Thursday, February 11, 2016

CZ-USA CZ P-09 Handgun - UPDATE

After purchasing a CZ P-09 and outfitting it for USPSA's new provisional Carry Optics division, I decided that I really wasn't that interested in competing with the gun since I enjoy Production division so much (and occasionally Limited division).  Part of the reason for this decision is that I felt the gun was "unfinished" at that level of preparation.  So... I purchased a couple of more parts from Springer Precision, and turned my P-09 into a budget Open division gun! :-P  Springer recently came out with an aluminum compensator that screws onto the factory threaded barrel, and they also make a competition magwell that is easily installed and works with all backstrap sizes.  I even made a new custom kydex holster to accommodate the new compensator on the end of the barrel, and modified the factory safety levers by extending them with a soldering iron and some ABS plastic sheet. I love the look of the gun this way, but I'll be honest... I don't really have much desire to shoot in the Open division either.  I guess this will be one of those "fun" guns that will never see any actual competition use.  These new modifications really show the P-09's versatility though, as I could convert it back to a fully legal Production division gun in about 30 minutes by easily removing the magwell, red dot sight and mount, and the threaded barrel and compensator.  This gun is a true work horse.


6 comments:

  1. What did you use as a shim for your compensator?

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  2. I am trying desperately to find extended safeties just like yours. I would love to have more info on them.

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    1. While these custom extended safeties look good, I was starting to see the material crack, so I took them off and went back to the decockers (the gun no longer has an optic or compensator on it). Your best bet is to build up the factory safeties with an epoxy or something similar like Sugru.

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  3. Did you simply shave the plus 2 basepads to fit that magwell?

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    1. Yes, I just re-shaped the top of them to fit the magwell with a belt sander mounted in a vice. Very easy to do since they're plastic.

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