OK got my new toy today (THANKS SEAN!). took it out to the range and put 410 rounds through it. Functioned flawlessly, except for my wonderful high/mangled primers (piece of #### Dillon 1050). I put the fibre optic sight on it before I went, damn the stock front sight took a beating to take off, and yes I loosened (removed) the set screw. I used a brass punch and still managed to deform the facing edge of the stock sight. oh well, don't need it anyhow, love the FO.
Accuracy was excellent out of the box, having an adjustable rear sight is nice. I had to add a few clicks up and left (hmmm where have I heard that before?). but once it was dialed in I was 10 for 10 on B zone plates at 50 (slow fire). my groups at 25 were decent, maybe 3 inches freestyle. at 10 it was one ragged hole, all were medium speed shots.
Mags eject like lightning, but all are only barely 10 rounds. gonna see what I can do to fix that. As well I think I am going to find someone to spot weld the laser cut seams in a few more places, as I hear that's the weak spot. One more thing in relation to mags. with an empty gun, slide locked back, a simple firm tap on the bottom of the magwell caused the slide to go forward (I like that), however, with a loaded mag and a smart/firm insertion, the slide wouldn't go forward (don't like that). I would think once I've put a few thousand rounds through this gun and used the slide catch a bunch, that'll fix itself, but it is curious. I tried putting the mag in, and then smacking it harder, still no joy. Not sure why. Gonna look to see if the mags are touching the slide catch at all. if so, a little polishing will be in order.
Single action trigger is very nice, but DA sucks bones. I can see where there are some spots that can be polished, like the plunger area that pushed the trigger bar up and such. obviously since it's a PD gun it won't get any non factory bits, as much as Henning would like me to use them (I think in USPSA you can do swap out internals and such).
I also don't love the trigger itself, too much of a curve to it, I already have a blister forming from it, and it's an uncomfortable piece of metal for my finger. But it only bothers me in DA, once in SA it's fine. I understand that new triggers similar to the CZ are going to be available soon, giving us some options.
Wish it had a decocker, but I can live with doing manually, though it sucks when doing draw fire drills, not as quick as having a decocker. as well I learned my grip with my weak (left) hand really is too high (used to prevent the slide lock from working on my Beretta all the time). if I don't make a point of keeping pressure on the safety it will creep up and suddenly be on. so really, it's a good thing to get this gun and be working with it, as it'll make me fix that grip. I wonder if the larger safety from the Open gun will be allowed on the Stock II as I would like a bigger shelf to put my thumb on. If not it's not a big deal, but I do have fat ass fingers and thumbs.
All in all I have to say I love this gun. I'll be doing a lot more with it this weekend, so I'll be able to see how it performs for drills and stuff. My holster (Guga) probably won't make it here till Monday, but I think I have a CR I can borrow for the time being. It was a toss up between a Ghost and a Guga, but after playing with 757's Guga holster and his Edge, I knew I had to have one too.
Oh and I love the wood grips, even if they aren't the best looking, they are ####ing grippy, as is the checkering on the front of the grip. this gun ain't moving in your hand that's for sure.
Accuracy was excellent out of the box, having an adjustable rear sight is nice. I had to add a few clicks up and left (hmmm where have I heard that before?). but once it was dialed in I was 10 for 10 on B zone plates at 50 (slow fire). my groups at 25 were decent, maybe 3 inches freestyle. at 10 it was one ragged hole, all were medium speed shots.
Mags eject like lightning, but all are only barely 10 rounds. gonna see what I can do to fix that. As well I think I am going to find someone to spot weld the laser cut seams in a few more places, as I hear that's the weak spot. One more thing in relation to mags. with an empty gun, slide locked back, a simple firm tap on the bottom of the magwell caused the slide to go forward (I like that), however, with a loaded mag and a smart/firm insertion, the slide wouldn't go forward (don't like that). I would think once I've put a few thousand rounds through this gun and used the slide catch a bunch, that'll fix itself, but it is curious. I tried putting the mag in, and then smacking it harder, still no joy. Not sure why. Gonna look to see if the mags are touching the slide catch at all. if so, a little polishing will be in order.
Single action trigger is very nice, but DA sucks bones. I can see where there are some spots that can be polished, like the plunger area that pushed the trigger bar up and such. obviously since it's a PD gun it won't get any non factory bits, as much as Henning would like me to use them (I think in USPSA you can do swap out internals and such).
I also don't love the trigger itself, too much of a curve to it, I already have a blister forming from it, and it's an uncomfortable piece of metal for my finger. But it only bothers me in DA, once in SA it's fine. I understand that new triggers similar to the CZ are going to be available soon, giving us some options.
Wish it had a decocker, but I can live with doing manually, though it sucks when doing draw fire drills, not as quick as having a decocker. as well I learned my grip with my weak (left) hand really is too high (used to prevent the slide lock from working on my Beretta all the time). if I don't make a point of keeping pressure on the safety it will creep up and suddenly be on. so really, it's a good thing to get this gun and be working with it, as it'll make me fix that grip. I wonder if the larger safety from the Open gun will be allowed on the Stock II as I would like a bigger shelf to put my thumb on. If not it's not a big deal, but I do have fat ass fingers and thumbs.
All in all I have to say I love this gun. I'll be doing a lot more with it this weekend, so I'll be able to see how it performs for drills and stuff. My holster (Guga) probably won't make it here till Monday, but I think I have a CR I can borrow for the time being. It was a toss up between a Ghost and a Guga, but after playing with 757's Guga holster and his Edge, I knew I had to have one too.
Oh and I love the wood grips, even if they aren't the best looking, they are ####ing grippy, as is the checkering on the front of the grip. this gun ain't moving in your hand that's for sure.
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