Andreas

Thanks for this. I'lll send my Blade-Tech pouch back to the factory as soon as the COM I have on order arrives.

This describes my Blade Tech SP01 pouch perfectly. I never could get it to hold the pistol acceptably tightly. And the Comp Tac International binds like crazy.

This combo is 100% fine over a few thousand rounds in my Shadows. I have my 1050 to seat the primers real hard and case gauge every round.

Never tried anyone's 135s. Bullet weight isn't what's stopping me from making GM [emoji6]

I've used all three with 4.0 gr. of Bullseye. The Bayou TCG is my favorite, as it best combines low smoke, easy of loading (1050 + Mr. Bulletfeeder), and accuracy. The SNS RN also loads real smooth but smokes more and may not be quite as accurate. But it's cheaper, and I've been shooting them a lot lately. I couldn't get the BBIs to load smoothly in my setup—very tippy during indexing. YMMV.

Cheapest solution is to polish all the surfaces that rub against each other and drop in a 13# mainspring. You might be able to get away with an 11.5# mainspring as well. Both CZ Custom and CGW make replacement hammers with different hook angles and smaller engagement surfaces. That will help with the creep.

Bayou 124 TCG or SNS 125 RN bullet. 4.0 gr. Bullseye OAL to pass plunk test ~130 PF Bayou has a bit less smoke, SNS is cheaper.

Thanks for all the suggestions! Fiddling with the adjustment screws didn't help. It felt like most of the binding was coming from the tab on the inside of the trigger guard, so I filed it off. That helped a bit. I'll try some fiddling with a blow dryer next, but in the mean time I've ordered a COM…

I picked up a Comp-Tac International holster a while back and found that the pistol would often bind on the draw if I didn't pull it exactly straight up. Anyone else run into this problem and found a good solution? I was using mine with a Boss hanger.

Yes, pull the extractor every few thousand rounds and clean out all the gunk that accumulates. How often depends on the ammo you're shooting. I learned to do this the hard way.

Good tweaks on the CZ Custom shadows are thin safeties (easy to accidentally activate the stock Shadow ones) and a thin front sight.

I've reamed all five of my CZs and didn't notice any negative effects. Note that CZ Custom's match barrel doesn't need reaming.

Trigger on the decocker pistols can be made just as good as any other models with the FPB. Main difference is the difficulty in reassembly after detail stripping the pistol. On the models with safeties, the sear cage pops out as a unit once your remove the safety lever. A separate pin then holds all the doodads comprising the fire-control system. On the decocker models, you pull out the decocker, then there's another cross pin to remove before you can pull the sear cage. Removing this pin causes all the fire-control doodads to jump out. CGW makes a slave pin (or you can make your own) if you want to remove the cage without disassembly. Re-assembling the decocker sear cage is much more difficult due to the additional parts and springs.

Increasing the size of the chunks you deal with in visualization is a big part of it. This comes with thousands of repetitions burning the motions into your subconscious. There are a lot of steps in a reload, and when you're new to shooting your conscious mind needs to process the details. But eventually those motions become subconscious, and the reload just happens. This greatly reduces conscious mental load. The same applies to position entries, aiming and different targets, etc.

Here you go: BOSS holster.

AS also caught my eye for 9mm reloading. Seems like it should be workable for 147 gr. bullets as it's slower burning than Bullseye, and I've worked up loads that comfortably make Minor with it.

What's the go-to Vectan powder for 9mm Minor with 124 bullets? I'm guessing A-S but am not seeing much info out there. Ability to get 147s to make Minor would be nice as well. I'm currently loading with Bullseye.

Got the heavier detent springs installed yesterday—highly recommended!

Not hard. Pull the sear cage and very carefully remove the detent. The spring is under tension and you'll never find it should it launch from the pistol.

I'm not a fan of the flat grips but see how they could appeal to shooters with really small hands. All of my CZs sport VZ Diamond Back grips. I see the appeal of the rubber grips for people with larger hands.

Earlier thread on this: link.

Got in touch with Scott for some springs and have a thin safety inbound for testing. Thanks all for the suggestions!

http://dsperman.com/products/CZSpring/CZSpring.html Thanks—just fired him an email!

I see the thin safeties on the CZC web site. Where can I find the heavier detent springs? My Google-fu is failing me :-(

I've had enough of accidentally activating the safety on my SP-01s when slipping up on a draw, weak-hand transfer, or some other maneuver. What are your favorite techniques for making them stiff as hell and effectively impossible to activate? Staying Production legal, of course—can't just weld them into the off position.