Mliebs Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I've been wanting to try a CZ for quite some time and decided to pick one up yesterday. I'm curious to see how it shoots today. The DA portion of the trigger is fairly heavy and I have smaller hands so the trigger needs to be shortened but other than that it has a great feel to it. I didn't measure the pull weight for the DA but the SA was 3 lbs 7 oz on a 10 pull average out of the box. Anyway, here's a picture of the new purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog317 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Nice! I have shot Glocks for years. Picked up a SPO1 Custom a couple of months back and love it! Wish i made the switch sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perttime Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Shadow 2 ... should be good. I was quite comfortable with the basic CZ 75 that I had on loan many years ago. A CZ is on my list: Shadow 2, TS, or TSO, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George16 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Congrats on your new shadow 2. You can get the DA/SA trigger pull down by using a 13 or 11# hammer spring and polishing the internals using professor Atlas’ polishing tutorial. That’s what I did on mine and I was able to get my DA down to 5# 3.4 ozs and SA down to 1# 9.9 ozs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mliebs Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) I just replaced the safety and had a difficult time getting it back in. After I had it installed I couldn't get the slide on because the trigger bar wouldn't go down far enough. I thought I noticed something under the the back of the trigger bar and pushed it with a punch and it disappeared (barely touched it). I took everything apart and put it back together and everything works fine now. I'm not sure what could have been flipped around but when I put it back together it all works fine now. I don't see anything on the diagram to explain what I might have seen under the back of trigger bar. After I go to the range today I might take it apart and see if I can tell what happened. Edited September 30, 2018 by Mliebs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDRGlock Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 This past summer, I grabbed my first CZ, an SP-01. After that, I fell in love. My second was a Shadow 2. Then a Compact 75 followed (I prefer steel over alloy). Since my can was coming I grabbed a Tactical 75 (I’m told 3 of my 4 cans were approved but I’m waiting on the fourth to pick them up all at once).Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mliebs Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 Had a good day at the range today. I put 200 rounds through it and had one FTE around the 125-150 mark. Overall I felt the pistol handled really well but it's going to take some trigger time to deal with the weight. The pistol is pretty heavy and after adding 18 rounds it's pretty stout compared to what I normally shoot. Here's a couple groups from 5 and 7 yards. I also need to do something with the fiber optic front. At 55 I need good light to see and the indoor range didn't really provide that for me. I'd also like to get a rear sight with a small gap. Anyway, happy with my purchase and can't wait to take it out again. I'm a 1911 guy so it seemed strange loading 3 magazines and not having enough in one box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoKimberDave Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 17 hours ago, Mliebs said: I just replaced the safety and had a difficult time getting it back in. After I had it installed I couldn't get the slide on because the trigger bar wouldn't go down far enough. I thought I noticed something under the the back of the trigger bar and pushed it with a punch and it disappeared (barely touched it). I took everything apart and put it back together and everything works fine now. I'm not sure what could have been flipped around but when I put it back together it all works fine now. I don't see anything on the diagram to explain what I might have seen under the back of trigger bar. After I go to the range today I might take it apart and see if I can tell what happened. Make sure it was not the safety lever detent located within the frame at the right side. It’s captures the right hand safety lever, which could walk out without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mliebs Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 I took the pistol apart before I went to the range and that's exactly what I found. It had actually slide down the hole in the main spring housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDIllon Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) Glad you are happy with the S2 I got mine about a year ago and never looked back. I have arthritis in my right wrist and the weight of the gun really helps to reduce the recoil. And the gun seems to like almost any reload. Good looking range vist!!! JD Edited October 7, 2018 by JDIllon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberTwo Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I absolutely love my S2. Gonna send it off to cgw for their production overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny10 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 9/30/2018 at 6:55 AM, George16 said: Congrats on your new shadow 2. You can get the DA/SA trigger pull down by using a 13 or 11# hammer spring and polishing the internals using professor Atlas’ polishing tutorial. That’s what I did on mine and I was able to get my DA down to 5# 3.4 ozs and SA down to 1# 9.9 ozs. Can you point me towards the tutorial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George16 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Swanny10 said: Can you point me towards the tutorial? Heres the link for the tutorial by Kneeling atlas. CZ tuning 101 with Professor Atlas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perttime Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 As with any CZ, get a spare slide release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny10 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 19 hours ago, George16 said: Heres the link for the tutorial by Kneeling atlas. CZ tuning 101 with Professor Atlas Appreciated. That’s very helpful. If I ever get the gumption to do it by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swanny10 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 18 hours ago, perttime said: As with any CZ, get a spare slide release. Im new to the platform. I didn’t know that was an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perttime Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 The CZ slide release seems to go at some point. People usually keep a spare, or use an old one for practice and new one for competition. I don't have a CZ now, and don't recall any numbers on how long people have shot on one release. 10,000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauk517 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Great purchase! good looking gun. I was wondering if the Lok grips are thinner compared to the stock rubber grips on SP01 shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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