Fired the CZ Sunday. Super smooth gun. She was a little tight as it was new. The slide wasn't completely resetting so you had to give it a nudge to fire the next round. The CZ's slide is on a rail in the frame and I need to oil that to get her perfect (says this in the manual). I switched to shooting right-handed and surprisingly there was no problem there at all. I decided to switch on the Glock too and I actually shot that one better right-handed. So now I shoot everything right-handed (always shot rifles right-handed) and it feels much better for some reason (I am extremely left-hand dominant in everything else).
The Glock now feels agricultural and clunky, yet aiming through the red dot I shot better with the Glock, haha. The CZ does not feel heavy at all to shoot. Amazing given it is very heavy when you pick it up, but in the shooting position the CZ guys have done a magic balancing act to make the weight disappear. The iron sights on the CZ are very good and targeting acquisition is super quick, but I'm not hitting exactly where I'm aiming after about 40 rounds. Unfortunately, I can't attach my Mantis X trainer to the CZ so I'll just have to burn some rounds until I get the hang of it.
So this is at 25 yds. Glock is on the left and the CZ on the right. Obviously doing something wrong on the CZ. The range master shot the CZ and hit the bullseye 3 times (on my setup target, not this one), 2 shots going through the exact same hole @ 25yds! But despite my lack-luster results on this first outing, the gun feels amazing. It feels like a solid billet of metal, with no clinking or mechanical clunks. Recoil feels like the AR with 223, a little muzzle rise but you can get quickly back on target. I think improving my grip might eliminate almost all of the muzzle rise. I like the controls on the CZ a lot, especially the easy-to-reach safety. I've never had an issue with the Glock but no safety is definitely a defensive weapon thing, not a playing at the range thing.
The CZ/Glock shots are the 4 corners targets. My buddy messed up my target with his Glock shooting 22 cal? I didn't know that existed. Then a few of the crazy off shots are me doing timed drills drawing from the holster with the Mantis X (electronic trainer Mantis X10 Elite - Shooting Performance System). If I draw on you don't worry, I'm probably not going to hit you haha! It's interesting the red dot definitely is slow when you draw for me. I found myself using the iron sights to get the gun more or less on target then searching for the dot. So why search for the dot? Because the gun hits the dot, you can have the iron sights slightly off and at 25 yds not get exactly what you're shooting at. Also, this was my first time drawing right-handed. Got to improve on that clown show.
Bottom line, I really like this gun. It just needs a cleaning and oiling and we should get along pretty well. I want to be decent on the gun before I do the class. But the real question is, is it worth that much money? Nope. It's purely a toy unless you are hell-bent on competition shooting where a gun of this quality is a must. Would this gun be a liability in a defensive situation? Probably. It's big and heavy. But the biggest issue is you can't easily attach things to it like a light. It's basically a very specific tool for hitting targets quickly on a range. It's probably not your one, do-it-all gun.
The Glock now feels agricultural and clunky, yet aiming through the red dot I shot better with the Glock, haha. The CZ does not feel heavy at all to shoot. Amazing given it is very heavy when you pick it up, but in the shooting position the CZ guys have done a magic balancing act to make the weight disappear. The iron sights on the CZ are very good and targeting acquisition is super quick, but I'm not hitting exactly where I'm aiming after about 40 rounds. Unfortunately, I can't attach my Mantis X trainer to the CZ so I'll just have to burn some rounds until I get the hang of it.
So this is at 25 yds. Glock is on the left and the CZ on the right. Obviously doing something wrong on the CZ. The range master shot the CZ and hit the bullseye 3 times (on my setup target, not this one), 2 shots going through the exact same hole @ 25yds! But despite my lack-luster results on this first outing, the gun feels amazing. It feels like a solid billet of metal, with no clinking or mechanical clunks. Recoil feels like the AR with 223, a little muzzle rise but you can get quickly back on target. I think improving my grip might eliminate almost all of the muzzle rise. I like the controls on the CZ a lot, especially the easy-to-reach safety. I've never had an issue with the Glock but no safety is definitely a defensive weapon thing, not a playing at the range thing.
The CZ/Glock shots are the 4 corners targets. My buddy messed up my target with his Glock shooting 22 cal? I didn't know that existed. Then a few of the crazy off shots are me doing timed drills drawing from the holster with the Mantis X (electronic trainer Mantis X10 Elite - Shooting Performance System). If I draw on you don't worry, I'm probably not going to hit you haha! It's interesting the red dot definitely is slow when you draw for me. I found myself using the iron sights to get the gun more or less on target then searching for the dot. So why search for the dot? Because the gun hits the dot, you can have the iron sights slightly off and at 25 yds not get exactly what you're shooting at. Also, this was my first time drawing right-handed. Got to improve on that clown show.
Bottom line, I really like this gun. It just needs a cleaning and oiling and we should get along pretty well. I want to be decent on the gun before I do the class. But the real question is, is it worth that much money? Nope. It's purely a toy unless you are hell-bent on competition shooting where a gun of this quality is a must. Would this gun be a liability in a defensive situation? Probably. It's big and heavy. But the biggest issue is you can't easily attach things to it like a light. It's basically a very specific tool for hitting targets quickly on a range. It's probably not your one, do-it-all gun.
Think of point shooting like pointing a flashlight in a dark room where you pretty much know where the light switch is (like the target). You’re almost always spot on.
