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Mike Irwin
The first time I fired my 10mm, the one I sold to Mal, with full power loads and the factory springs, it didn't just throw the brass into the next shooting lane, it threw the brass into the next time zone.
I've never seen a handgun throw brass 75 feet before, but that one of mine did.
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To cure this get a 22 lb recoil spring and cut down the ejector. I am no gunsmith but I did my own ejector....now brass is usually at 5 o'clock and 15 feet away.
I have one. I had lots of FTF problems when I first got it but after a couple months of tweaking it is 95-98% reliable. We do not have CCW, and wilderness carry is near impossible to get....so 100% reliability is not really neccesary for me. If I get a FTF or FTE 1/50 times not huge issue.
The good:
Nice looking pistol.
Affordable.
They are very well stoutly built. Will handle maximum handloads easily because the chamber is fully supported.
They are fairly accurate and quite a pleasure to shoot. The ergonomics are awesome...makes shooting max loads easy/comfortable.
The bad:
Usually will have some FTF or more rarely FTE problems which can be attributed to a number of easily fixed problems.
Most problems seem to be associated with mags, or mag springs, or recoil springs.
First thing most guys do is ease the sharp edge on chamber mouth and polish feed ramp.
Some mags don't sit tightly enough in the mag well and drop down a 1/16 of an inch this is usually cured with a NEW mag catch.
Most guys change out factory mag springs to Wolf +5% or +10% mag springs.
Change weak factory recoil spring to at least a 18lb Wolf or 20-22 lb springs if shooting hotter loads.
2 of best sites for info on these pistols are:
You can find all the neccesary info on DIY mods.
http://www.10mmtalk.com/
http://p201.ezboard.com/CZ-CLONE-CLUB/fczechpistols82792frm35