Brixia Shooting Store
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 13 pound hammer spring
Trying out the 13 pound hammer spring this reduced the double action trigger pull to nine pounds and the single action to around three and a half pounds. Using a Dillon 550B press I loaded up 200 rounds using 100 CCI and 100 Federal primers. I used a Frontier 122 grain full metal case flat point at a PF of 131. With the recoil and hammer springs installed and firing in both double action ( DA ) and single action ( SA ) modes all 200 rounds fired and ejected with no issues.The CZ 13 pound hammer spring will bring the DA weight down to around nine pounds and the SA weight close to three pounds.
At 8€ for either spring try out the springs in your own pistol in a practice scission before using them in a match. I also tried the Brixia waterproof pistol cover at a local club match the week after the WS, as several rain showers during the competition gave me the chance to make sure that it worked properly. At 10€ it kept my pistol dry OK. You could also use it in a dusty environment as well. Brixia Shooting Store stocks a wide range of IPSC and other shooting related items and equipment. For further information you can contact Brixia at
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