Nightcrawler
September 5, 2002, 01:15 AM
My CZ-97B has about 700 rounds through it. I've had a few malfunctions; most of them were with flat-nosed stuff, in which I'd have a failure to feed. Recently, out of a 50 round box, I had two malfunctions with CCI Blazer steel-cased FMJRN, in which the ejecting case would get caught in the closing slide.
I do not think I am limp-wristing the weapon. I tended to do that when I was first shooting it, but now the recoil bothers me not at all and I'm working on speeding up my follow up shots.
However, I feel worried, a bit. Deep down, my confidence in the weapon is not as good as it could be; it's a bit ammo finickey (doesn't like flat nosed stuff) and sometimes FTFs, though that may have been just break-in. The weapon has a very steep feed ramp for the rounds and you can see how flat nosed stuff would lead to problems.
In that 700 rounds, I'd say I've had less than a dozen malfunctions. But still, I hear Glock, Ruger, and HK owners telling about how their guns will choke down anything right out of the box and never jam up, and I'm jealous. ESPECIALLY since the Ruger KP90 was my second choice and costs less.
I plan on buying several boxes of ammo and going on a big shooting session, burning through at least 200 rounds in one sit. That may not seem like much to you all, but remember, I'm new at this. I'm going to get the weapon dirty (with real genuine dirt) and see how she goes. I'll post a report here as well, detailing the types of ammo I'm using, the number of shots fired, etc. I won't be shooting for accuracy, as there are many shooters more skilled than I that can attest to the accuracy potential of the CZ-97B. I'm going to try to see if it'll hold up to real field use.
I'm wondering, though. Do you think I have enough rounds through it to be worrying about a reliability test? Is 700 rounds enough for a "break in"?
And if I'm not confident in the weapon after testing, what should I do?
I do not think I am limp-wristing the weapon. I tended to do that when I was first shooting it, but now the recoil bothers me not at all and I'm working on speeding up my follow up shots.
However, I feel worried, a bit. Deep down, my confidence in the weapon is not as good as it could be; it's a bit ammo finickey (doesn't like flat nosed stuff) and sometimes FTFs, though that may have been just break-in. The weapon has a very steep feed ramp for the rounds and you can see how flat nosed stuff would lead to problems.
In that 700 rounds, I'd say I've had less than a dozen malfunctions. But still, I hear Glock, Ruger, and HK owners telling about how their guns will choke down anything right out of the box and never jam up, and I'm jealous. ESPECIALLY since the Ruger KP90 was my second choice and costs less.
I plan on buying several boxes of ammo and going on a big shooting session, burning through at least 200 rounds in one sit. That may not seem like much to you all, but remember, I'm new at this. I'm going to get the weapon dirty (with real genuine dirt) and see how she goes. I'll post a report here as well, detailing the types of ammo I'm using, the number of shots fired, etc. I won't be shooting for accuracy, as there are many shooters more skilled than I that can attest to the accuracy potential of the CZ-97B. I'm going to try to see if it'll hold up to real field use.
I'm wondering, though. Do you think I have enough rounds through it to be worrying about a reliability test? Is 700 rounds enough for a "break in"?
And if I'm not confident in the weapon after testing, what should I do?