[Grouse]

I have a RZ 45 heritage. It was so tight that even after cleaning and lube with oil it galled up on me on the second shot. That took me about 4 hours to get the slide off the frame. Another six to get the galling removed. I used bore paste and slow deliberate strokes with the back side of emory cloth wrapped around a popsicle stick.

After an hour and half of that i was able to mate the slide and frame. I used bore paste and racked the slide for the last 3.5 hours. Cleaning regularly, oiling, and more paste. When i finished it was still insanely tight, but rolled as good as any gun i had. It still took about 500 rounds to break it in after the initial two rounds. It is a tight, functional gun.

So would i buy it again? Yes, I make sure though that i use all of the oil on the frame and rack just the two back and forth for at least an hour before cleaning, oiling and shooting. I picked up a pm9 the other day that was just as tight and did not have any issues with galling. Some feeding issues, but by that time the gun had fired 200 rounds as fast as i could reload. The other local guy went in and shot the pistol out of the box, against my recommendation for racking slide to the frame for an hour and galled it in place. Thankfully his was able to seperate pretty easily and i saw him there a few days later running it like a 100 year old singer sewing machine.

As for the pistol it is a quick pointer, the big front dot is super for quick pick up. I like the clark rib. I do find for some reason that my grip shifts on this, where is does not on my pm7. So i may put some grip tape on the front of it, or have it checkered.

pre cz guns IMHO don't hold a candle to the current models. The overall fit and finish is better on the current ones. If you do, find an old one, pick it up from a reputable DW dealer like severns custom. Have him go over it. you will not regret it.