Quackhead

I just started shooting competitively earlier this year. I started with a CZ 75 B 9mm in production minor and after a couple of matches, bought a CZ 75 Tactical Sport in .40. I shot a couple of Limited major matches and then one Saturday after a match, someone broke into my truck as I was eating in a restaurant and stole my range bag with my Tac Sport .40 and my CZ75B...ammo, all my mags, holsters...everything gone in the blink of an eye. This happened back in August. A CZ 75 Tac Sport .40 is one of the hardest pistols to find these days. I was at a gun show last weekend and saw this thing laying on a table. I asked the guy how much and I figured there was enough parts in my hand worth the asking price. It is an STI frame and slide with a Bar-Sto .40 comped barrel. On top is a Omni dot. I cannot find anything on the Omni dot, I assume they were used many years ago. I contacted STI and the serial # is not on their books. They estimated the frame to be from the late 90's, with a ser # CM XXXX. The mag that came with it is engraved #4 J. Foote. It is hard to know if the mag has been with the gun, or was picked up separate somewhere along the way. I purchased this pistol in San Antonio, Texas. I have seen a few Open pistols and do not recognize the slide cuts. If anyone knows this pistol or recognizes anything about it, any help would be appreciated. I beefed the recoil spring a bit and shot a few hundred rounds of Winchester White box through it and it runs like a champ..I am sure factory loads will not bring this gun to it's full potential...but it is fun as heck to shoot, and dang accurate too.

Well..that CZ tac sport i posted on here earlier was stolen yesterday. We shot a match yesterday morning and went to eat afterwards. The Clowns busted out my buddies window, taking my CZ 75 ts .40, my Cz 75 bd Police his new XDM 5.25 competition and a M&P 9mm...we lost right at 6k worth of gear and ammo. We were by Gander Mountain in San Antonio. Anyone run across anything, plz let me know. Fkn thievin Clowns!

Makes sense. My reasoning for trying to obtain a SP-01 Shadow (or 2 would be even better!), is the trouble I am having finding them..the CZ 75 SP-01's in general seem to be disappearing quicker than they are being imported at the moment.

I can fap to this..

Thanks man, I just got my USPSA number today from Miss Beth....and then read this thread. Oh well, Thank you for bringin it home, 2MoreChains. I'm gonna clean my gun and make a plan for this Sunday..My second USPSA match will be better than my first.

Good stuff.

Local guy in my area made master in production early this year was over 50, I'm about same age as you and have hope to hit M someday. Look at Nimitz thread for inspiration towards hitting GM as a 50+ ( http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=178595&hl= ). I think the thing that is easier for 'us' than the younger folks, is maybe being able to enjoy the process of getting there a little more, however long it takes, vs some of the younger folks who maybe a little more impatient and more goal oriented (success only when hitting certain rating) than process focused ( enjoying the the trip as well as destination). ... at least that is how I don't worry about how fast I progress vs the ones who are 20 years younger :-) I shot my first pistol match ever (USPSA) a few Sundays ago..I still am not too familiar with the scoring/classification processes, but my squad's R.O. in that first match kept giving me pointers and tips on focus, things like "imagine standing on the seashore...close your eyes and listen to the waves..breathe".." Shooter Make Ready"..This guy was alot older than me (I am 45) and funny as heck, laughing and having a good time with everyone. I saw guys on other squads sponsored by some fine outfits like Akai Customs, CZ USA, etc.. I came in next to last place overall (18 mikes). I want to say that I left there honored to feel so welcomed and just be in the presence of so many fine shooters..some true world champs. I never worried about scores or timing until I looked at the results online that night, googled some names..whoa! It did not seem like my R.O. shot fast or anything like his competitors, but looking back on a vid I made of one of our stages, the guy seemed to do a ballet...just a fluid, seamless run. Grand Master Don took all the match points that day, winning overall.. not the fastest, but the surest. Do not let your age define your abilities in this sport.

CZ 75 Tac Sport .40. All factory with 1.8# straight trigger, three 17 rd mags - $1100. Only add ons needed, IMO,(optional according to individual preference) :Extra mags - $47 ea., $35 FO front sight, $35 extended thumb safety, $25 stainless full length guide rod, $30 20 rd base plates, slimmer $85 aluminum grips and a $65 wide aluminium magwell. I only have about 500 rds through it with 0 malfunctions. It has defeated guns costing 3x as much in it's 5.5 minutes of actual match shooting, unmodified. It is a factory IPSC/USPSA L/L10 purpose built gun. The best bang for the buck, IMO. ps, I'm just a noob though, only been practical shooting about 3 weeks..sorry about the crappy fone pic, but u get the idea.

