Through a trade, I purchased a Tanfoglio Force .22 through Armco. My first impressions of the gun were quite good. The gun is a good size, way larger than my Ruger 22/45 Mk III was. It's longer than my USP, comparable in height, and comparable in frame width though slimmer in the full length slide. She is, however, very light, consider it's a polymer frame gun. The gun is clearly of a CZ-75 pattern with the same style of slide lock and safety. The mag release is very accessible, though I plan on moving mine to the right hand side given my familiarity with USP controls. Disassembly is also straight CZ-75, very easy to do, no tools required. Sights are fully adjustable for windage and elevation, though I cannot seem to get the sights set for less than 25 yrds. This gun will probably do well in distance shooting. There is a half-#### position, but this does not prevent the hammer from falling, and serves no apparant purpose. It feels like a full-size gun for sure, and is not readily identifiable as such by other shooters. Sorry, no digital camera and no pics.
Mags drop free, and there is no pain-in-the-ass magazine disconnect safety. Mags are very well built and quite large, made of polymer, and are easy to disassemble despite the lack of instructions to do so. Mags are cheap, at ~$20/25. There is no follower button to depress to load them, but this is not necessary as they are easy to load. Unfortunately there are no count holes in the mags so you either have to count them yourself or just fill them until you cannot fill them anymore. Trigger is fully adjustable and is actually rather nice for a .22, miles ahead of the Ruger. Contrary to what the manual says, the slide does not lock back after the last round has been fired. You can release the slide either with the relase or by pulling the slide back and release, unlike the Ruger.
The first time I took it out I had a lot of trouble with it. It was not ejecting/extracting properly at all despite any ammo I tried in it. I gave Freedom Ventures a call and they said that I should send them the entire upper half for repair/testing. A few days later I got an e-mail back from F.V. saying that they were having the same trouble with it, so they sent me an entirely new upper half plus a free magazine for my trouble. Customer service is fantastic with these guys, they come highly reccomended. They didn't just replace a single part, but the entire upper half. The free mag for my trouble is even better.
With the new upper half it shoots very well. It fed and shot all the ammo I tried in it without problem. Not a single jam or malfunction. Accuracy is pretty good, but I'm not an accurate pistol shooter. With good ammo and a steady hand I'm sure it's quite capable. As a plinker it's a great gun, rapid fire was no problem. It feels really great in the hand with a very comfortable grip.
Overall I'm quite happy with the gun. It shoots very well with not reliability issues. It looks great with it's full length slide, which recoils as a whole unlike the kadet, and feels great with it's full-size grip. The P22 and Mosquito are the only other non-conversion full-size style .22's and those have some seriousl reliability issues. The Kadet is $100 more and even then doesn't operate totally like a full-size. Freedom Ventures come highly reccomend and are very prompt with service and communication. The big con is the lack of a slide hold open after the last shot, but that's nitpicking. For $550, it's a great bang for the buck and will satisfy all of those wanting a .22 that doesn't look like a tree branch, feel like a water gun, or shoot like an SOB.
Mags drop free, and there is no pain-in-the-ass magazine disconnect safety. Mags are very well built and quite large, made of polymer, and are easy to disassemble despite the lack of instructions to do so. Mags are cheap, at ~$20/25. There is no follower button to depress to load them, but this is not necessary as they are easy to load. Unfortunately there are no count holes in the mags so you either have to count them yourself or just fill them until you cannot fill them anymore. Trigger is fully adjustable and is actually rather nice for a .22, miles ahead of the Ruger. Contrary to what the manual says, the slide does not lock back after the last round has been fired. You can release the slide either with the relase or by pulling the slide back and release, unlike the Ruger.
The first time I took it out I had a lot of trouble with it. It was not ejecting/extracting properly at all despite any ammo I tried in it. I gave Freedom Ventures a call and they said that I should send them the entire upper half for repair/testing. A few days later I got an e-mail back from F.V. saying that they were having the same trouble with it, so they sent me an entirely new upper half plus a free magazine for my trouble. Customer service is fantastic with these guys, they come highly reccomended. They didn't just replace a single part, but the entire upper half. The free mag for my trouble is even better.
With the new upper half it shoots very well. It fed and shot all the ammo I tried in it without problem. Not a single jam or malfunction. Accuracy is pretty good, but I'm not an accurate pistol shooter. With good ammo and a steady hand I'm sure it's quite capable. As a plinker it's a great gun, rapid fire was no problem. It feels really great in the hand with a very comfortable grip.
Overall I'm quite happy with the gun. It shoots very well with not reliability issues. It looks great with it's full length slide, which recoils as a whole unlike the kadet, and feels great with it's full-size grip. The P22 and Mosquito are the only other non-conversion full-size style .22's and those have some seriousl reliability issues. The Kadet is $100 more and even then doesn't operate totally like a full-size. Freedom Ventures come highly reccomend and are very prompt with service and communication. The big con is the lack of a slide hold open after the last shot, but that's nitpicking. For $550, it's a great bang for the buck and will satisfy all of those wanting a .22 that doesn't look like a tree branch, feel like a water gun, or shoot like an SOB.
