Practical Handgun

Looking around the various trade stands at WSXVI I had a look at the Brixia Shooting Store stand. I picked up some CZ recoil and hammer springs from them and tried them out in a CZ75 SP01. The CZ recoil spring is available in both 11 and 12 pounds weights. If you are reloading and your ammunition is power factoring ( PF ) below 135 then it is worth using these springs as the slide is easier to hand cycle and at a PF below 135 the slide will cycle faster with these springs over the standard recoil spring.

The CZ recoil spring is available in both 11 and 12 pound weights

Ghost holsters see wide spread use in the law enforcement, military and sports shooting markets. Ghost supplied PH with samples that have recently been added to their product range and for the past few months we have been trying them out on both the shooting range and on our recent visits to several countries. As an ISO rated company, Ghost International S.r.l. ( www.ghostinternational.com ) corporate aims and purposes entail the development, design engineering, marketing and sales of firearm accessories for the law enforcement, military and sporting market sectors.

The three new holsters from the Ghost stable are from the top the Stinger, Sentry and Concealment Holster.

The roll of the shooting shirt has developed over a number of years. First designed as a means of identifying your club, team or country, developments in the material shirts can be constructed from has lead to garments that can help assist keeping your body temperature under control during strenuous physical activity in a warm climate. Developments in the material used for the clothing of high performance athletes are now also being used in the construction of shirts used by IPSC competitors.

Are-U-Ready produced the shirts for the Swiss National Squad who competed in the 2010 European Handgun Championships in Belgrade, Serbia

Thumb Rest Slide Lock Lever

The Non Gunsmith Option

The ability to control the recoil of a pistol firing major power factor calibre is a very important factor for the Open and Standard Division competitor in IPSC competition. Open Division competitors are greatly assisted in this by the use of a compensator. In Standard Division the full length dust cover used by manufactures in the pistols they market for this division helps assist recoil control by getting more weight up front. Full length guide rods made from heavier metals than steel have been tried to add weight up front, but these have had the tendency to break.

Hubert Burch with an example of his IPSC pistol work