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Fun fact: A few rubber bands work perfectly. Might need to replace them every thousand rounds or so, and unhook them when not in use. Works like a charm. Just make sure to zip tie the linkage plates together (snugly, not tight) and you're set. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

^^^ What he said. Especially in this sport. Buy once, cry once.Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

I'd skip over getting a "low end" STI (a buddy of mine who recently bought an Edge, a mid-range model, had to send it back for 4 months and it still doesn't run... and he's far from the only example) and take a look at CZ's. Well tuned STI's are great, but you absolutely get what you pay for. If your buddy has to have a 2011, tell him to keep saving. The CZ 75 is an EXTREMELY good platform, and the Tactical Sport is probably the single best dollar-for-dollar Limited gun you could buy. I've run one in .40 for the past year and it has always been 100% reliable (about 18k rounds and 30 some matches), on top of the excellent shooting characteristics. Mags aren't very expensive compared to an STI, about $40. They are rapidly getting more and more popular, but for whatever reason people get stuck thinking the 2011 is the only platform worth a damn. It's certainly good, but at that price range you'll have way better luck with a CZ. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

Also, you can run a powder cop, but it's awkward and unnecessary. You have to run it where you would normally seat the bullet, so you'd have to reach through the press to place the bullet. Besides, in station 3 you can see right down into the case and check powder anyway. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

I bought a separate crimp die. I planned on just running my 3-die Hornady setup, but after reading about the benefits of separate seat/crimp dies in the Dillon manual (and after loading a few hundred rounds with the nice circular dent on my projectile from the combined seat/crimp die) I got a separate die. My OAL is MUCH more consistent, and no more dents from the bullet seater on my projectiles. I think my separate crimp die was about $20 on Amazon.com. Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

See, you already know. Strong grip is absolutely important, especially over 16 stages and 2 days, but it's the neutral part I was getting at [emoji108] Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

Well Just going to touch on a few things here, I've shot a lot... a lot lot, never much .40 though, and never in competition. Basically all of the ammo I've ever shot has been factory ammo around 180pf, in 9mm "military" and .45acp "I've just always been a fan of 1911's". That being said, I did run my loads through a gun my smith built two days ago, it's a regular 2011 sti frame, with a Caspian frame and I forget which match barrel, But it's probably as close to a stock edge as possible.. my gun felt only slightly different then my loads did in his, not a very drastic difference. Grip strength yes, I know squeezing the gun really hard does more harm than good, I've got a good grip going, I have really only played with one spring combo and that's a 12lb variable Wolff spring, the 14lb was to heavy I could tell immediately. I'm going to try out a 12lb Standard, and I have some 11's I might even try as well. I agree with you dry fire is key, that's probably the only reason I'm going to start out in B class, because to be honest when I'm not calling my shots because I'm missing the dot while trying to "go quickly" then my scores suffer and that's not acceptable. The only problem is I can't practice following that front sight in dry fire, During practice I can draw from a buzzer on 1 shot drills and hit that 8" plate @ 15 yards all day in around 1 second, "seems we always have to run and draw during a match [emoji14]" But the follow up shots, When I'm looking at that target @ 15 yards during a match I pull the trigger and the dot goes away and I can't find it, so I'm basically point shooting... which leads to C's, D's, and yes MIKES! I'm going to stick with it.. the load I have now is much softer than HP38/W231 that I started out with, Just going to have to put some rounds down range and glue my eyes to that front sight to call my shots and shoot A's... maybe even slow down a little to make sure. Timing like you said, I'm trying to run and gun because hell yea I'm fast but it's not doing me any good if I'm not getting my hits. Appreciate the insight, Also to the ^^ I'll look into that thanks much! Good plan. I could have summarized better by saying: Stick with it, learn your guns timing, practice, dry fire, and it'll work out good for you [emoji2] Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

Read Brian Eno's book. He can explain better than me, but death gripping and "fighting" recoil is a lost cause because no amount of grip strength will eliminate it entirely. He argues that by focusing on equal grip pressure between both hands (using a grip similar to what you would use to swing a hammer) and learning the timing of your gun so it tracks perfectly up and down back onto the target will get you better results than the death-grip and fight method. I've spent a few months since I read it trying to put this to use, and while I'm certainly no Brian Enos, it does make for smoother, more controlled shooting. Plus, if you are like a buddy of mine who gets REALLY intense, your mags won't drop free from a polymer gun when you are squeezing the piss out of it [emoji12] Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

I hate to be "unhelpful", but after reading this entire thread, I'm pretty well convinced the gun/ammo is running exactly as it should. As much trouble as I've seen people have with their STI's to get them running well, none of them required a bunch of extra work to get them to "recoil like it should". You can continue to chase down technical issues and try every combination of bullet/powder/springs imaginable, and at the end of the day I feel like you're still going to have a gun the recoils like a limited/major gun does... that is to say, snappy. I have my CZ Tactical Sport pretty well refined for me. That said, I've always joked that if it weren't for competing in Limited Major, there is no way in hell I'd ever choose to shoot .40 major for "fun". It's an inherently snappy, harsh caliber to shoot in my opinion. Despite that, in my GoPro footage, you'd guess that the gun shoots fairly "flat". That has less to do with grip strength, springs, and ammo power factor than it does timing (although those things help, none of them make the recoil go from violent to... whatever you think it should be). I see newer shooters shooting 9 major in production and their gun is flying around like it's a .44 mag. How many other Limited .40 (steel) guns have you shot? Have you tried your ammo in a different pistol to compare? It just seems crazy to me that you got the ONE DVC Limited pistol out there that somehow recoils more violently than all the rest. And I say that as a person who has seen and heard enough crazy problems with STI's to believe about anything is possible. Sheer grip strength isn't a cure (and can cause more problems rather than less) and it sounds like you have a good load developed. Considering it sounds like you haven't been shooting Limited major before this pistol, I'm leaning towards "expectations differing from reality" as the probable issue. I could be very, very wrong, but I have seen people spend insane amounts of time and money chasing down a rabbit hole to "flatten" their gun out (yes, including myself!), when 99% of the time it's training, dry fire, and experience that helps more than anything.

