kneelingatlas

I would contact the GunBroker seller because I'll bet anything EAA won't do anything for you. How did you pay? PayPal? CC?

The breech face is different for each caliber, the caliber should be stamped on the slide somewhere, but if a .45 case will slide under the extractor, it's a .45 slide.

I'm thinking what you have is a 9mm barrel in a .45 slide...

That's the Shadow line compact, the SP01 is the only CZ I know of which comes with night sights, but I'll bet someone would trade you. Unfortunately that particular pistol with the frame safety is rare and expensive (~$1,000), the standard compact, P01, comes with a decocker instead of a safety. For a pistol that size with a frame safety I recommend the EAA Witness compact steel: It's under $500, so there's plenty left offer for night sights.

I've done it with 100 grain .380 bullets; maybe 95 geainers are longer, but the trouble I had was getting enough bullet in the case to keep it from setting back and loading long enough to feed reliably. My max OAL on 100 grain bullets was 1.077", I tried some at 1.1" but there wasn't enough bullet left in the case to crimp. But to answer your question, yes, they're stupid flat being pushed by ten grains of SP2! I ran out of 100s so I just use 115s now for steel and Major. Last steel match I tried something new: I loaded 115s with 3 grains of Clays and took off the comp. It was very soft and very fast with minimal muzzle flip. I should clarify: I used the Clays load for static steel, I don't think bit would knock anything down...

Wow! Amidon says Hogue grips are legal?!? That's news!

CZ does own Dan Wesson...

CZ?

Apparently I've become a real beaver tail snob... My TriStar T-120 is tight, smooth and even fits my favorite grips; the only trouble is the beaver tail: it's short and narrow just like a CZ75B. By comparison the CZ SP01 and Shadows feature a longer beaver tail: Lastly the Tanfoglio has the best beaver tail in the business!

That's correct TDH.

I have some lead 147s with a long taper which I can load to 1.135" in my CZs: 3.5gr of Unique made 123 pf out of a 4.5" CZ 3.8gr of Unique made 132 pf out of a 5.1" CZ

Sure, you could use 10mm mags and load long, but I only have experience with the 'old style' 10mm mags which are longer and I've heard the new style bulge when loaded to 21; are you using them with Henning's pads/springs? The other thing about using 10mm mags for .40 is that you must load longer than 1.2" for them to work.

Yes

If I can ever get the one out of my Baby Eagle I'll send it to you and you can drill it out for a rod. I melted the trijicon out of it by accident

I don't know the part number, but I know they do in fact make 10rnd K series mags which are just like the standard mags, but with the dimple. I don't know who payed $58.01 on Ebay when EAA sells them for $25 each

I'm really surprised you didn't have stovepipes with your Unique loads (I've never loaded TG so I can't help with that one), in my CZ 5.1gr of Unique under a 124 makes 135, so I suspect that load is ~100PF. To your original question: "how low can you go?" I've shot sub minor loads in my CZ75 pattern pistols using 8# recoil springs and they function well; I don't think you can hurt the frame with sub minor loads regardless, so the indicator you've gone too low would be if the slide doesn't have enough energy to strip the next round on its way into battery. I've had some pistols with a tight slide/frame fit bog way down while cycling with a light spring, but a well polished or maybe even a little loose top end should work fine. Once it starts to get dirty, you run the risk of malfunction with light springs.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I bought a box full of parts from a gunsmith's estate on Ebay

Allow me to tell you a story: Once upon a time I bough a competition small frame from 1992 which had a blocky aluminum trigger with a very light captured trigger return spring: The hammer was the stock base model, so overall the trigger pull was underwhelming, so I stripped it to a bare frame and built it out as a Production gun: Because I have two of these awesome Austin Behlert SA triggers the aluminum one gathered dust. But then, inspired by a wild hair, I decided to try to make something of that block, gabbed my files and went to work: It was only when I got this new pistol I realized the blanks were meant to be shaped as a part of the fitting process: This trigger started its life like this:

It's true, I may have worked in the field just long enough to coat my hands in leather, but they get softer with every keystroke in the office!

I love it! Between that and Henning's mag well, my support hand is locked in place; I do a Vogel style draw where my left index finger meets the bottom of the trigger guard then the support hand twists over the strong hand as I push out. When going back and forth with my TS/CZC mag well, the Tanfoglios feel much more secure.

So I bought home a new small frame today which I'm very excited to shoot; thanks to Will for turning me on to this deal This one was built by a top notch smith from the early '90s and is very tight with a great trigger! These are my favorite frames, I have three now all imported in 1992. The all have aggressive, waffle iron checkering on the front/back of the frame and on the bottom of the trigger guard: Now all it needs is a Henning magwell, TS fixed rear, SP01 rubber grips extended mag release and a thumb rest!

I would do is take the plastic grips, rough them up the layer fiberglass cloth and resin until they were thick enough, then you could contour them however you like.

Is the Champion on the Production list??? Don't get me wrong, I think it's absurd that a $500 pistol with a $20 pair of the most popular aftermarket grips is illegal, but a $2,000 AccuShadow is legal, but the Champion argument doesn't hold water

I'm thinking of some more Frankenstein projects, what is the ODs of a 1911/2011 reverse plug like this one: Thank you in advance