Hey Skunkhunter thanks for the PM reminding me I need to get on here more .... and seasons greetings to you and yours too .... since I was last on here and looking at the current posts it was nice to see this one brought back .... and fortunately I have something to post ....

Here in the UK whilst pistols for most types of shooting are illegal you can still own a pistol for the lawful dispatch of Deer ( basically to avoid using a high power rifle in circumstances where it may be dangerous or cause damage .... examples being terminating a Deer which has been hit by a car on the road if called out to do so .... where a rifle round would leave a big hole in the tarmac ) so the moderated Ruger .22 is able to be held for this .... but to shoot C/F pistols in a club would mean shooting at a "heritage centre" and even then old obscure calibres .... things like a Broom Handled Mauser in 7.63 or an old 1911 chambered in .455 Webley supplied under contract for the Navy .... these sort of pistols are still allowed but have to be kept "on site".
Too valuable often to put a lot of rounds through this sort of shooting has never appealed to me .... and therefore to shoot competitive C/F Pistols you have to shoot abroad.

I have tried to keep this up and since the pistol ban over here kept my competition pistol in Switzerland for European Competitions .... for many years I used a 9mm Sig P210 for this which I had modified for the purpose but the single stack magazine was proving to be a disadvantage so despite being a "tug" on the heartstrings I decided to change my pistol to a more competitive one .... and got a CZ "Czechmate" after meeting the CZ Team when last over there.... done by the Custom Shop at CZ to specific orders this is ready to go straight out of the box for the IPSC Open Division or if altered spec wise to Iron Sights which it comes with to the lower divisions ... got it earlier in the year and it is certainly enabling me to do better ....





Here is the "blurb" on the pistol for those interested ....

CZ 75 TS CZECHMATE

The CZ 75 TS Czech mate in cal. 9mm Luger is the latest addition to the Tactical Sports family of pistols designed especially for sport shooting according to the rules of IPSC, the Open Division. This pistol represents an absolute zenith, not only by precision of fit and finish, but also by a wide range of accessories available directly in its standard version. The handgun is custom-built; therefore the quality of workmanship is fully comparable with race pistols built directly to IPSC shooters wishes. Individual parts and components are excellently match fitted, broke-in and tested. Every handgun is outfitted with a four-port compensator, nut for shooting without a compensator, the slide stop with an extended finger piece, the slide stop without a finger piece, ergonomic grip panels from aluminum with a new type pitting and side mounting provision with the C-More red dot sight. For the shooting without a red dot sight there is included a standard target rear sight of Tactical Sports type, package contains also the front sight. The Czech mate is a real top among sporting handguns, now available for
anyone interested in sport shooting.

Technical Data
Calibre 9 mm Luger
Magazine Capacity 20
Trigger mechanism operation SA
Grips aluminum - light alloy
Sights fixed
Overall length 266 mm
Barrel length 13 mm
Height 140 mm
Width 62 mm
Weight 1360 g
Barrel hammer forged
Surface treatment two-tone
Safety features manual safety




Ships with 2 spare fitted Barrels.

Spare Slide stop

3 x 20 round magazine

1 x 27 round magazine

Converter for standard gun, fixed rear sight,
Cmore accessories.

Mercifully the Canton I shoot for in Switzerland has a few wealthy collectors in the gun club and I got a very good offer for my Sig which is a rare model .... that and some help from the CZ Team enabled me to rotate into this almost "on par" .... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />