New Czech Polymer Fighting Pistol: the CZ P-10C
Team Mighty – Photos courtesy of CTT Solutions and Pillar Media Group
CZ USA has released its newest pistol, a polymer, striker-fired handgun called the CZ P-10Z. It has been described as weapon that combines all the best features of its competitors: a Steyr M-A1 bore axis, VP9 trigger, MP grip, and the safety and ergonomics of a customized Glock — all for a price comparable to the XDM.
If all that is true, this might be the best pistol of this breed yet. Time and round count will tell.
You can take a 3D, 360° look at it right here.
The CZ P-10 C (presumably so named in anticipation of a full-sized and sub-compact version yet to come) is a 9mm or .40 fiber-reinforced polymer framed, striker-fired pistol. It features a cold hammer-forged barrel, trigger safety and firing pin block safety with three-dot “stepped” metal sights suitable for use in racking the weapon off a bootheel or belt. MSRP is set at $499, which means barring political shenanigans you’ll be able to pick one up for even less.
When news of the new pistol first broke a couple months ago, Mike Pannone (a former Unit operator who now runs CTT Solutions) spoke highly of it.
“I’ve shot it and I’m gonna tell you all, this will be a big player in the striker market,” Pannone said. “Great ergos, legendary CZ reliability/durability/accuracy, incredible trigger right out of the box…and it fits in nearly every Glock 19 holster. Just wait until the full-size model hits…Duty gun and Production class USPSA here we go!”
Here he is more recently, going into more detail.
Now, why should you give a damn what this guy thinks?
Easy. Mike “Noner” Pannone of CTT Solutions is a former Force Marine turned CAG (1ST SFOD-D) operator. Pannone came back out of retirement after 9/11 to serve as the head marksmanship instructor for the (then-fledgling) Federal Air Marshals Service, the agency said to have the most stringent and rigorous firearms/marksmanship standards in US law enforcement.
He later worked as a security contractor for the Department of State overseas in highly non-permissive areas, later working with the Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group.
Pannone is a CZ-sponsored competitive shooter, yes, but by all accounts is reckoned a blunt, even brutally candid SME. Knowing what we know of him, if he wasn’t happy with the weapon, he’d say so (or just wouldn’t say anything at all).
Here’s how CZ lists out the P-10 C’s primary advantages.
•Slide and barrel with extremely durable surface finish
•Two pairs of cocking grip surfaces for comfortable handling
•New “degree” of resistance against corrosion and mechanical damage
•Exceptional iron sights accentuated by three luminescent dots
•Automatic striker block guaranteeing drop safety
•Mechanically and thermally stable polymer frame reinforced with glass fibre
•Three interchangeable backstraps in S, M, L sizes
•Excellent magazine capacity of 15 (17) rounds in 9×19 calibre
•Excellent shooting comfort thanks to the well-designed ergonomic grip with distinct checkering
•Flat ambidextrous slide stop and magazine catch; a magazine catch with a wider grip for right-handed as well as left-handed shooters is available as an accessory
The pistol should be hitting shelves sometime during the first half of 2017. Find more details online at CZ USA.