Picked up a new CZ P 01 today

[NG VI]

I've got 147+P HST in my PCR, and 180 in my 40B. Everything seems to run right, never had a failure with my PCR and the only 40B failures were my fault for being a doofus, and the HST is a great performer. Gonna be really tough to find now though, so I would check out the Speer Gold Dot, Winchester Ranger-T, Remington Golden Saber, whatever as long as it is current production duty-oriented ammo, it will all work as well as it can.

Site to check for good carry ammo, since Ranger-T and HST don't get sold to the public normally, and Gold Dot can be tricky to find in 50 round boxes, would be places like www.ammunitiontogo.com, www.mahsupplies.com, and www.TDS-US.com.

I also have been known to carry Georgia Arms loaded Gold Dots.

 

[floods]

Welcome!

I've got ~1300 through mine so far, no FTF's, it's been completely reliable. So far it's eaten everything I've put through it:
WWB 115gr. FMJ
Blazer Brass 115gr. FMJ
Hornaday 145gr. JHP

Just got 1000 rounds of Federal American Eagle to add to that list.

 

[MJZZZ]

I have spent a small fortune testing the Winchester Ranger T RA9124TP in all my 9mm's. The exception being my new Rami, I won't shoot JHP until after 500 errorfree rounds of FMJ. I was at 350 rounds when the trigger spring broke. I would usually start the round count over, but the malfunction wasn't ammo/feed related. When I run out of the Ranger T's, I'll reassess my carry ammo. Mike

 

[JeffDilla]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I've got some searching to do. My local shop didn't have much for JHPs. I'm going to be going by Cabellas in a couple of weeks so I might stop in there and see what they have.

 

[burningsquirrels]

until then, nothing wrong with FMJ.

 

[JeffDilla]

until then, nothing wrong with FMJ.

Right on, I picked up 200 rounds of WWB and 100 of Blazer Brass today

 

[Geneseo1911]

Burning-
You said you carry 12+1; my P-01 came with 14 rnd. mags.....am I missing something? Do you have the RAMI or whatever the next smaller is called?

Oh yeah- If any of you P-01/PCR guys want to trade rubber mag bases for steel, PM me.

 

[burningsquirrels]

i carry 12+1 of 40sw in my 40b... .40 cal for a little extra spike to the punch. plus it's what i shoot competitively, so it "should" be natural for me to shoot defensively... ::crosses fingers::

 

[Geneseo1911]

ahhhhhhh... a foh-tay

10-4

Sorry I'm a little dense

 

[burningsquirrels]

don't worry. my coworkers say i'm denser than a 747 in a thimble.

 

[JeffDilla]

I don't hear much about the P-06, did it catch on at all, or do people prefer the compact .40 with steel frame?

 

[JeffDilla]

Also, can the little black snap caps that came with it be used for repeated dry firing or are they of limited use? I noticed the "primer" on them is soft, so I'm not sure if after a few dry fires they lose their functionality

 

[burningsquirrels]

mine came with a bunch of green pads to change out... they almost look single use. the firing pin doesn't come out very far, and a few hits dents the green bit far enough to where the firing pin would barely touch it or bottom out. :shrug:

 

[JeffDilla]

Thanks. And now another question, when doing the first cleaning to get the rest of the packing grease off, are there any cleaners that I shouldn't use on the finish? I normally use hoppes on my other guns, would this be ok for the CZ as well?

 

[burningsquirrels]

you don't have to do what i do...

barrel i clean like the rest... i got hoppes#9 for that with some foaming cleaner....

as far as inside the frame, remingtonnnnn---i forget what it's called. it's just labelled 'cleaning chemicals with teflon'.

outside of the frame... beats me. i wipe it down with a paper towel, lol.

every 3 months or 3k rounds i strip the pistol to its individual parts. i rinse the frame with that remington spray cleaner and blast it with warm water and old (soft) toothbrushes, then dry, lube and reassemble.

 

[JeffDilla]

Thanks, squirrels, you've been a lot of help. I appreciate it.

 

[burningsquirrels]

np. poke around my 40b site if you like, it's in my sig.

my cleaning methods may be overkill for carry pieces though. my carry guns are cleaned maybe a couple times a year.... cleaned for lint/etc maybe every other month.

 

[JeffDilla]

np. poke around my 40b site if you like, it's in my sig.

I was checking it out a few minutes ago, good stuff. I've been lurking around the cz forum too.

 

[armoredman]

Hi, back again. Glad burning has been helpful, he's a regular CZ nut like us all.
Duty ammo, I have tried almost everything over the years, and I am actually carrying Remington 115gr JHP right now, ran the numbers, comes up quite good, Evan Marshall siad it was a good performer, and I can find it in my one horse town.

 

[JeffDilla]

I think I may go JHP shopping today and see what I can find.