burningsquirrels Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 So I got frustrated with my old 40B not running the way I wanted back in 2010. So for the month of April leading up to Area 6 I switched to my wife's SP-01 that she wasn't shooting. Over the next few weeks I shot it well, and took home my first trophy as 1st C class Production Division from Area 6. I've never won anything before so naturally I got all giddy and decided to shoot every match I could. I broke it down and cleaned it from its bits, reassembled, and headed out to majors. I shot my next match, the VA-MD sectional and got 2nd B. My next match in July was the Indiana Section. Turns out the little screw that retains the trigger bar didn't get loctite on it like it should and it backed out. As a result, I zeroed a stage. Had I stayed on track, I would've been 1st B. So after I put some loctite in there, I decided I was never going to clean it again unless I absolutely had to. I continued shooting well, including 8th overall at Area 8 in August ahead of all the A's and most of the M's and took 1st B with a bump to A at Georgia state in September. I shot the NC section in October and didn't do as well as I would have liked. Since by then it's been rained on a couple times, and shot a ton. I thought my accuracy was off by my bad hits in NC, so I ran a couple patches down the tube and wiped down the exterior, and misted it with some aerosol lubricant. It was pretty dirty but I didn't dare open it up. By that point it became a superstition of mine to never open it up other than to mist the guts with lube, reassemble, and shake of the excess. In 2011, I shot my darnedest and was hoping for a three-peat with Area matches. The 2011 Area 6 was my third area match. I was really trying to go for 1st A class, as I got 1st B and 1st C prior. I tanked one stage and ended up just a percent behind 1st A, but finished 10th overall and got a frustrating bump to Master. I spent the year chasing down a 1st M win, but it wasn't easy. During this time I've mist-lubed the gun a few times and it just kept running. I also started up 3-gun and had good luck there with the CZ in all weather conditions. Mind you, all through 2011 I believe I went to chrono 8 times at major matches and all but one or two were 136 power factor. I know at NC in October I flew 135. I still had my superstitions against cleaning the gun. Well, finally my extractor broke and I had to replace it. I theorized that maybe dirt built up behind it and caused it to repeatedly bind, but surprisingly the pocket was clean. I guess it broke to fatigue. I cleaned it up this weekend and took plenty of pics. I cleaned what I wanted but I still refused to take the frame down to bits, so there's still some crud left in there I'm not touching. I then took it out to an IDPA match and won fastest overall time this weekend. I think the trigger pull lost a pound or two which was nice. Gotta love these CZs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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justaute Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 G... You are the Man, and that is all there is to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan626 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Congrats on making M. At least you're not sand bagging for the prize money as I've seen some do I'm a newbie gun owner with only about 2 yrs of shooting USPSA, Steel, etc.... I have a CZ Phantom and an EAA/Tanfoglio Elite Limited. I don't know much about guns so I'm always scared to totally strip clean my toys. A friend of mine who went to shot show and spoke with the owner of Tanfoglio said all I really have to do is spray it with carb cleaner. So that's what I do as much as I can and it looks clean after spraying it one to two times of carb cleaner. Lube it up and has not failed so far except for bad ammo that I recently loaded. Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 So, the last time you cleaned this was July 2010??? How many rounds were fired? Makes the guys doing the 2000 round test with their Glocks look kind of wimpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffshoreMan72 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 WOW.....Impressive.....I have to clean mine every Friday night weather it needs it or not. Fresh slide glide and all.....Maybe I will cut back on it....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 G, Thats gross! G, Thats Awesome! G, See ya soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 So, the last time you cleaned this was July 2010??? How many rounds were fired? Makes the guys doing the 2000 round test with their Glocks look kind of wimpy. USPSA results are available for 67 matches in 2011, not including 3-Gun, IDPA, pins, steel, horsing around, etc. i switched to solely federal primers around the same time and there's at least 3 empty sleeves of them. my guess is 14-16k since late summer of 2010? it's the off-season right now with no majors, and i've logged at least 700 shots in this month with one more match to go tonight. WOW.....Impressive.....I have to clean mine every Friday night weather it needs it or not. Fresh slide glide and all.....Maybe I will cut back on it....lol like i tell people, "it's a gun, not a space shuttle". i got friends who used to clean their guns all the time, now they've given up bothering to do so as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 G, Thats gross! G, Thats Awesome! G, See ya soon! BITB!!! where's the cigar squad at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 G, Thats gross! G, Thats Awesome! G, See ya soon! BITB!!! where's the cigar squad at? Its the one your on! I'll have already shot the day before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Awesome! (and hey, what trigger is installed in that thing, looks straighter than the recurve-trigger but the pics don't show any set-screw, older 75, 97..?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaute Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I believe that's the "original" or older 85 Combat trigger. Awesome! (and hey, what trigger is installed in that thing, looks straighter than the recurve-trigger but the pics don't show any set-screw, older 75, 97..?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) Correct. Specs are: Wife's Gun #1. CZ 75 SP-01 Dawson front sight .170" CZ Custom tactical rear CZ Custom thin AL grips CZ competition hammer CZ 85 combat trigger 11# recoil spring 15# hammer spring Factory firing pin block Wife's Gun #2. CZ 75 SP-01 Dawson front sight .170" CZ Custom tactical rear 11# recoil spring 15# hammer spring Factory plastic grips Factory firing pin block Edited February 28, 2012 by burningsquirrels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Thanks. If anything, and your story is just more proof, I think it's time for me to stop tinkering and do more shooting... but I do think I dig the less-curved triggers as they put it a little bit further away in SA and I think that works better for me with the thinner grips, think I might change that last thing on my gun and then start putting all my money into ammo only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 i never got better until i put down the tinkering and just focused on shooting what i had. ammo and match fees are the real killer in the sport, not the gear!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleA Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 This just makes me wanna shoot my new cz even more. I'm all about bare minimum maintenance! It's a tool, not a show piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyburg Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I tried to send you a message but the board shows that you can not recieve any new messages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 I deleted some messages. Strange, all the forums I've been to have a 'download all as (file)' to keep records but I can't seem to find it here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBoyle Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 That was a dirty girl there! The best I could ever manage was maybe 1000 rounds on any one of mine before my OCD took over and I just had to clean them. Congrats on the rapid climb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffshoreMan72 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I am not as worried about cleaning now. Of course I was changing out part for the last few weeks to get everything dialed in so I was already there so I cleaned em up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShooten Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Good story on the SP-01! Thanks for posting. i never got better until i put down the tinkering and just focused on shooting what i had. Also a valuable lesson there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoothdraw Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Been struggling making B class using my tricked out 2011 gun. Shot IDPA last week with my SP-01 with Burning Squirrels with 112 shooters burned my division and got overall winner in 1 stage with a lot of master shooters. SP-01 ergonomics, accuracy and reliability is confidence builder. 2011 will probably be traded or sold to get more CZ's. And yeah not planning to clean my SP-01 anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunguru Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 As it's a "fun" gun, it's Ok. But never I let a "life saver" gun be as bad... It's looks like and old grumpy pickup truck engine, lots of oil, grease and evertything else, but still working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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