CZ Custom Shop - SP-01 Shadow Target SAO (Part 2)

A quick update to the earlier review of the SP-01 Shadow Target SOA:

It's only getting better as it breaks in.  It's still not had a jam or malfunction.   All six factory CZ magazines are getting run through the rotation, and after 1500 rounds I'm still waiting for my first issue.

But, the purpose of this post is to share out my initial hand load data.  (And I'll just go under the assumption that you know reloading is dangerous, work up your own data, use this information at your own risk.  If you maim, kill, disfigure or otherwise damage yourself, anyone else or something valuable, it's your own damn fault.)

This load has cycled flawlessly on two different SP-01 Shadow Targets.  

Accuracy was good and it was very soft shooting:
Montana Gold 124g CMJ 
Fed 100 SPP 
4.1g N320
1.140" COAL 
Brass: Once fired FC

(Seriously - this stuff is dangerous - use at your own risk)

I've done four batches of reloads with this combination and I think I've found my load assuming it plays out over the chronograph with sufficient velocity to make minor.  (From what I've read, others make it no issue at this level.)

Slightly off topic...


Most surprisingly, after doing some practice with the CZ last night, I jumped back to my stock Glock 34.  Sadly, it felt like I was trying to do brain surgery with a crowbar and sledgehammer.   The trigger was brutal, the sights limiting.  I used to love shooting that pistol..  perhaps ignorance was bliss. 

And for your viewing pleasure..

Reloading p0rn!  To answer your question, yes, sometimes the best Christmas presents are the ones you buy yourself.

(66 1/2 Pounds of MG CMJs - Yes, my postman hates me.)

CZ Custom Shop

Our sport is filled with some good vendors and more than a few idiots.  I think it's worth calling out when we get to work with some of the good guys, they deserve our business and our continued support. 

The CZ Custom shop in Mesa Arizona is one of the good amazing ones. (http://czcustom.com/index.aspx)   

I've purchased a few items from them over the years, and I've always left more than pleased.

Aside from the high quality work, which I'll get to a bit later, I'd first like to note that for a very busy custom shop, they are extremely customer centric.  Having worked with some custom builders in the past, I've found that more than a few seem to treat customer interaction somewhere between having a bad case of the clap or having one's crotch hit with a belt sander.    Rob at CZ was great.  I had a ton of questions and he patiently walked me through the various options and what I could expect with each one so my custom SP-01 Shadow Target would come out matching what I wanted exactly.

They gave me an estimated delivery date of 12/10..  I received a call a week early letting me know it was ready.   Let me state that in the past, other custom builders have had me 'in queue' for over a year, and I don't mind waiting for quality, it was awfully nice to have something built to my specifications and back in hand in under a month.  To have a vendor that builds like a one man custom shop, but with the efficiency and turn around of a well run factory is pretty astounding. 

It's also a wonderful thing when the factory test target is perfectly representative of the results I received when I took it to the range.  

Angus has a great shop.  I know he's in line for a lot more of my business.