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Anyone have any experience with the Limited Custom 2? It basically looks like the CZ Tactical Sport, with a few twists. Other than slide lightening, are there really any differences other than looks? Just trying to peak my own interest in a sport I've sort of burned out on. Funny how a nice new gun can do that eh?





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great gun,..very reliable,...not a whole lot of tinkering required,...fits well in the hand.
Mags are a good price,...and you can shoot plated ammo out of it all day long and get very good results.
I have the LC .40,....it compliments my Stock2 9mm...
 
IPSCSouthpaw said:
Anyone have any experience with the Limited Custom 2? It basically looks like the CZ Tactical Sport, with a few twists. Other than slide lightening, are there really any differences other than looks?
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That's EASY!

Comparing either Tanfoglio Lim Custom and that CZ TS, both Tanfoglios have:

Bull Barrel with polygonal rifling (accurate with even crap projectiles)
Trigger adjustment for pre-and post travel.
Real Magazine Well
Mags with real mag bumpers;
Tanfoglio backstrap design; much higher beavertail.
Real Adjustable Sights,
FO front sights and standard Post both included.
Reversible Mag Release (set it up for a lefty if you want..)

And the biggest thing that it has over the CZ TS - it will work and continue to work.

Over to Rob and Daryll... :D
 
Freedom Ventures said:
That's EASY!

Comparing either Tanfoglio Lim Custom and that CZ TS, both Tanfoglios have:

Bull Barrel with polygonal rifling (accurate with even crap projectiles)
Trigger adjustment for pre-and post travel.
Real Magazine Well
Mags with real mag bumpers;
Tanfoglio backstrap design; much higher beavertail.
Real Adjustable Sights,
FO front sights and standard Post both included.
Reversible Mag Release (set it up for a lefty if you want..)

And the biggest thing that it has over the CZ TS - it will work and continue to work.

Over to Rob and Daryll... :D
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I am right now in Europe and what I have notice is actually reluctance towards Tangfolios. Most of the shooters in Standard shoots either STI or SVI, some CZ and some Bull and Para. When I asked why you guys are not using Tangfolios, most of the guys point out bad magazines, week frames. Tangfolios should make more sense in Europe where all reloading components are almost 2x more expensive then in Canada, and Tangs shoot cheap thin plated bullets in their polygonal barrel. The truth is so different, there are so many Tangfolios for sale with little or almost not use and not many takers.

On the other side, STI is very popular and it cost them around 3,000 for plain Edge so more desirable SVI.
SPS, Spanish copy of STI/SVI has really bad reputation except for their excellent magazines.
 
I went with the Model "L" and love it. For lead shooters the polygonial barrels in the Tanfoglios are sweet. There is no leading issues with the Tans. Guns are very accurate. The conversion kits add versatility - going from 9MM to .40cal takes seconds.

Not sure where the "weak" frames comes in. I suspect it is just a case of the Euros eating their young; similar to some Canadian shooters avoiding Paras.

Take Care

Bob
 
burning out....say it ain't so! :runaway:

I'm one of your recent students and a big fan (big guy with the hard chrome45 who switched hands mid stream) and I really hope to see you out at a match soon. We all really enjoyed your class.:dancingbanana:

You've given a lot to the sport, so drop some more responsibility for awhile...take some time for your self and just get out and get banging and enjoy!!!:shotgun:

And if it takes a new gun to spark a fire go for it, you'll never get a consistent opinion anyways...heh maybe go back to your roots and try a .45 and shoot standard again! Or freak em out and pick up a performance center tuned Smith & Wesson revolver and starting winning with that!

None of this is very useful to your orginal question...but what the heh :)

Cheers!
 
There's no comparison other than sharing similar DNA in the distant past. Aside from all of the competition features that come stock with the gun (as Sean mentioned) the hammer forged polygonal rifled match barrel makes the gun what it is. These things are insanely accurate with even the crappiest bullets going, and you can shoot lead for practice without fear of having to spend your evenings scraping it out of the bore.

Additionally, the lower bore axis translates to very quick recovery shots and reduced flip, and the Tanfos have the best grip ergonomics going in my opinion. The only thing I recommend doing is swapping out the firing pin for an EGW (longer and harder) and maybe a trigger job. Maybe.
 
I have both the LC and the LC2, both at very nice guns.. The posts above pretty much say it all.

As Rob pointed out.. get the EGW firing pin, and a trigger job (I like mine a bit heavier, but crisper release and reset)

The gun just fits so nice in the hand.. ;)
 
Has anyone here reversed the mag release button on their Tanfoglio? I have pictures of what to do but not sure I want to attempt it unless I have some hope of retaining flying springs and little parts. Sean any advice?

