Dan Wesson vs. CZ Custom 9 mm

[Buck13]

Recently I sold both of my 10 mm pistols, which were cool but not working out for me. The EAA/Tanfo Hunter was nice off a rest, but I could not control my flinch when standing on my hind legs!

Looking to go down to a 9 mm. I don't really compete, just want something for casual Bullseye-type shooting with friends (we alternate between one- and two-handed stances, but both in boring old Bullseye match structure). I'm never going to be very good (you should see how much "essential tremor" I have...barf), but I'm somewhat serious about improving enough to stay ahead of my wife, if possible, who just took up shooting a few months ago and is improving rapidly! I doubt I'll get into any run-and-gun games, although stranger things have happened...

I abhor the common argument "the gun is more accurate than I can shoot," since even if I can only hold a 4" group at 25 yards, a gun that mechanically shoots 0.75" at that range is going to score me plenty more points than one that shoots 2". (A 0.75" shooter vs. a 1" shooter? Well, yeah, there maybe we're looking at diminishing returns.)

My current contenders are the Dan Wesson PM9 and the CZ Custom Accu Shadow Lite. Both are a few bucks more than my ideal price point, but not a problem if they pay off in performance. How do they compare in the following regards?

1. Mechanical accuracy, meaning what the gun does from a Ransom Rest.

2. Practical accuracy, meaning how much difference a barely halfway decent shooter is going to find between them because of things like trigger quality, recoil management, sight radius and other ergonomic factors.

3. Resale value, just in case I decide I made a mistake. The least important issue, but could be a tie-breaker.

 

[tarosean]

CZC
As nice as DW's are, they are still production guns built on an assembly line.

 

[Chuck R.]

I just bought a CZC Accu-Shadow Lite last month and have now shot it in a couple IDPA matches.

Can't compare it to a DW, but can compare it to one of my Les Baers.

The trigger is very, very, good. Still not 1911 good, but close. The reset is a little longer. The DA trigger is very good, smooth and light IAW the paperwork it's at 7.3 lbs and I believe it. It is a very accurate pistol, probably on par with my Baer, but I haven't bench rested it. Fit/finish is below my Baer, but it's a few hundred below that price point. Finish is "OK" already showing holster wear from dry firing and a couple range seasons and matches, but that's to be expected. I have changed out the front sight to a thinner one from Dawson Precision as I like more daylight for a gun used in action games. So far I haven't experience a malfunction, but I've only put about 600 rds through it since picking it up mid AUG.

Resale, who knows. Not really something I loose sleep over.

I looked hard at another Baer in 9mm, but I'm also going to use this pistol for 3Gun and didn't want to be limited by the 1911 capacity.

 

[greyling22]

I prefer the cz pattern guns to the 1911 by a long shot. If the accushadow is too spendy, maybe take a look at the tacsport or a witness elite limited. Heck, even the Sig 210 is nice.