CZ 75 P-01

[klmhq]

The P-01 is CZ's latest and greatest 75. It's a very new gun, just came on the market recently. As I understand it, the Czech National Police use it as their duty weapon. All P-01s come with an integral tactical rail. They are smaller than a 75, but not by much. They are also suprisingly heavy.

A feature that I like is the decocker. Instead of a safety, you can decock the pistol to a half cock position. It can't be accidentaly fired. With the hammer in half-cock, the pistol is double action. After that, it's single action all the way.

My gun was covered in protectant/grease/whatever when I got it. Disassembly was surprisingly difficult. The pin that holds the slide release lever in place does NOT want to come out. I managed to get it out using the base of a magazine (the CZ recommended method) and cleaned the gun. Reassembly is easy, just like most automatic pistols.

At the range, I ran 112 rounds through it. I only had one fail to fire. It was a bad primer. That primer had a nice big dent right in the center. Zero fail to feed, no jams at all. I even had a 12 round speed run.

Most of the CZ-75s have very good accuracy at 25 yds. I can't say so much for my marksmanship this morning though. I couldn't hit anything. Of course, the P-01 has a slightly shorter (1/2 inch I believe) barrel than a 75. I attribute it to my having an off day.

At the closer ranges (15 yds and 7.5 yds) accuracy and precision were excellent. I could easily keep all shots within the 8 ring and I had many quarter sized groups of 4 rounds. The three dot sites were very easy to aquire and made for good rapid fire shooting.



This is a fine gun and one that I really enjoyed using. I am looking forward to more shooting with it and finally getting my CCL.

Kevin

[9mm]

I've always liked the look of the CZ75s. Congrats!

[klmhq]

Update:

Well, I finally got out to the range with the missus. She shot about 30 rounds from her Taurus, then picked up my P-01. In Texas, if you qualify with an automatic, you can CC any firearm. If you qualify with a revolver, then you can only carry a revolver. So, she's going to use my P-01 to qualify with.

I didn't get it back that day. I got maybe 50 rounds through it. She put about 200. I was reduced to borrowing my dad's CZ 75BD.

All in all, we burned about 700 rounds mostly 9mm. Fortunately, my dad has started reloading or in this case loading as he bought tons of new brass, etc.

The P-01 ate everything. No jams, FTF, misfires, anything. It worked perfectly all day long. Even my dad's CZ-75 Champion had a jam.

The P-01 shoots great and is accurate and precise. The slightly shorter barrel did have a little impact at 25 yds on precision, but at 7 yds, I put 5 shots in the one inch red square at each corner of the target. Recoil is minimal. My wife felt the recoil was much less than her Taurus and the pistol fit her hand much better after firing for a long time. It's a very comfortable gun.