Picked up a new CZ P-01 today ...

[GaryArkansas]

... from Academy Sports. Its a 9mm compact, with an allloy frame, hammer forged barrel and two 14 round magazines.

The recoil spring is flat wound, which is a little different than my CZ 75B.

The decocker is better designed than the one on my Bersa Thunder 380. It pivots clockwise from the 3:00 position, and is a controlled decock. The Bersa is a counter-clockwise decock from the 9 o'clock position, with a more sudden release. The CZ can be easily decocked while holding the gun in a two-handed grip. The Bersa is far less user firendly in this regard, requiring a determined effort to decock from a two handed grip.

The P-01's grips are made out of a rubberlike material, which provides a more slip resistant surface than the 75B. The baseplate on the magazines are rubber as well.

The trigger is a bit on the gritty side, which I've come to expect from CZ. I'll have to decide whether I want to have the trigger stoned, or whether I just want to let time and a few thousand rounds smooth it out.

Overall, the ergonomics are way better than my CZ 75B. While the 75B is a quality pistol in every sense of the word, the P-01 is simply better. Its no surprise that the P-01 received a NATO serial number.

I can't wait to get this one out to the range.

 

[mons meg]

Give the trigger a few hundred rounds. My stock 75B got really nice and smooth well before I counted 1000.

 

[RP86]

Why not just dry fire with a snap cap to smooth out the trigger vs. getting it worked on?

 

[GaryArkansas]

I've already started with the snap caps.

The serrated portion of the slide is more sharply cut than the CZ 75B, which is a good thing, because the recoil spring is pretty stiff.

 

[twinhairdryers]

My CZ 75 New In The Box Took 400 rounds To Smooth

My CZ 75 New In The Box Took 400 rounds To Smooth out any trigger grit. I consider 3 to 500 rounds a normal breakin period for most semi-auto pistols. Most breakins are to smooth actions and fix FTF and FTE problems, and wear down slide to frame fit. My CZ had zero problems of any kind, but I did notice that new it had a slight grit to the trigger pull. I dry fired it against spent cases a few times, but had the most fun in just shooting 8 boxes of 9mm of all sorts to see if it was picky on anything.

I ran the cheapest military surplus up to the highest end match grade rounds and everything in between. It fed it all without any hitch and now my trigger pull has nearly no grit and no staging at all to it. very nice...............

 

[mbott]

Its no surprise that the P-01 received a NATO serial number.

It's a NATO Stock Number.

--
Mike

 

[armoredman]

Outstanding, welcome to the "in" crowd!

 

[cslinger]

Excellent gun. Eastern European SIGs.

The only thing I didn't like about the P01 is the front strap grip serrations really made my hand a bit sore after shooting a bunch. Course I have girly, computer geek hands, so take that for what it's worth.

 

[AZGlock13]

Congrats on the new P-01. I think you will enjoy shooting it. I have one being shipped out by Buds Gun Shop website. Hopefully I will have it by the end of this week.

 

[MS .45]

The P-01 is an excelent pistol. Mine feels better in my hand than any pistol I own. I have around 1000 rounds thru it with no problems. Good luck with your first class firearm.

 

[1 old 0311]

I now own two P-01's. Best pistols I have ever owned.



p.s. for mags go to www.cdnninvestments.com they sell facrory, and Mec Gar ( Mec Gar makes the mags for CZ.)

 

[jim314]

I had my mind set made up a month ago to buy either an XD or M&P, depending on which one felt best in my hand. Looked at them at a couple of places and then went to Gander Mountain to check their prices. I saw a P-01 in the case and asked to see it. As soon as it was in my hand I knew this was what I was buying. I've shot 100-150 rounds every weekend since without a single failure. Plus, the thing is much more accurate than I am. Couldn't be more pleased with my purchase.

 

[lanternlad1]

I was all set to buy a PX4 Storm when I was told by the salesguy about the CZ P-O1. It has been the best gun I've ever owned and I will NEVER sell it. And if you are interested, here is the torture test it went through:


CZ P-01 gets NATO approval. The next Generation of perfect pistols
2003-02-01 09:24:31

The P-01 is now a NATO classified pistol and issued the NATO stock number NSN 1005-16-000-8619.

The CZ P-01 is the culmination of several years of exhaustive design and testing. Ceska Zbrojovka has always had some of the most rigorous testing requirements in the world but, the Czech National police has required that they go even further, the testing regiment for this new pistol was the most demanding anyone has ever encountered. There are almost 20 specific requirements covering everything from accuracy to interchangability, from safety to reliability/durability and everything in between.

The pistol: The CZ P-01 is a Gen 3 pistol that began as a requirement for a lightweight compact pistol that will deliver the accuracy and durability of a full size, full weight pistol. This was no small task, several manufacturers declined to even start the project.

The first thing you notice about this pistol is the M3 light rail on the frame, a first for CZ, the alloy frame is a little wider at the top than a steel CZ 75. This adds strength and rigidity for mounting the light and increasing the accuracy and service life of the pistol. The P-01 also sports enhanced controls as well as a drop free magazine and a lanyard loop.

The pistol was required to pass a wide variety of tests:

The police required that the pistol ensure the highest level of comfort, an extended slide release was added as well as an extended magazine release and the trigger was reshaped to give a more consistent pull throughout the trigger stroke.

The pistol must be 100% reliable in extreme conditions, the following is a list of some of the minimum requirements.

Must be able to complete the following without failure:

4000 dry firings
3000 De-cockings
Operator level disassembly 1350 times with out ware or damage to components.
Complete disassembly 150 times, this is all the way down, pins, springs etc.
100% interchangability, any number of pistols randomly selected, disassembled, parts mixed and reassembled with no failures of any kind including loss of accuracy.


Safety requirements:

Drop test
1.5 meter (4.9”) drop test, this is done 54 times with the pistol loaded (blank) and the hammer cocked. Dropping the pistol on the butt, the muzzle, back of the slide, sides of the gun, top of the slide, in essence, any angle that you could drop the gun from. This is done on concrete and 0 failures are allowed! A failure is the gun firing.

3meter drop (9.8”) 5 times with the pistol loaded (blank) and the hammer cocked, This is done on concrete and 0 failures are allowed! A failure is the gun firing.

After these tests are complete the gun must fire without service.

The factory contracted an independent lab to do additional testing on guns that previously passed the drop tests. These pistol were dropped an additional 352 times without failure.

The pistol must also complete an environmental conditions test:
This means cold, heat, dust/sand and mud.
The pistol must fire after being frozen for 24 hours at –35C (-36F).
The pistol must fire after being heated for 24 hours at 70C (126F)
The pistol must fire after being submerged in mud, sand and combinations including being stripped of oil then completing the sand and mud tests again.

Service life:
The service life requirement from the Czech police was 15,000 rounds of +P ammo!
The pistol will exceed 30,000 rounds with ball 9mm.

Reliability:
The reliability requirements for the P-01 pistol are 99.8%, that’s a .2% failure rate.
This equals 20 stoppages in 10,000 rounds or 500 “Mean Rounds Between Failure” (MRBF)
During testing, the average number of stoppages was only 7 per 15,000 rounds fired, this is a .05% failure rate, a MRBF rate of 2142 rounds! Over 4 time the minimum acceptable requirement.
The U.S. Army MRBF requirement is 495 rounds for 9mm pistols with 115 grain Ball ammunition.

Heritage:
The P-01 is based on the CZ 75, the most used pistol in the world. Over 60 countries use it as the standard side arm of their Armies, National police forces, National security agencies or other Law enforcement organizations. No other pistol can make this claim.