Looking for experience/reviews of CZ Czechmate?
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The ones I've seen ran great. If you are shooting it with factory ammo it should hold up ok with just the usual parts breakage of the slide stop pin and extractor, just like the SP01. If you are going to shoot it with major ammo make sure you have a good stock pile of these parts. This design is known for eating up extractors and ejectors at major power levels.
I shot it few times. It's accurate and heavy. Given the weight on the gun, I thought it would be less jumpy. For 4 grand, I would consider STI matchmaster coz it's much faster, flatter and better build with bull barrel.
Steel quality is the same as a shadow. Just added a scope mount, comp and other components.
It's just my personal opinion. Other ppl might find it worth it.
Steel quality is the same as a shadow. Just added a scope mount, comp and other components.
It's just my personal opinion. Other ppl might find it worth it.
I have one and shoot it in IPSC Open. For the money, it's a great gun and a good value. It's based on the CZ TS. For those of you with another CZ, it feels natural to move up the Czechmate. it is quite heavy so with the compensator, there is very little recoil. The mags and spare parts are cheaper than STI guns. You likely will have the only one at any match if that matters to you.
It is basically a TS with a compensator, cmore mount and dot and an undercut trigger. It has a different slide and guide rod system. It also comes with a bushing and rear sight to run Standard (minor) which is cool but doubt you would ever use it.
It seems to make 9mm major power with quite a bit less powder than comparable open guns (which is great). It will cycle minor ammo no problem and feels like a pellet gun doing it.
Parts are extremely hard to find. You either have to order from CZ Custom (if they have it) or wait a very long time for a special order through your CZ Dealer.
Other issues:
1. Slide racker is way too loose in the dovetail and will fall out no matter how much you Loctite it. You need to either shim it in there or get gunsmith to make you a new one.
2. CMORE scope mount is only held in by 3 tiny little screws and constantly comes loose no matter how much you Loctite it. I am looking to get a gunsmith to either tap for larger screws or some other good solution
3. Checkering on the gun is so non aggressive that it sucks. You need to add some grip tape.
Besides the above, it's a fantastic gun!
It is basically a TS with a compensator, cmore mount and dot and an undercut trigger. It has a different slide and guide rod system. It also comes with a bushing and rear sight to run Standard (minor) which is cool but doubt you would ever use it.
It seems to make 9mm major power with quite a bit less powder than comparable open guns (which is great). It will cycle minor ammo no problem and feels like a pellet gun doing it.
Parts are extremely hard to find. You either have to order from CZ Custom (if they have it) or wait a very long time for a special order through your CZ Dealer.
Other issues:
1. Slide racker is way too loose in the dovetail and will fall out no matter how much you Loctite it. You need to either shim it in there or get gunsmith to make you a new one.
2. CMORE scope mount is only held in by 3 tiny little screws and constantly comes loose no matter how much you Loctite it. I am looking to get a gunsmith to either tap for larger screws or some other good solution
3. Checkering on the gun is so non aggressive that it sucks. You need to add some grip tape.
Besides the above, it's a fantastic gun!
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how is less powder good.... more powder means more gas which means the comp works better. unless you mean less spilling when loading, then yes ill agree less powder is good
edit:thinking about it, less powder could also mean you could change to a slower powder and get away with it where you couldnt otherwise. Ok i can see it being a good thing now
edit:thinking about it, less powder could also mean you could change to a slower powder and get away with it where you couldnt otherwise. Ok i can see it being a good thing now
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You got it. Many people make major with N350 which you probably can't do with other open guns. I can make major with 3N37, 3N38 and Autocomp. Try them all and decide which you like best. I found very little difference between them personally so I just went with the most readily available powder that was consistent for me. If you use autocomp you only need about 6.3-6.4 grains to make major! It's nice to not splash powder all over your reloading machine too.
Brayden Hay ran a Czechmate at Nationals this year and his results speak for themselves and he is a very young guy who getting better every day.
Off topic but try a Hornady L-N-L...
I load 15.9 of H110 into a 9x40 (similar to a 357SIG) which is an almost full case and it doesn't spill a flake.
Czechmate looks nice on paper, I'd love to play with one- I really liked the IPSC.
I load 15.9 of H110 into a 9x40 (similar to a 357SIG) which is an almost full case and it doesn't spill a flake.
Czechmate looks nice on paper, I'd love to play with one- I really liked the IPSC.
