Medium size 9mm recommendations?

>Awesome! Just make sure you come back and give us a range report.
One more small thing to note - CZ tends to pack their guns in a heavy grease as a preservative - make sure you give it a field strip & clean before firing.<

For sure - good, bad or indifferent, and I'll be be sure to clean the gun up.

By the way, I just got banned from the "Original" cz forum for telling the moderator that he was mistaken in criticizing a post I made inquiring about breaking in a new p01, and what kind of ammo it liked or to avoid. He told me to be careful, and I replied that he was in over his head as a discussion moderator.

A strange and amusing experience....
 
I'm in the market for the same gun

I've settled on the CZ-75 Compact. Just finding one has proved a challenge, though.
 
I love my CZ's, but if there's one thing that irritates me about the company, it's that their naming conventions are terrible.

Let's start with the CZ-75B. At first glance, it seems perfect and simple - it's the model year (1975) plus the 'B' for the firing pin block. The problem is that, much like the Y2K bug, the designers did not seem to think about what would happen in 25 years - namely, if you kept the same naming convention, then you'd have a later model with a lower number than the earlier model. That's understandable for a 1911, or even an FN-35; less so when the century is 3/4 over.

Now, we've got the compact model. CZ-75 Compact and CZ-75 Compact D are both just fine - except the Compact D is just another name for the Compact D PCR.

Then, you have the SP-01, P-01, P-06, P-07, and P-09. Can anyone explain the progression? Why is the .40 cal version of the P-01 called the P-06, but there's no SP-06 for the full sized?

Of course, those aren't actually the proper names, either, but I didn't want to repeat spelling out CZ-75 as a preface (as in CZ-75 SP-01). Don't get me started on the CZ-2075 RAMI (which I learned was named for the two engineers who designed it), or the CZ-40 (now you're naming it after the caliber?).

Oh well. It still makes more sense than Sig Sauer. If my OCD were stronger, I'd probably limit myself to Rugers.
 
tri star t-100

I have lost track of my round count, but has surpassed 2000 roounds with never one single malfunction. its my only pistol that can claim that. and its pretty and I would consider it exactly medium sized and its a real bargain for a quality handgun with an unbeatable trigger. I have never heard a dissatisfied customer and that's pretty rare for a sub 400$ gun
 
I notice that the CZ P01 has a NSN number on it. Is this a NATO number? Are there other semiautos with the same type of numbers? If so, which ones are they?
 
The NSN is primarily for marketing purposes - there is no practical difference between a gun with an NSN and one withour it.

The P-01 went through a stretch without an NSN because they changed out one of the parts, and so the old NSN was no longer valid until they resubmitted the new old gun for certification.
 
Then to further add, the reliability testing you find all over the web for the P-01 was for the Czech Police requirements, not NATO.
 
>Awesome! Just make sure you come back and give us a range report.
One more small thing to note - CZ tends to pack their guns in a heavy grease as a preservative - make sure you give it a field strip & clean before firing.<

I got the p01 last night and did some dry firing with it.
DA is ~ 9+ pds; SA more like 4.5 pds. Both pulls are reasonably smooth, but not "glassy".

Today, I field stripped it, cleaned it, and took it to the range. I shot 67 new Blazer brass 115 rn, and 50 commercial reload 115 rn.

Zero stoppages - a brand new gun, and zero stoppages even w/ reload ammo that in the past gives me appx. 1 or 2 pct stoppages - not bad.

I've always been a rifle guy, I only started regular handgun practice a few months ago. First time out, I can shoot this gun better than any 9mm I've ever shot. I ran about 50 rnds through it and then shot what you see in the attached pic. (20' distance).

The group on the left is the tightest group I can remember shooting with a handgun - ever (which is probably laughable to some of you ;-)) ). The center of it agrees well with the test shooting chart CZ included in the box.

My only complaint is that the glow-in-dark sight dots have a nice camouflage greenish tint in sunlight - you have to search for the sights. Petty crap I can fix that w/ my bottle of Testors fluor orange.

I am HAPPY with this gun!
Thanks again for all the good advice.
 

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I've always been a rifle guy, I only started regular handgun practice a few months ago. First time out, I can shoot this gun better than any 9mm I've ever shot. I ran about 50 rnds through it and then shot what you see in the attached pic. (20' distance).

The group on the left is the tightest group I can remember shooting with a handgun - ever (which is probably laughable to some of you ;-)) ). The center of it agrees well with the test shooting chart CZ included in the box.
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I had a similar experience, which is what indoctrinated me into the CZ cult in the first place; I was a brand-new shooter who could barely hit a square target at 7 yards, and suddenly I was putting hole after hole into the center of the bull's eye. It's really not any more mechanically accurate than any other gun, but the ergonomics just suited me so well that I could get shots on target without really thinking about it. I'm glad you like it - I was a little nervous when you said you were buying it based on our comments without ever having handled one, but it seems to have worked out.

My only complaint is that the glow-in-dark sight dots have a nice camouflage greenish tint in sunlight - you have to search for the sights. Petty crap I can fix that w/ my bottle of Testors fluor orange.
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Yeah, I'm not fond of the factory sights. My first two CZ's came with the meprolight night sights, which are much, much better. It wasn't until my third (PCR) that I realized how good I'd been having it. I thought about painting over the dots, but finally settled on upgrading to the night sights once I have some money saved.
 
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