BigK

Sounds MUCH better than the weather we had last time! Think it'll still be muddy?

I like the version of the 15-22 you got. I don't blame you for missing it bad enough to repurchase either. They are fun to shoot and look great with all kinds of stuff hangin off 'em. I gotta say the Crimson Trace laser is an awesome addition to a gun that small. I was impressed with how accurate my little Kel-Tec P32 is with the laser. The battery lasts forever too. I know they are supposed to be a point-and-shoot gun, but on the occassion that it's all I have with me I wanna make the best shots I can.

I heard about the decocker issue, which really sucks, b/c I'm a big fan of decockers. The instructor had us shoot a steel popper at 100 yds with one of my other CZ's (P-01) when I took a defensive handgun class once. I was impressed with it. I would imagine the 52 could do it more easily with the potency of that cartridge. Sorry to hear you found out the hard way, glad nobody was hurt. Mine has the original firing pin, so no dry-firing for me until I get it replaced.

I'm torn on this debate. I like my rigger's belt with kydex liner a lot. It's stiff enough not to sag, but thin enough not to stretch metal holster clips. On the other hand, leather is just more versatile. I can wear it places I wouldn't want to wear a nylon belt. I have a very rugged ranger belt from SportsmansGuide.com ($20) and a fairly decent belt from Bianchi ($35). Neither are as nice as what Gregg is talking about, but they work good for me and I can afford them. I just recently discovered the Perry Suspenders and they are great. I tuck in a tshirt strap up and pull a polo on over them and nobody at work knows I'm wearing them.

I started looking for one before I got my C&R and the only luck I had was GunBroker.com (most were >$300 and not in great shape). The import cycle of these guns is probably over now, so you won't likely find any for sale other than through these kind of private sales. Afterall, there were only 200K of these beauties made for the Czech army and I think almost all of them were imported to the U.S., but not positive. They must have been wary of getting rid of them, b/c they warehoused the stash for over 10 yrs after they were replaced by the CZ-82 before they sold the 52's off. At the time there were about 200K troops, so I suspect the same will happen to the CZ-82 too. I had a chance or 2 to get one recently, but they were in bad shape AND overpriced. I hope you find one easier than I did, but be patient and get a good one or it will ruin the mystique.

I completely disassembled it for inspection/cleaning this weekend and took it out to the range today. It's a shooter, keeping a 14 out of 16 shots inside a couple inches at 10 yds. I'm sure the 2 fliers were me, not the gun, but they weren't really all that far off. If I included them the group would've been around 4". It sounds like a hand cannon going off and has fairly stiff recoil too. It feels about like shooting .357's in my SP101.

After looking for a reasonable priced CZ-52 for a couple of years, I finally got my hands on one. I owe a huge thanks to gregintenn, who saw it and let me know. I got about 70 rounds of ammo, 50 pieces of unused Starline brass, 2 boxes Hornady bullets, full set of reloading dies/shell plate for 7.62, an original holster with 1953 stamped in the leather, the original cleaning rod, 2 mags, the pistol made in 1953, and dig this...it also came with a barrell to convert it to 9mm for $250. I thought it was a pretty good deal, especially since the finish is excellent. Now I just need to get me some wood grips and I'll be in business.

I like this idea best. Although I have little doubt you know how to shoot what you have, we could all improve. I have less than half that many handguns and freely admit that I want a lot more. BUT...I've decided to spend most of my gun money on improving me and my skills. A recent IDPA intro convinced me I needed that more than new guns. YMMV

I don't even know what he got, but I already have an opinion on it, LOL

You gotta love a preacher with a good sense of humor.

The scene at the gas station was as funny as anything I've seen in a long time. He has a super-human talent for insulting people so subtly that they don't notice.

A man had 50 yard line tickets to see his first Super Bowl. As he sat down, he noticed that the seat next to him was empty. He asked the man on the other side of the empty seat whether anyone was sitting there. "No," the man replied, "The seat is empty." "This is incredible," said the first man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the world and not use it?" The second man replied, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This will be the first Super bowl we haven't been together since we got married in 1967." "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find someone else -- a friend or relative, or even a neighbor to take the seat?" The man shook his head. "No, they're all at the funeral."

You guys got me hook, line, and sinker. I just joined IDPA and cannot wait for next Saturday's classifier. Assuming I get my membership packet in time, do I just bring the card? If I do not get it in time, I hope the above offer to hold classification for a month is open to anybody.

