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StangGT wrote:Is it possible/legal to go to a shooting club in Norniron and shoot pistol as a non member?

Obviously a valid UK FAC and other forms of ID would be available...

You can shoot as a guest of a club member. Or some have contected clubs and arranged a days shooting.

Sim G wrote:Never liked the extended, railed dust covers or the hooked trigger guards of the modern versions. Mine had the graceful lines of the original and the round trigger guard together with a spur hammer. I reckon when it was surrendered in '97, it must have had close to 100K rounds thought it! An outstanding pistol...

Still prefered my Hi-Power though....

Then you would like the CZ 75b.

ordnance wrote:I have a CZ 75 SPO1 Shadow my favorite handgun, i am looking for a revolver caint decide between the Ruger GP 100 or the S&W 686, enjoy.

I was trying to decide between the GP100 and the 686 for a while myself. I ended up going for the S&W as its just a nicer gun all around, especially if you can find an older one.

ordnance wrote:

Sim G wrote:Never liked the extended, railed dust covers or the hooked trigger guards of the modern versions. Mine had the graceful lines of the original and the round trigger guard together with a spur hammer. I reckon when it was surrendered in '97, it must have had close to 100K rounds thought it! An outstanding pistol...

Still prefered my Hi-Power though....

Then you would like the CZ 75b.

that doesn't have the spur hammer or round trigger guard though

I much prefer the look of original CZ75 but have not actually played with the other.
On the S&W front , I have never liked the L frames and my all time favourite is the good old model 19 - Helluva gun (and not in SS either , blue every time for me)

I shoot a SP01 Shadow in France. Awesome pistol that fits my hand like a glove . I was the 1st to get one in my Club. Nearly everybody that had a go on it now owns one ...

I am also currently considering which pistol to keep in the Czech Rep. An other SP01 Mdl would make perfect sense but for the sake of diversity, after thinking long & hard about it, I was heading toward a compact. 75D or P01.
All was good ... My mind was at rest ... normal heart beats ... but now ... Sim's silly talk has resurected my desire for a "old skool " Classic CZ75 ...
Will you guys just stop please ??!!
or maybe not ...

froggy wrote: All was good ... My mind was at rest ... normal heart beats ... but now ... Sim's silly talk has resurected my desire for a "old skool " Classic CZ75 ...
Will you guys just stop please ??!!
or maybe not ...

You keep that little Galic cardiac muscle pumping, it's what you frogs are renowned for!

Look at lines of the classic, original CZ75. No dished dust cover or a big fat slide. Graceful, stepped, like a finger pointing where it should. It required machining. And in the days before CNC, that had to be done by a Czech craftsman. And one aspect of that "pointy nose" that often not considered by the "beardy tactical" crowd, is how easy the Original re-holsters into a decent, reinforced mouth of a behind the hip IWB holster.

Hooked trigger guard? What bafoon opens up his hands whilst trying to hold on to a pistol in recoil? Exactly the same as that abomination taught today, with hands open and thumbs running parallel along the receiver! Both the inventions of sports shooters for nothing more that, "Look, I'm different, come do my class!"

And the spur trigger. Carried DA, if you want then to go SA, then you need plenty of purchase on the hammer! How can you do that with a little, bitty nub of a hammer? Gun writers just needed to have less chubby hands!

And today, all pistols are so much of a muchness.... Look along a pistol line if you ever get the chance, polymer striker fired. Soul-less hunks of blocky plastic with crap grip angles and even worse trigger pulls. Undoubtably they go bang, they're cheap and they're....... Well, cheap. And all that slide weight and non of that receiver weight, muzzle flip city!

Fancy old school, Yves? What else can you desire with garlic running through your veins, but the MAB PA15?!

15 round, single action, steel 9mm, that has an accuracy capability bordering on that of the P210, due to rotating barrel lock up.

And the real beauty of these 70'sand 80's "Wonder-nines" as called back then? In much more free parts of the world than Mainland Britain, they can probably be picked up for a song! They're like flares, big collars and nylon shirts, "the kids" wouldn't be seen dead with one!

Ok ... Ok ... I get it ...
You managed to never surrender your CZ75 & it is safely stashed away in Belgium or France ?
Bottom line Sim : How much ?

Cash awaits for a quick sale ok ?

I love the shadow, its my pistol of choice when begging and borrowing for IPSC comps, that said the enlarged safety that comes standard is horrible and really digs in plus as an infrequent pistol shooter I have a nasty habit of accidently flicking the safety on during reloads as I don't tend to ride it with my thumb. I've just brought the ASG airsoft toy copy (uber depressing) for dryfire practice to help cure this.

froggy wrote:
You managed to never surrender your CZ75 & it is safely stashed away in Belgium or France ?
Bottom line Sim : How much ?

If I had have done, Froggy, you could have had it as a gift!

Sadly that old CZ and many others are part of some drain cover somewhere now.....