil and get follow up shots, the gun functions fine and the slide locks back every time. I guess while shooting one handed, I kill enough of the action to prevent the slide from locking back, mostly because I don't fight the recoil very much.
So, will a lesser spring fix this?
ETA: The gun did not reliably lock back prior to service even when I did use a two handed hold and try to control the recoil. I shot it in a couple of matches, which is where most of my frustration came from. So they clearly changed something, then tested it and it worked fine. I am trying hard to like this pistol, but it's the little things about it that bother me.
CZ has first rate customer service. I emailed them, they got back in touch quickly and send a fedex label for me to ship my gun in. They paid postage both ways, which is nice. I sent it over the holidays, and just got it back last week. There was an invoice inside that said warranty labor, no charge, but it didn't specify what labor was done. It also said that the gun locked the slide back 12 times in a row with the one Mec-Gar and one factory mag I sent in with the pistol.
I had a chance to finally test it yesterday. First mag locked back. Second one doesn't. Third doesn't. Fourth does. So on until I've gone through all 12 magazines I have for this. Um, okay. I guess it's not fixed. I reload the mags and try again. The ones that locked back now don't, and the ones that didn't now do. What is going on here?
Kinda pissed, I load up some magazines and go hammer on some steel, fast and heavy, and lo and behold I discover what the problem is. Mostly, I shoot one handed and focus on hitting things. I grew up the son of a bullseye shooter, so it's just how I operate. When I get a firm two handed grip and try hard to control recoil and get follow up shots, the gun functions fine and the slide locks back every time. I guess while shooting one handed, I kill enough of the action to prevent the slide from locking back, mostly because I don't fight the recoil very much.
So, will a lesser spring fix this?
ETA: The gun did not reliably lock back prior to service even when I did use a two handed hold and try to control the recoil. I shot it in a couple of matches, which is where most of my frustration came from. So they clearly changed something, then tested it and it worked fine. I am trying hard to like this pistol, but it's the little things about it that bother me.
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