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The Colt Z40 and the 40B share the same frame and slide. I found the feel of the 40B in hand to be very similar to the CZ-75b and also similar to that of a 1911 (although it was double-stack) The P-01 frame used with the 40P is essentially the same grip frame, ergonomically speaking, as the...

I know your memory has been jogged, already, but... CZ made Colt Z40 in the Czech Republic. Nothing was made by Colt. It was apparently intended for the U.S. LEO market. (I've never heard whether CZ was going to ALSO offer the CZ-40B, or whether that was just a natural offshoot of Colt...

I think he just want's to know about what the customer service experience might be if he were to buy one and have a problem. He probably understands that service varies widely from gunmaker to gunmaker.

Some years ago, the senior gunsmith at CZ-USA told me the process of converting a decocker model to single or double action, which requires a number of new parts -- including a new hammer, a new safety lever and possibly a new trigger (installing one adjustable for overtravel and takeup) is...

Negligent discharges CAN happen while decocking, but the two negligent discharges I've been guilty of had nothing to do with decocking. (Both were with guns with magazines removed that were empty.. Or so I thought.) The first one was many year ago, and I thought I had learned a lesson. The...

You can also put a finger from the other hand between the hammer and the slide as the hammer is lowered... You can use the tip of the smallest finger of the other hand.. Doing that AND releasing the trigger after the hammer has moved forward a small distance means that when the hammer is...

It's my understanding -- which is based on the experience of a couple of shooters, one a pro, who regularly shoot lead in Glocks -- that a properly sized bullet in a polygonal barrel does OK. I think Glock (don't know about Tanfoglio) made their barrels and chambers slightly oversize to improve...

Mauser lover, above, has done a good job of explaining what's now available. Until they introduced a .45 model, all of the Tanfoglios available came in 9mm and .40 and they had a frame similar in size to the full-size CZ-75. With the introduction of the .45 model, they enlarged the frame a...

Perhaps that was his intent, but I thought otherwise. Why? Because I've never had problems of reaching or pressing a mag release, but I have had a lot of problems reaching and releasing the slide stop/release, without changing my grip. For a number of years, the only gun I owned that let me...

Ceracote is a good practical finish for folks who want to manage costs. Your gun, with the damage mentioned, is going to worth LESS after ceracoated than in it's current state. And it certainly won't look as good as it would if refinished in nickel.. You might consider just refinishing the...

Using your left hand isn't really a bad solution. You can keep the gun up in front of your eyes and on target, you don't have to adjust your grip. Then as you slam the mag home, you just twist that hand slightly and use several fingers to press the slide stop/release lever. (Several fingers...

We had a long debate on this forum recently about these guns, and some felt that they simply couldn't be as ACCURATE (or precise) as the older models. Anyone done any accuracy evaluations? When I had a P-210-6, it came with a proof target showing a 1.7" group at 50 meters (approx. 55 yards)...

If you file the bottom of that sight enough to get the sight fitting flush with the slide -- i.e., quite a bit -- I think it's going to make the sight fit too loosely in the dovetail. Making the dovetail deeper is going to create a similar problem -- the sight isn't going to fit snugly unless...

EAA's customer service problem was limited to some cracked slides some years back. EAA was a family owned business and, as I understand it, the head of the Customer Service area was a senior family member, who could be difficult (to say the least). That's not to say that there were some cracked...

I've had a Kel-Tec P3AT, a P-11, a PF9 and now have a PMR-30. All of them have been reliable, and I've never had to have one serviced. The only one I have now, is the PMR-30. The PMR-30 has been reliable since day 1 (although I had to READ THE MANUAL to learn how to properly load the...

About the only part that can REALLY be a problem for the .40 version is the extractor. (Some folks in Europe have made some for resale.) Quite a few Star .40s are now paperweights because of that broken part. I've had several, and I particularly liked the Firestar Plus. (The Firestar Plus...

For a while, several years back, Witness had some problems with their customer service. I think that has been resolved. I've had a number of Tanfoglio-made Witnesses over the years, and they've all be good guns. (I've had both the small frame models and the large frame guns, including two...

What facts have I ignored? You've offered facts about the accuracy of the older P210s and nobody has questioned those facts. But, you've offered no facts about the accuracy of the newer models. You've offered opinions and your analysis as to why the newer guns must be less accurate, and your...

And we're back to a point I addressed earlier: the lack of evidence is not evidence. You may be correct, but I'd like to see some testing and comparisons before I jump on board. I'm pretty sure, however, that the original SIG M49, while an exceptional weapon, was NOT as accurate or as finely...

Since my earlier posts, I've gotten a Galloway performance kit, which includes a new trigger, springs, and trigger bar, as well as some other things I've not decided to use, yet. Some don't like the trigger, but the trigger bar shortens the trigger pull a bit, and I like the trigger. The...