Take care

Bob
ps I also shoot the M&P and having the mag release on the right side for a right handed shooter is the cats meow..for me at least reloads are just that much faster.
 
Canuck44 said:
Has anyone here reversed the mag release button on their Tanfoglio? I have pictures of what to do but not sure I want to attempt it unless I have some hope of retaining flying springs and little parts. Sean any advice?
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Take the top end off and remove the safety, the sear cage assembly and the trigger/stirrup assembly. Note that the trigger spring will shoot across the room and get lost in your sump pump (don't ask how I know that) if you don't capture it with your finger when you pull the drift punch back out. So get your finger...or something...right in there tight against it, and don't give it any room to wiggle past. Once the stirrup is out you can take the trigger bar guide out on which the stirrup rides, just beneath it. Just lift it out with needle nose pliers. While doing this, take care here to place a finger over the small hole in the end of the magazine release, or the spring and plunger that resides in there will make a quick exit also. Once the trigger bar guide is out, just slide out the mag release and put it back in the other way. Everything else goes back in the way it came out. Use slave pins to capture your springs or you will drive yourself nuts.

Note that the trigger bar guide plunger must capture the mag release button when you install it, so you will need to compress the spring and plunger inside the release as you push the trigger stirrup guide back into place.

Good Lord! Does any of this make sense?
 
Helps alot! I will try it tonite. I will manage doing it or I will be shootng my M&P on Saturday at our Provincials and Gunnar will be getting a package in th email on MOnday...:D

Thanks

Bob
 
you don't need to remove the trigger or to reverse the mag catch. just make sure your trigger is all the way forward and using the short end of an "L" shaped Allen wrench, rotate the plunger so the angled portion is facing into the mag well. remove it as Rob states, reverse the mag catch, put the plunger back in as Rob says, then press it down and rotate it back under the trigger bar. quick and easy. takes maybe 3 or 4 minutes.
 
Slavex said:
you don't need to remove the trigger or to reverse the mag catch. just make sure your trigger is all the way forward and using the short end of an "L" shaped Allen wrench, rotate the plunger so the angled portion is facing into the mag well. remove it as Rob states, reverse the mag catch, put the plunger back in as Rob says, then press it down and rotate it back under the trigger bar. quick and easy. takes maybe 3 or 4 minutes.
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Interesting. I can't put my triggers that far forward because of the pre-travel screw which is lock-tighted in.
But on a Production gun (no pre-travel screw) that sounds like it should work.
 
OK will try it. Slavex knows how many thumbs I have and my award winning mechanical inabilities. It has kept many a plumber/mechanic in bread & water over the years.:D Were it left to me the wheel would have four corners...

Take Care

Bob
 
the LC and the Stock2 have different takedown requirements for that certain part. I noticed it as I have one of each. The trigger bar has to be removed in the LC, but does not in the Stock2/L etc..
 
OK I DID IT! For those with the mechanical mind of a nat remember to depress the spring of the mag release by using a small punch as you push the plunger down. When you do that the part just slips in. Took five minutes due to the fact yours truly took two minutes to figure out you had to depress the mag spring thingy so the plundger thingy could fit where it was supposed to.

Thanks all, by reversing the mag release (I am right handed) my reloads are much faster using my trigger finger to depress the mag release. I think Browning got it wrong on the 1911 and we have been paying for it ever since.

Take Care

Bob
 
Canuck44 said:
OK I DID IT! For those with the mechanical mind of a nat remember to depress the spring of the mag release by using a small punch as you push the plunger down. When you do that the part just slips in. Took five minutes due to the fact yours truly took two minutes to figure out you had to depress the mag spring thingy so the plundger thingy could fit where it was supposed to.
Bob
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Way to go! If you hadn't been able to sort it out I was going to offer to do it for you at the Nationals. I arrive on Wednesday so it would be no hassle, and it would only take a few minutes to take the gun to pieces and put it back together.
 
Canuck44 said:
Has anyone here reversed the mag release button on their Tanfoglio?
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I have BUT it requires tuning almost every mag you have to get the catch to work properly again.. the tollerances on the left and right are different.. you will find that on the mags you will have to bend the top of the "notch" out a bit to catch the mag release (otherwise they pop out on the first shot).

Also once you do that, then the mags will have a problem fitting other guns, or if you switch it back..

I have two LC's and with the mag release on the right (which is a lot faster once you get it working) and the mags are not interchangeable due to the tuning that is required..
 
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