I think I was in the same group. If so, they really were awesome and informative. I learned a lot and had tons of fun. What a great weekend...I got to try IDPA for the first time AND the Packers win the Super Bowl!!! Couldn't be happier.

This show had me hooked in the first episode. Raylan smashes that young neo-Nazi guy's mouth with the butt of his own gun. The guy whines about his busted mouth and Raylan says..."Outlaw life's haaaard ain't it? You should stick to something safe like poachin' gators."

I'd also like to thank MCTS for hosting an AWESOME match. I had so much fun that I can't wait to do it again. Even knowing what I know now, I'd brave the sloppy mud, frigid cold weather, and long waits at some bays to do it again tomorrow. I resent the time I wasted waiting to give it a try. Now that I know how much fun it is, I'm hooked.

Sounds perfect for a 1st timer like me. I've been wanting to do this for years, so count me in.

Dry-firing it a lot will do wonders for the trigger, since each pull will be full DA. You'll see a difference in no time, but it will never feel like a striker-fired trigger except in SA. Good luck baggin that trophy hog. Wish we had some around here.

Offensively, all we had going for us was a running game. I like our WR's, but they probably wouldn't start anywhere else. I don't think the team has had a "good" QB since Warren Moon. Fisher isn't the GM, just the coach. I think he did as well as anyone else could have with the players he's had. They'll get a new coach, but he'll ask for a solid free-agent QB and WR. He'll get this and be better instantly. Everyone will say "see, Fisher sucked"

CZ's have a rather complex trigger system with lots of moving parts. These parts will smooth out a lot after 300 or so rounds, leaving you with a smooth trigger that feels great. If you ran 50 rounds through that gun this weekend and let somebody put another 250-300 rounds through it for you, you'd be AMAZED how much different the trigger felt when you got it back. You'll feel other differences too with time, but the trigger gets the most benefit from use. The bigger issue is reliability. Until you've put hundreds of rounds (including the hollowpoints you intend to carry) down range, you can't really trust any gun with your life. You'll find that some ammo works better than others, too. Lots of CZ owners report having issues with CCI Blazer ammo, but they usually handle just about everything else with grace, even the cheapo Russian ammo like Wolf, Tula, and Bear.

I'd like a lot of things about the SR9c better too. The extra length and width would make it a much better shooter, but I gotta admit that there's something to be said for the big difference in weight even if it does cost you a lower capacity.

Congrats on your first centerfire and for your impeccable taste. The SP-01 is an awesome gun. I love all of their decocker models. I have the smaller P-01 and a friend has one like yours. We swapped at the range one day and I was VERY impressed with how much difference the longer sight radius made. It is by far the most accurate 9mm I've had a chance to shoot.

I've been picking up a few things here and there, since I couldn't afford to buy it all at once. Now I think I have everything I need to get started on leather work, but I realized I don't know a good way to get the initial shape I need for different handguns. Did you get the pattern right by trial and error (leather ain't cheap) or did you take an old holster that you liked apart (even more expensive) or what?

At 24 yrs of age, being with a girl for 3 years is a big investment, especially since you've actually known her even longer than that. If you think about it, you've been with her for half of your adult life. I think you have to be just as sure you're willing to throw away that investment as you are that this behavior will continue. You said it only started recently. Before you write her off as crazy, scrutinize your recent actions to see if anything could be mistrued as suspicious or radically different. For instance, if she was suddenly spending more time away from you, she's spending more money than usual on clothes/makeup/perfume to look good, she seems distracted/distant, less interested in you, etc. would you wonder if she was up to something? Also, if you are overly defensive about her prying into your stuff like that, it may have made her even more suspicious. I may be way off base here, but nobody else would play devil's advocate. Personally, I'm a very loyal, but private person and so is my wife. We aren't FB friends, don't read each others' texts to others, bank statements, etc., but we love/trust each other. So, if my wife started to exhibit the behavior you describe, I'd be more curious why or what I did to give her the wrong impression before I'd bail. Then again, you've been through this more than once with her, so it does sound kind of odd/obsessive/controlling.

Not all LEOs are as into guns as us. They have lots of other tools (patrol car, radio, cuffs, their demeanor) that are used more often than their sidearm. The minimal qualifications they must meet are determined to be good enough by people with a way better grasp on the big picture than most of us. "Good enough" under the situations they deal with beats the crap out of my tight group on a piece of paper from the range.