vanfunk
Member
Hi All:
I’ve been really impressed with my high-falootin’ CZ Shadow 2 Orange and Tactical Sport 2 Orange pistols, so I wanted to see if the CZ magic extended down through the bloodline to the more mundane offerings. I also found myself lacking a simple, accurate, reliable and inexpensive DA/SA 9mm somehow, so when I saw a P-09 at the store the other day, I had to handle it.
I had positive initial impressions - it was full-sized and comfortable in the hand, that sits pretty low in the hand courtesy of the characteristic slide-in-frame configuration. The grip texture is fine but could use a little more aggression (easily fixed with some Talon stick-ons). The DA trigger pull is stiff and heavy, but smooth. SA suffers from a lot of pre-travel but then breaks at a respectable 4 lbs with a little, bitty smidge of creep. Price, brand new with two 19round magazines? On sale for a little less than $400. Done!
I went straight to the range with a 100 rounds of 115 grain WWB and hammered the plates between 10 and 50 yards. The sights were well-regulated from the factory and I found the gun to be accurate and easy to shoot. It’s a great value, and I like the gun enough to put a little money and time into it to make it better. I just ordered some Cajun Gun Works trigger goodies and will plan to polish all the internals. I think I should be able to get the DA pull to under 8lbs and the SA around 3.5lbs. That’ll be perfect. No optics cut but I think I’ll leave it that way. Simple, basic, unadulterated.
Any other fans of the P-09 out there?
Thanks!
I’ve been really impressed with my high-falootin’ CZ Shadow 2 Orange and Tactical Sport 2 Orange pistols, so I wanted to see if the CZ magic extended down through the bloodline to the more mundane offerings. I also found myself lacking a simple, accurate, reliable and inexpensive DA/SA 9mm somehow, so when I saw a P-09 at the store the other day, I had to handle it.
I had positive initial impressions - it was full-sized and comfortable in the hand, that sits pretty low in the hand courtesy of the characteristic slide-in-frame configuration. The grip texture is fine but could use a little more aggression (easily fixed with some Talon stick-ons). The DA trigger pull is stiff and heavy, but smooth. SA suffers from a lot of pre-travel but then breaks at a respectable 4 lbs with a little, bitty smidge of creep. Price, brand new with two 19round magazines? On sale for a little less than $400. Done!
I went straight to the range with a 100 rounds of 115 grain WWB and hammered the plates between 10 and 50 yards. The sights were well-regulated from the factory and I found the gun to be accurate and easy to shoot. It’s a great value, and I like the gun enough to put a little money and time into it to make it better. I just ordered some Cajun Gun Works trigger goodies and will plan to polish all the internals. I think I should be able to get the DA pull to under 8lbs and the SA around 3.5lbs. That’ll be perfect. No optics cut but I think I’ll leave it that way. Simple, basic, unadulterated.
Any other fans of the P-09 out there?
Thanks!