Hello everyone. I am new to the forum and to the CZ. I don't actually own one yet but it is one of the two finalists on my now short list.
I have been shooting around 4 years now and can tell I am getting better at knowing what I like, but this is only range shooting....no IDPA stuff. I currently own 2 Sig's (P229 and Mosquito) and a Kahr CW9 for my daily carry. This summer My dad and I will be attending a 4 day handgun school in Nevada called FrontSight. I am really excited about this because not only will I learn to be more confident in my weapon and skills but it gives me an excuse to buy a new gun :D I don't have 2 of the same caliber and when you go to this school you nave to bring two guns, a main one and a backup. I also have to bring around 800 rounds of ammo so I don't want to buy 800 rounds of 9mm and 800 rounds of .40. My pockets are not that deep.
This background brings me to this point in time. My short list was the Sig P226, Beretta 92FS, Beretta PX4 and a CZ. I have access to some version of all of these guns except the CZ. I couldn't get a 226 so I shot a 229 9mm instead. I am super accurate with the Sig ( at about 20-25 feet can do around a 2" group....I know others can do better but that was all I can do with 100 rounds and a gun that wasn't mine). The PX4 got a little wider of a group and the 92 was a little better than the PX4, but not as good as the Sig.
The gun store here had 2 CZ's, a 75 B and a P-01. Since they were new I couldn't shoot one all I could do was dry fire. The P-01 was like butter in my hand, I mean that thing feels freaking awesome. I would come close to venture saying it feels better than my dad's HK P30. They have a really good price as well.
After all of my reading over the last few weeks is one thing for sure that these guns need: a trigger job. I have gone onto CZ Custom and see that it is about $160 for this to be done. My question here is....has anyone had this done and if so how much of a difference did it make? In this regard would it just be easier to buy a pistol from the custom shop in the first place with some of these mods done to it already?
After the trigger job is done what does it do for accuracy? I read this post
http://www.czforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=132.0 for a little insite on this as well. I would love to do something with IDPA because it just sounds fun and you can get better with your skills.
If I would be considering keeping this gun for range use or handgun classes or IDPA would I do better considering a different model like the SP-01 since it has a longer barrel and more capacity?
Where is everyone getting a Blackhawk style Serpa holster from since they don't specifically carry one?
I am sorry for rambling but I just want to make an informed decision before I go out and drop some hard saved cash.
Thanks everyone