CZ75B vs SP-01 Shadow

Canuck44 said:
I bought my Shadow from Gunnar. I replaced the mainspring with a 13# CZ spring and I now have a 5.5# trigger pull. Very smooth! You might also want to go to a lighter recoil spring if you are shooting IDPA/IPSC with light loads. The stock recoil spring is pretty heavy for the lighter loads. I think doing a trigger job ( Takes you out of Production) on a Shadow is like polishing a diamond. Gun comes with a pretty smooth trigger.

Take Care

Bob
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Don't those springs take you out of Production too?
 
stevebc said:
I'll be dealing with Armco (Gunnar) for this, and will have a chance to dry fire it and handle it before I buy. I'm curious though, your buddy had a trigger job done- you mentioned a spring; was the trigger pull lightened even further from the approx 2lbs stock? Or was the job mostly just to smooth the feel? I had the impression the triggers on these were pretty darn good to start with.
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They are as good as you've heard. Mostly his smoothing and spring job (CZ spring so it's still production legal) lightened and smoothened up the first double action shot. He's got it down to where it's just a bit over the 5lb minimum and it's as smooth as soft butter. The single action was just lightly stoned with a really find stone to polish it a bit. But with the lighter mainspring the SA pull is down to almost scarey. You pretty much need to make sure it's on target before you pull through the takeup since there's just a hint of resistance at the break point..... IT'S LOVELY ! ! ! ! !
 
I have a shadow and my friend has the 75b so I have fired both and I debated the same thing you are going through now and I have no regret spending the extra money for the shadow. My vote Shadow hands down
 
Canuck44 said:
I bought my Shadow from Gunnar. I replaced the mainspring with a 13# CZ spring and I now have a 5.5# trigger pull. Very smooth! You might also want to go to a lighter recoil spring if you are shooting IDPA/IPSC with light loads. The stock recoil spring is pretty heavy for the lighter loads. I think doing a trigger job ( Takes you out of Production) on a Shadow is like polishing a diamond. Gun comes with a pretty smooth trigger.

Take Care

Bob
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I've actually got the same springs on order at this time. The mainspring is still more than enough to fire off the primer, is it? I also want to be able to put slightly weaker loads in the pipe so I've got a 14# (I believe) spring on the way.
 
I have observed no problems with Win, Fed and CCI primers. The Remingtons seem to be the hardest and I avoid them now. I have the reduce recoil spring in my gun and it is still siffer than I would like for the softer loads but works better than the one that came with the gun.

I shoot lead cast bullets so my loads are pretty light to make PF of 130ish. I don't like to get to close to the 125 PF.

Take Care

Bob
 
I'm gonna try going to 147 gr and lighten the load as close to the 130 PF as I can myself. I have only been shooting 115 and 125, but a friend said 147 is actually more manageable as recoil goes. Less snappy and more of a .45-style "push" was what he said. I've yet to try it.
 
stark said:
I have a shadow and my friend has the 75b so I have fired both and I debated the same thing you are going through now and I have no regret spending the extra money for the shadow. My vote Shadow hands down
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I have a spare 15lb CZ hammer spring if you want it.:dancingbanana:
 
IM_Lugger said:
I'd pick the SP-01 tactical... not as ugly as the 75B
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Dunno about ugly, kind of fond of the 75b myself
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