Savage30L
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I took my new CZ P10C out to the range today for its initial run...here are a few impressions.
Before I left the house, I read the disassembly instructions, and field-stripped the pistol to see if the bearing surfaces had been oiled at the factory. They had. I must say, this is, by far, the easiest pistol to field-strip and reassemble, that I have ever encountered.
At the range, I discovered that the magazine spring is very stiff. I have arthritis in my hands and fingers, and I found it difficult to load more than 5 rounds into the magazine. I shot 2 mags of 10 rounds, then 4 mags of 5 rounds. My finger and thumb joints hurt toward the end. CZ ought to have included a loading tool with the gun; I'll check to see if my Ruger SR9C loading tool works with the CZ magazine.
The gun comes with 3 backstraps of differing thicknesses; the thinnest one is installed. Although I take an XL-sized glove, I found the grip too deep for my liking (funny how I didn't notice that at the gun store). The front of the trigger guard is designed to be gripped by the index-finger of the off-hand, but was out of my reach.
Speaking of the grip, the backstrap is textured with tooth-like molded-in rectangular projections; these are prominent, with very sharp edges, and they bit into the palm of my hand as I shot the gun. It was immediately uncomfortable; so much so, that, after 30 rounds, I decided to don a pair of heavy leather work gloves that I had in the truck, to see if that would make shooting more tolerable. It was here that I discovered something disturbing: while wearing the gloves, I could not depress the trigger enough to make the gun discharge, no matter how much pressure I applied. I attribute this, provisionally, to being unable to depress the trigger-safety sufficiently to allow the trigger to work, while wearing the gloves. I've never heard of this happening before, and would be interested in hearing if others have had that problem. I own only one other pistol with such a trigger (the aforementioned Ruger SR9C), and haven't attempted to fire it yet, while wearing gloves. This failure to function for a gloved shooter seems like it might disqualify this gun for winter use. And it might be confusing, leading to a potentially deadly situation (accidental discharge) for a novice shooter.
I might have to take some fine sandpaper to the back of the grip, to round off the sharp edges of those teeth. I'll try applying some friction tape as a stopgap measure.
The gun weighs very little. Recoil was quite sharp, in fact the most I've experienced in a 9mm. Ejection was correspondingly forceful; out of 40 rounds fired, I was only able to find about 10 of my empties! I guess the others were launched into the stratosphere. My ammo was 115-grain FMJ Blazer.
The gun was accurate, and the sights appear to be well-regulated. They are easily acquired. I get quite annoyed when a gun with fixed sights won't shoot to point-of-aim (which I often find with, for example, older military-type pistols). I note that the light weight leads to muzzle-wobbling, although practice will suppress this somewhat. I shot at 15 yards, and my groups were certainly acceptable for self-defense use, despite the trigger pull, which was heavier than I expected. The trigger is two-stage, and I found about 5/16" of take-up before the sear is engaged (again, more than I expected).
I had no failures to feed or eject. I had to stop shooting after 40 rounds, owing to the discomfort inflicted by those aggressive backstrap teeth, even though I had brought plenty of ammo.
Before I left the house, I read the disassembly instructions, and field-stripped the pistol to see if the bearing surfaces had been oiled at the factory. They had. I must say, this is, by far, the easiest pistol to field-strip and reassemble, that I have ever encountered.
At the range, I discovered that the magazine spring is very stiff. I have arthritis in my hands and fingers, and I found it difficult to load more than 5 rounds into the magazine. I shot 2 mags of 10 rounds, then 4 mags of 5 rounds. My finger and thumb joints hurt toward the end. CZ ought to have included a loading tool with the gun; I'll check to see if my Ruger SR9C loading tool works with the CZ magazine.
The gun comes with 3 backstraps of differing thicknesses; the thinnest one is installed. Although I take an XL-sized glove, I found the grip too deep for my liking (funny how I didn't notice that at the gun store). The front of the trigger guard is designed to be gripped by the index-finger of the off-hand, but was out of my reach.
Speaking of the grip, the backstrap is textured with tooth-like molded-in rectangular projections; these are prominent, with very sharp edges, and they bit into the palm of my hand as I shot the gun. It was immediately uncomfortable; so much so, that, after 30 rounds, I decided to don a pair of heavy leather work gloves that I had in the truck, to see if that would make shooting more tolerable. It was here that I discovered something disturbing: while wearing the gloves, I could not depress the trigger enough to make the gun discharge, no matter how much pressure I applied. I attribute this, provisionally, to being unable to depress the trigger-safety sufficiently to allow the trigger to work, while wearing the gloves. I've never heard of this happening before, and would be interested in hearing if others have had that problem. I own only one other pistol with such a trigger (the aforementioned Ruger SR9C), and haven't attempted to fire it yet, while wearing gloves. This failure to function for a gloved shooter seems like it might disqualify this gun for winter use. And it might be confusing, leading to a potentially deadly situation (accidental discharge) for a novice shooter.
I might have to take some fine sandpaper to the back of the grip, to round off the sharp edges of those teeth. I'll try applying some friction tape as a stopgap measure.
The gun weighs very little. Recoil was quite sharp, in fact the most I've experienced in a 9mm. Ejection was correspondingly forceful; out of 40 rounds fired, I was only able to find about 10 of my empties! I guess the others were launched into the stratosphere. My ammo was 115-grain FMJ Blazer.
The gun was accurate, and the sights appear to be well-regulated. They are easily acquired. I get quite annoyed when a gun with fixed sights won't shoot to point-of-aim (which I often find with, for example, older military-type pistols). I note that the light weight leads to muzzle-wobbling, although practice will suppress this somewhat. I shot at 15 yards, and my groups were certainly acceptable for self-defense use, despite the trigger pull, which was heavier than I expected. The trigger is two-stage, and I found about 5/16" of take-up before the sear is engaged (again, more than I expected).
I had no failures to feed or eject. I had to stop shooting after 40 rounds, owing to the discomfort inflicted by those aggressive backstrap teeth, even though I had brought plenty of ammo.
