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Firearms and Gear => Non CZ Firearms => Topic started by: rhart on January 21, 2015, 07:58:17 AM
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thinking about a Sphinx SDP or subcompact - supposed to be more accurate than CZ. Anyone have any experience or thoughts about them?
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I'm curious, by what measurements is it more accurate ?
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Not a lot of comparison videos out there, but the ones I have seen show Sphinx with tighter groupings. I take these with a grain of salt which is why I was asking if anyone had any experience.
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They should use a ransom rest to measure the accuracy. Otherwise you could get two different results from the same gun with the same shooter. There is always a slightly better group that salesmen would use to sell their product. (You know how to tell if a salesman is lying? A: His lips are moving.)
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I agree completely Rodolfo Fierro which is why I take most reviews with a grain of salt. I don't recall many reviews that use a rest like that for any gun. Unless a review is totally independent and removes most/all of the human subjectivity element I view them with doubt. Even ergonomics can influence the shooter's performance and make one gun seem more accurate and most reviewers rave about the Shinx's grip ergos. I like CZ stock grip ergos (rubber with palm swells) and so this part alone intrigues me - that Sphinx supposedly has better ergo's. Comparisons usually involve the P-07 which does not have palm swells and thus it's grip ergos could be better for me.
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Sphinx uses polygonal rifling in the barrel. I'm not sure if polygonal rifling is supposed to be more accurate. The most accurate (tight groups) pistol I have is a CZ 82, but not sure if is the polygonal rifling or the fixed barrel.
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Glock uses similar rifling (octagonal) in their pistols and claim it aids accuracy. I wouldn't say my Glock 19 is more accurate than my CZs though.
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Glock uses similar rifling (octagonal) in their pistols and claim it aids accuracy. I wouldn't say my Glock 19 is more accurate than my CZs though.
I bought a Glock 19 when they first hit the dealers, 1980's. It was OK but not great and with the polygonal barrel you cant shoot lead rounds. I read about the P-01 and bought one to try. The FIRST mag was better than ANY I had ever fired from the Glock.
Glock is long gone.
Since then I have owned 6-7 P-01's , now have 2, and as far as my 45+ years of owning over 400 handguns the CZ Compact is the FINEST HANGDGUN out there.