I'm an Open division newb (have shot one A classifier, one match win so far) but I'm absolutely loving it. I was shooting my Tactical Sport in Limited for the last year, so the switch to a Czechmate couldn't have been any easier. Gun has run perfectly so far, about 1500 rounds downrange since early January.

What kind of base pad is that for your magazine? Sorry, "only" the 11lb spring wasn't accurate... I have CZ Custom base pads on the normal 140mm mags, and a CZC aluminum pad for the 170mm magazine. That's also the CZ UB "large hand/long finger" aluminum trigger. There is a CZC extended safety on the other side of the gun. That's the list of mods.

Wanted to leave a quick update: My CM has been incredible. I'm about 1,500 rounds through it and zero malfunctions of the gun. Switched to an 11lb recoil spring, but that's it. Shot my first real match with it on Saturday and shot an A classifier (I'm classified B in Limited) and earned my first overall match win... by 12%. I love this gun, and shooting Open!! Thanks again for everyone's feedback!

I think now that Chris Tilly won Nationals with the RTS2, you will see a LOT more of them.

I watch a lot of your videos on YouTube and shot on your squad at the 2015 Inland Empire Sectional in May. I just moved to Open, so I have a new interest in everything Open. I wondered why I didn't see a racker in your vids... this supplied the answer! My pistol came with one installed, and even in the short time I've been shooting Open I don't know what I'd do without it. Keep it up with the good vids

"I'll end up getting and angled racker for it soon"."I'll probably end up putting an EWG Sidewinder on it." Don't worry, I'll "make it work". [emoji95] [emoji379] Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

No. The slide on the CM is so low profile and I run my grip up high enough (thumb on top of safety, like a 2011, just less room from the top of slide to top of safety on a CZ) that running it on the left side of the slide would take the skin right off (which I experienced with someone elses CM when I shot it). I have hulk hands too, which doesn't help. I'll end up getting and angled racker for it soon to run on the left side, but for now I'm running it on the right side by choice... deliberately, so it's not really the "wrong" side even if it wouldn't be my first preference. It actually hasn't been an issue at all so far. I've only had to use it when making ready at this point as I've had 100% reliability so far, but it only takes a slight canting of the gun to work the racker as it is. I'll probably end up putting an EGW Sidewinder on it.

Sweet! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I just bought mine yesterday. I paid 2950 online after shipping. I have put a LOT of rounds through my Tactical Sports, which the CM is based on, with nothing but reliability and durability. It's (in part) what convinced me to buy the CM. So far, the fit and finish is unbelievably good, and I'm surprised by how much better it is even than the Tactical Sports (and that's a fantastic gun). I have read that CZ addressed the barrel issues that some of the first CM's had, enough so to convince me to buy one. I guess it depends on how new/old the model is. Plus, it comes with an extra barrel, so if you had issues I have no doubt you could run your spare barrel while you send the other back for warranty if something really went wrong. I haven't had any warranty issues with CZ personally, but my best friend dealt with them over an issue with his P-09 and they took VERY good care of him. Read this thread I started, I got a lot of good feedback about the platform (and comparing it to others): http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225937&hl=

I've run some .40 loads that BARELY made minor for some steel challenge matches with my TS, just changed out to an 11lb recoil spring. It felt softer than some of the 9mm minor loads I've shot, but that might just be because the weight of the TS does so much to soften recoil, and the fact that the TS is the best gun EVER. And that's a fact, not an opinion [emoji14] You might check the accuracy on your powder puff .40s. Folks tend to forget that a fair number of bullet/powder combinations are noticeably more accurate at a higher PF. Yours may be fine though. Just something to check. I'm with you though. My 3gun .40 loads are a joy to shoot. That's an excellent point. In my case I didn't notice an issue as I usually only shoot those in steel challenge. I imagine at longer ranges at a USPSA match you might find some degradation in accuracy.Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Nice choice!

As I did research on what open division gun I wanted, and looked for every photo of a Czechmate I could find on the internet, I noticed that the forums here were lacking a thread specifically dedicated to images of the CZ Czechmate. If you are a Czechmate owner, let's see them photos. I'll start with my newly purchased CM I just picked up today:

GUYS. It came today. My move to the dark side has begun. I feel the hate awesomeness flowing through me. So. Effing. Stoked. Let the modding begin! Big thank you to everyone who chimed in on this thread!

Gen 4, not sure on spring weight but I think he ran a 15lb and stainless guide rod, and stuck with OEM pins for months before trying the Zev pins. By then, he was beginning to think he should stop running it and looking at the STI he now shoots (that he immediately had to send back to the factory for 3 months to make it work, lol) so I can't say for sure if those lasted any longer. That's great you've only seen one of those pins break, but I literally saw them break repeatedly over this year, and as surprising as it may have been my eyes weren't lying. He wasn't running a Tactical light either, he was running a frame weight with a thumb rest... and like I said, I think the torque on the thumbrest probably had more to do with it than the weight. Are the tac lights you run equipped with thumb rests? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I rely on my rack slider instead. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I've run some .40 loads that BARELY made minor for some steel challenge matches with my TS, just changed out to an 11lb recoil spring. It felt softer than some of the 9mm minor loads I've shot, but that might just be because the weight of the TS does so much to soften recoil, and the fact that the TS is the best gun EVER. And that's a fact, not an opinion