My new CCW setup. CZ Shadow 2c.
I've always carried a 1911 in 45acp but for a couple of reasons decided that I wanted higher capacity per magazine and a DA/SA pistol. The higher capacity, IMO, is pretty self explanitory. The DA/SA part of it took a little soul searching. @OkieStubble posted here some time ago that in a self defense situation when you adrenaline has kicked in, you may be moving, and and your trying to process a lot of information at once a longer and heavier trigger pull may be better than a SA trigger. I thought about this a lot and it started to make sense to me. My reasoning is that its would be much easier to "bump" a SA trigger in a high stress situation causing an errant shot. I spent a career in high stress situations, including training and working with SWAT teams, and I understand how quickly fine motor skills, like trigger control, can deteriorate. So this makes the most sense to me but as in everything on B&B YMMV.
No range time yet, just a lot of dry firing. The kids head back to school next week so I should get to the range then. SA trigger breaks cleanly at 3.4lbs with a short, tactile and audible reset. The DA is long, smooth, and also breaks very cleanly. I haven't been able to measure the DA trigger weight because my trigger gauge only goes to 8lbs, factory setting should be about 10lbs. I have new digital gauge on the way so I should be able to get a better reading soon.
I put a Holosun EPS on it with an impact machine plate with rear sight. This is my first red dot on a pistol and so far I really like it. The sights co-witness perfectly in the lower 3rd of the EPS window. One issue I've found is that if I align the sights the EPS dot is way to the right. I'm waiting to actually shoot it before I try to adjust it. I don't know if the EPS reticle is off or if there is something off with the way the rear sight was milled on the plate. I'm also going to get rid of the fiber optic front site and install a plane black front sight. The EPS dot is red and with the red FO front sight the window feels a little too cluttered with 2 red objects in the window.
Ortics Planet was running a sale on MecGar mags so I picked up 8 spare mags for 1/2 the price of the MecGar made CZ mags. I have a IWB Kydex (GASP) holster ordered from Legacy Firearms. After some range time I have a feeling I'll be doing some work to reduce the DA trigger weight. CGW sells a spring kit that should take the DA pull down to about 6lbs without affecting the SA pull. A slight polish of all the internals will probably help as well. I also have some LOK GridLOk palm swell brass grips ordered. The original aluminum grips are ok but they're a little too slim for my big hands. I also want to shoot this pistol in IPDA if I can find any matches around here and felt that the weight of the brass grips may help with felt recoil since the pistol has a lightweight aluminum frame. I'm on a "notify me" list for the same grips but in aluminum in case the brass grips end up being heavier that I like for CCW.
Oh yeah, NO light.
I've always carried a 1911 in 45acp but for a couple of reasons decided that I wanted higher capacity per magazine and a DA/SA pistol. The higher capacity, IMO, is pretty self explanitory. The DA/SA part of it took a little soul searching. @OkieStubble posted here some time ago that in a self defense situation when you adrenaline has kicked in, you may be moving, and and your trying to process a lot of information at once a longer and heavier trigger pull may be better than a SA trigger. I thought about this a lot and it started to make sense to me. My reasoning is that its would be much easier to "bump" a SA trigger in a high stress situation causing an errant shot. I spent a career in high stress situations, including training and working with SWAT teams, and I understand how quickly fine motor skills, like trigger control, can deteriorate. So this makes the most sense to me but as in everything on B&B YMMV.
No range time yet, just a lot of dry firing. The kids head back to school next week so I should get to the range then. SA trigger breaks cleanly at 3.4lbs with a short, tactile and audible reset. The DA is long, smooth, and also breaks very cleanly. I haven't been able to measure the DA trigger weight because my trigger gauge only goes to 8lbs, factory setting should be about 10lbs. I have new digital gauge on the way so I should be able to get a better reading soon.
I put a Holosun EPS on it with an impact machine plate with rear sight. This is my first red dot on a pistol and so far I really like it. The sights co-witness perfectly in the lower 3rd of the EPS window. One issue I've found is that if I align the sights the EPS dot is way to the right. I'm waiting to actually shoot it before I try to adjust it. I don't know if the EPS reticle is off or if there is something off with the way the rear sight was milled on the plate. I'm also going to get rid of the fiber optic front site and install a plane black front sight. The EPS dot is red and with the red FO front sight the window feels a little too cluttered with 2 red objects in the window.
Ortics Planet was running a sale on MecGar mags so I picked up 8 spare mags for 1/2 the price of the MecGar made CZ mags. I have a IWB Kydex (GASP) holster ordered from Legacy Firearms. After some range time I have a feeling I'll be doing some work to reduce the DA trigger weight. CGW sells a spring kit that should take the DA pull down to about 6lbs without affecting the SA pull. A slight polish of all the internals will probably help as well. I also have some LOK GridLOk palm swell brass grips ordered. The original aluminum grips are ok but they're a little too slim for my big hands. I also want to shoot this pistol in IPDA if I can find any matches around here and felt that the weight of the brass grips may help with felt recoil since the pistol has a lightweight aluminum frame. I'm on a "notify me" list for the same grips but in aluminum in case the brass grips end up being heavier that I like for CCW.
Oh yeah, NO light.
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