1. Well, my friend, I must stand up and make an apology. (It comes later, but you'll see where I'm going)
2. I bought this gun so I would not spend $400 - $500 upgrading one of the other two CZ I had: 75B & SP-01.
3. I have been corrupted shooting other's guns that have been sweetened up.
4. I drove up to Lafayette to shoot half-a-dozen CZs that had been "liquored up" with Cajun upgrades.
5. I've learned not to mention names, he said he didn't mind when I asked him, but I got some criticism once so I don't, but you'll know who it is.
6. Anyway, the first gun I had in my hand (75, I think), when I pulled the double-action trigger I was in disbelief!
7. It was the smoothest ever pull in my life, all the way: it never gave up its smoothness. (about a 5# DA pull felt like water, jello, or ...)
8. He had a Shadow 2 that had "the works," and it was such a pleasure to shoot.
9. I shot better with his guns than with my Shadow 2. He would take my own Shadow 2 and shoot it better than me, which my best friend here has done with any number of my guns at the range: outshoot me with my own guns. Really hacks me off!
10. I shot a Shadow 1, a Phantom, a P-10 and some older CZs: I was in hog heaven!
11. I even took my Bersa Thunder Pro XT for him to try, and he had to admit it was a fine stock trigger. The seller and I were talking tonight and he has another one and showed me pics of a 5.8 D/A 1st pull and a 2.6 S/A pull: all this on an out-of-the-box Bersa Thunder Pro XT. The seller (and quite the fan of the Pro XT) believes it to be the best DA/SA on the planet, better than most custom jobs. I knew there was a reason I loved it!
12. Back to my point. Due to my reading and then shooting other's guns even before shooting in Lafayette, I had made up my mind I would get some minor "tuning."
13. So, even though I said I would never upgrade this "perfect" gun: I am doing a little of it.
14. There are 3 options/levels, and I'm not doing the full monty.
15. I originally was going to just have some polishing and trigger and spring work done, but I decided I'd regret it in a year when I wanted more, so I'm going to go with turning the Shadow 2 into a SA only while I'm at it: I never use the D/A at the range anyway and I like the benefits that the S/A brings to the table.
16. My biggest friend here made the mistake of telling me about the 10x bushing, and after researching it: why not? Reviews were mixed, but it was less than the price of a box of ammo.
17. I wish I had the technical background to have remembered all the choices that was talked about .
18. I'm taking option 2, adding the S/A to the Option 1 work.
19. Well, gmcttr, I guess that wasn't much of an apology.
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In case some of those with a shorter attention span stop in, let me summarize.
Hey, guys! I shot a whole bunch of full on CGW blessed CZ guns. WOW! DA pulls from heaven. SA pulls with the weight of an angel!
My Shadow 2 is getting a SAO treatment PLUS a 10x bushing!