Picked up a new Smith & Wesson CSX on Friday and finally got it to the range today to try it out.
Here’s my list of pros and cons:
Pros
- 100% reliable. Ran about 200 rounds through it. Five different brands of factory ammo, and three different handloads. 3 different kinds of hollow points. It ran 100% with zero hiccups or malfunctions.
-Trigger. Some of the online reviewers and YouTube reviews I’ve seen were critical of the trigger. I strongly disagree. The trigger is amazing. Light and crisp. Best trigger I’ve ever handled on a gun designed primarily for concealed carry.
- Ergos. For a micro nine the grip is pretty large and very comfortable. The texture on the grip is perfect. Recoil wasn’t too snappy for a gun this size and weight.
- Sights. I like the three dot combat sights for carry guns, and it shot to point of aim. Sights are large and easy to acquire.
- Safety. The safety is positive and perfectly positioned to ride the safety when shooting like a 1911. I love that you can cycle the slide without having to disengage the safety. Makes for very safe unholstering and unloading when putting it away after carrying it.
- Capacity is awesome obviously.
- I like that the manual says it is specifically rated for +P ammo.
- I don’t like to carry striker fired pistols because of how the slide usually extends at least an inch past the back of the grip. My preference for carry is to keep the back of the grip about even with my belt line. So that little to none of the gun is above the belt line. Striker fired guns usually have an inch of slide that extends past the back of the grip, which makes my style of carry more difficult. So I gravitate toward hammer fired guns like this.
Cons
- Slide bite. I have very large meaty hands and I hold my guns very high into the beaver tail. After 200 rounds of mostly really hot ammo, I definitely had some slide bite going on. Probably wouldn’t happen to most shooters. But I wouldn’t recommend this gun for long range sessions.
-Accuracy. Accuracy was poor. After shooting a few groups and not seeing the groups I’m used to, I set up a rest and sat down and shot two 20 round groups with two different kinds of ammo. I’m an experienced competition shooter capable of 2 inch groups at 25 yards with the right handgun. However, the best I could manage with the CSX was about 5 inches at 15 yards from a rest. That’s pretty bad accuracy. Probably sufficient for any carry gun, but it’s certainly not a tack driver.
Anyone else have experience or thoughts on the CSX?
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Here’s my list of pros and cons:
Pros
- 100% reliable. Ran about 200 rounds through it. Five different brands of factory ammo, and three different handloads. 3 different kinds of hollow points. It ran 100% with zero hiccups or malfunctions.
-Trigger. Some of the online reviewers and YouTube reviews I’ve seen were critical of the trigger. I strongly disagree. The trigger is amazing. Light and crisp. Best trigger I’ve ever handled on a gun designed primarily for concealed carry.
- Ergos. For a micro nine the grip is pretty large and very comfortable. The texture on the grip is perfect. Recoil wasn’t too snappy for a gun this size and weight.
- Sights. I like the three dot combat sights for carry guns, and it shot to point of aim. Sights are large and easy to acquire.
- Safety. The safety is positive and perfectly positioned to ride the safety when shooting like a 1911. I love that you can cycle the slide without having to disengage the safety. Makes for very safe unholstering and unloading when putting it away after carrying it.
- Capacity is awesome obviously.
- I like that the manual says it is specifically rated for +P ammo.
- I don’t like to carry striker fired pistols because of how the slide usually extends at least an inch past the back of the grip. My preference for carry is to keep the back of the grip about even with my belt line. So that little to none of the gun is above the belt line. Striker fired guns usually have an inch of slide that extends past the back of the grip, which makes my style of carry more difficult. So I gravitate toward hammer fired guns like this.
Cons
- Slide bite. I have very large meaty hands and I hold my guns very high into the beaver tail. After 200 rounds of mostly really hot ammo, I definitely had some slide bite going on. Probably wouldn’t happen to most shooters. But I wouldn’t recommend this gun for long range sessions.
-Accuracy. Accuracy was poor. After shooting a few groups and not seeing the groups I’m used to, I set up a rest and sat down and shot two 20 round groups with two different kinds of ammo. I’m an experienced competition shooter capable of 2 inch groups at 25 yards with the right handgun. However, the best I could manage with the CSX was about 5 inches at 15 yards from a rest. That’s pretty bad accuracy. Probably sufficient for any carry gun, but it’s certainly not a tack driver.
Anyone else have experience or thoughts on the CSX?
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