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It's taken me a while, but I've finally found the right 9mm pistol for me, I've gone through the following;
Taurus PT-99AF; was generally reliable, but would stovepipe at least once or twice per range trip, where I put about 100 rounds downrange per trip, it was also not as accurate as I liked, it was fine at around 7 yards, but anything beyond 20 yards took on a "shotgun-esque" style pattern
It was traded for a....
Tanfoglio Witness; the Witness was *far* more accurate than the Taurus, it could reliably shoot one and two holers at 7 yards, and at 20-25 yards, 1-2" groups were possible and repeatable, the problem was, it had FTF issues, at least twice to three times per mag, the slide would refuse to go into full battery, I'd have to tap it closed, I polished the feed ramp, cleaned the gun and the mags, it reduced the FTF issues but didn't eliminate it, on top of that, when I went to the EAA website, my Witness was one under a recall for firing pin problem
Yes, I could have sent the gun to EAA, replace the recoil spring with a stronger spring, but I was generally unhappy with this gun, so I decided to give another gun a try
It was traded for a....
CZ 75B; this, like all my previous guns, was used, but in great shape, it was a little dirty when I bought it, but it cleaned up nicely , I polished the feed ramp, and took the mags I had bought for the Witness (they were CZ-75 mags anyway) to the range today, expecting to be dissapointed again, given my luck, the only pistol I'd been happy with had been my .45 ACP Glock 21 with the 3rd gen OD frame (love that gun, LOVE the .45)
What can I say, the CZ performed brilliantly, it was even more accurate than the Witness, at 7 yards, I was able to put all 15 rounds into one half-dollar sized hole, at 20 yards, I could shoot 1/2 to 1" groups, and it fed flawlessly, absolutely *NO* FTF issues, in fact, no issues at all, it was almost Glocklike in that regard, pull the trigger, it goes *bang*, no FTF, FTE, stovepipes or anything, 100% reliability, even the two mags that were FTF'ing in the witness fed with 100% reliability
Normally, I tend to shoot 50-100 rounds out of my 9mm and .45 at the range, due to the expense of ammo, but the CZ 75 was the first 9mm I actually had *FUN* with, expense be dammned, it just felt right, it felt natural, like it was custom made just for me, I shot off my 15 rounds of GDHP that I had been feed testing in the Witness, as I didn't feel safe using ammo that had been fed and refed multiple times as SD ammo, so I fired them off to test the 75 for feed issues
no issues...
I actually had *ALL* my 9mm ammo in the car, as last night, when I was fed up with the Witness, I was contemplating on just giving up on 9mm entirely and going with .45, I was going to sell off all my 9mm if I didn't find the right 9mm that night....
So after the flawless 15 rounds of Speer GDHP, I went back to the car, and grabbed a couple 50 round boxes of 9mm, and went back to continue shooting, thinking I'd just fire off one of the boxes and call it a day (well, morning, actually, I had a car appointment at 11 AM), I had so much fun with the first box of 9, that I shot off the other box, great accuracy, and not a FTF, FTE, or any issues at all
I went off to my car appointment, and on the way back home, stopped into wally-world, picked up a 100 round box of WWB in 9 and .45, and drove home, stopping off at my gunstore to pick up some replacement targets, and another 100 rounds of 9mm and 50 rounds of .45 (it was on sale)
As I was driving home, I had the urge to go back to the range, after all, I had some new targets to test out, a great new gun, and 770 rounds of ammo in the trunk (750 ball rounds and 20 Speer GDHP) and I was tempted to shoot it *ALL* today I resisted the urge to shoot up my entire stash though...
I set up the new target, and ran another 100 rounds through the gun, once again, 100% flawless performance, so far, I've put 215 rounds through the gun and had absolutely no problems with it, and was reliably grouping 3/4" to 1" groups at about 20 yards
I *LOVE* my CZ-75B, Resistance is Futile, I am part of the CZollective now
Taurus PT-99AF; was generally reliable, but would stovepipe at least once or twice per range trip, where I put about 100 rounds downrange per trip, it was also not as accurate as I liked, it was fine at around 7 yards, but anything beyond 20 yards took on a "shotgun-esque" style pattern
It was traded for a....
Tanfoglio Witness; the Witness was *far* more accurate than the Taurus, it could reliably shoot one and two holers at 7 yards, and at 20-25 yards, 1-2" groups were possible and repeatable, the problem was, it had FTF issues, at least twice to three times per mag, the slide would refuse to go into full battery, I'd have to tap it closed, I polished the feed ramp, cleaned the gun and the mags, it reduced the FTF issues but didn't eliminate it, on top of that, when I went to the EAA website, my Witness was one under a recall for firing pin problem
Yes, I could have sent the gun to EAA, replace the recoil spring with a stronger spring, but I was generally unhappy with this gun, so I decided to give another gun a try
It was traded for a....
CZ 75B; this, like all my previous guns, was used, but in great shape, it was a little dirty when I bought it, but it cleaned up nicely , I polished the feed ramp, and took the mags I had bought for the Witness (they were CZ-75 mags anyway) to the range today, expecting to be dissapointed again, given my luck, the only pistol I'd been happy with had been my .45 ACP Glock 21 with the 3rd gen OD frame (love that gun, LOVE the .45)
What can I say, the CZ performed brilliantly, it was even more accurate than the Witness, at 7 yards, I was able to put all 15 rounds into one half-dollar sized hole, at 20 yards, I could shoot 1/2 to 1" groups, and it fed flawlessly, absolutely *NO* FTF issues, in fact, no issues at all, it was almost Glocklike in that regard, pull the trigger, it goes *bang*, no FTF, FTE, stovepipes or anything, 100% reliability, even the two mags that were FTF'ing in the witness fed with 100% reliability
Normally, I tend to shoot 50-100 rounds out of my 9mm and .45 at the range, due to the expense of ammo, but the CZ 75 was the first 9mm I actually had *FUN* with, expense be dammned, it just felt right, it felt natural, like it was custom made just for me, I shot off my 15 rounds of GDHP that I had been feed testing in the Witness, as I didn't feel safe using ammo that had been fed and refed multiple times as SD ammo, so I fired them off to test the 75 for feed issues
no issues...
I actually had *ALL* my 9mm ammo in the car, as last night, when I was fed up with the Witness, I was contemplating on just giving up on 9mm entirely and going with .45, I was going to sell off all my 9mm if I didn't find the right 9mm that night....
So after the flawless 15 rounds of Speer GDHP, I went back to the car, and grabbed a couple 50 round boxes of 9mm, and went back to continue shooting, thinking I'd just fire off one of the boxes and call it a day (well, morning, actually, I had a car appointment at 11 AM), I had so much fun with the first box of 9, that I shot off the other box, great accuracy, and not a FTF, FTE, or any issues at all
I went off to my car appointment, and on the way back home, stopped into wally-world, picked up a 100 round box of WWB in 9 and .45, and drove home, stopping off at my gunstore to pick up some replacement targets, and another 100 rounds of 9mm and 50 rounds of .45 (it was on sale)
As I was driving home, I had the urge to go back to the range, after all, I had some new targets to test out, a great new gun, and 770 rounds of ammo in the trunk (750 ball rounds and 20 Speer GDHP) and I was tempted to shoot it *ALL* today I resisted the urge to shoot up my entire stash though...
I set up the new target, and ran another 100 rounds through the gun, once again, 100% flawless performance, so far, I've put 215 rounds through the gun and had absolutely no problems with it, and was reliably grouping 3/4" to 1" groups at about 20 yards
I *LOVE* my CZ-75B, Resistance is Futile, I am part of the CZollective now