I don't know if I'd trust my life to a gun I don't trust at a match... Sell the plastic fantastic and never look back Have you ever tried a CZ75 pattern pistol? The Tactical Sport by CZ or the Limited by EAA/Tanfoglio are excellent choices and fantastic values when compared to 2011s if you ask me. I was hoping this question had been asked. I bought my CZ Tactical Sport .40 a couple of wks ago. Twice, I have been at the safe table getting ready and inquired about this or that shiny, tricked out 2011. We swap , take turns comparing a dry fire and TWICE I have all but been accused of lying when I insist the trigger on my TS has not been reworked, lol. I love the look on their faces when I say "yup, I think it is the best grand I ever spent."

What? No stars in IPSC? Pray this is blasphemy. I have zero knowledge of IPSC rules and I may just be showing it right now. What would lead a shooting organization to leave out one of the absolute most fun targets to shoot at? I built a star just because the fun factor is off the charts.If true, IPSC just lost a few points with me, no stars is like a match without 'no shoots'. A big +++1 to Nimitz! The PPR is what it's all about! I can think of no better reason to practice and dry fire than the PPR. Clearing that one is a real confidence booster the first few times. You also learn REALLY fast what works and what doesn't as far as visual focus yeah IPSC have no texas star. they are big on being true to what they believe was coopers vision and trying to keep the 'practical' in IPSC... they argue that the texas start is not a 'practical' target presentation and as such deem it to be a 'carnival target'. so yeah many places that shoot ISPC will shoot the star for fun, but not in a sanctioned IPSC match. IPSC have a whole list or target presentations and target types that they deem not practical and thus not in keeping with the flavour of the sport. many would argue though there is a whole bunch of stuff in IPSC that strays from this practical mandate and that since it's obviously a sport or a game (not training or god forbid 'real life') that we should just accept things like the star as a fun and challenging target. here's one for the steel lovers. given the origins of the sport are 'practical' what is steel supposed to replicate? obviously the IPSC turtles are a body mass or centre of mass type of target, the IPSC metrics are (duh!) a metric of a human. I have heard that the round plates simulate a car headlight to be shot out. So what is a popper or pepper popper an analogue of? I guess people that are really far away? That perhaps makes sense for pepper poppers, less so for the plain poppers. and a final message about the difficulty of steel. many older shooters who shoot bullseye type sports or NRA will tell you: "There's no 8's on plates"... They do seem to sort the men from the boys. I know I need to work on my steel... I am being a tad cautious because I just began shooting matches 3 weeks ago...my first was a monthly USPSA club event, my other three were steel, one a Steel Challenge event. I noticed on two steel matches, they had "Gangsters"..a gong with a 8" round on top and a 8" round below in the "crotch area" as a stop plate. In Steel Challenge, all plates and gongs were set at a specific hight...I assumed these represented head shots..6 head shots at varying distances and sizes in under 3 seconds for the open guys seems like pretty good training to me..j/s

NO, there's clearly something wrong here, you should seek professional help OK, so maybe I have a small fetish for CZ75 pattern pistols... Oh my..I like you. lol..I have a couple of T120's and a Shark FC..My first match was with my 75 BD..the current plan is to shoot my 75 TS .40 in LTD major...I am debating a SP01 Shadow for production..Akai or CZC?

Sounds like myself, as far as the Job..on call 24/7 and never know if the job will be 4 days or 4 weeks...Well Testing.

I shot my first firearm match ever 3 wks ago...went with a friend to a USPSA match. Our squad R.O. was a GM. I did not even know what the acronym USPSA stood for until I googled it after the match.18 misses on that one. 51/52 overall. I have no where to go but up from here. I just shot my 3rd steel shoot in 2 wks this past Sunday, a Steel Challenge with the same group as that first USPSA match. I finished 30/42 overall...I constantly tell myself "Make the hits"...the speed will develop on it's own. Lots of helpful info in this thread. ps. I watched an Akai Custom Guns team member blaze away and hit too many stop plates prematurely...He opted for a DNF...some of this advice crosses all classes.

Longview/Marshall area.

Just bought this Canik 55 Shark FC..$345 at the gun show. I also have two of the TriStar T-120's at $329 ea from Academy Sports....IMO, these are some dang good guns for the $$. My oldest T-120 has 1200+ rds with no FTF FTE issues.