wally
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Picked up a CZ RAMI 9mm at last Saturday's gun show. Great little gun, about the size of my Kahr P40 although quite a bit thicker, but not nearly as thick as the Beretta 9000S I also considered. Since it weighs empty ~1/4 lb more than my P40 does fully loaded, I chose the 9mm over the .40 S&W since I'd likely never carry it, simply another gun to satisify my lust for guns smaller than normal for their caliber.
Anyways, it functioned 100% out of the box with Wolf 115 gr FMJ and my Hard Cast lead TC reloads. Only problem was when I tried 145gr Sliver Bear JHP -- these were not reliable. Basically the second or third shot would "nose dive" and fail to feed catching on the feed ramp. After dropping the mag, pushing the round back to its normal position in the mag, it and the remainder of the shots would always work. Seems like a pretty classic "weak mag spring" issue to me which I have fixed with Wolf "extra power" mag spring replacement on another gun (FEG RP9K). Never had a problem when I only put 5 rnds in the mag.
The RAMI is too new for Wolf to have extra power replacement springs. I like the Silver Bear as its very accurate for the price ($80/1000 at a local gun show) and has worked well in my other 9mm guns up to now. I'm curious if other 9mm RAMIs work with 147 gr ammo, which is what I'd want to use if for some reason I decided to carry my RAMI, but as I said, if this was the plan I'd have gotten the .40 version instead.
--wally.
Anyways, it functioned 100% out of the box with Wolf 115 gr FMJ and my Hard Cast lead TC reloads. Only problem was when I tried 145gr Sliver Bear JHP -- these were not reliable. Basically the second or third shot would "nose dive" and fail to feed catching on the feed ramp. After dropping the mag, pushing the round back to its normal position in the mag, it and the remainder of the shots would always work. Seems like a pretty classic "weak mag spring" issue to me which I have fixed with Wolf "extra power" mag spring replacement on another gun (FEG RP9K). Never had a problem when I only put 5 rnds in the mag.
The RAMI is too new for Wolf to have extra power replacement springs. I like the Silver Bear as its very accurate for the price ($80/1000 at a local gun show) and has worked well in my other 9mm guns up to now. I'm curious if other 9mm RAMIs work with 147 gr ammo, which is what I'd want to use if for some reason I decided to carry my RAMI, but as I said, if this was the plan I'd have gotten the .40 version instead.
--wally.