The CZ75 SP01 Shadow

The CZ75 SP01 Shadow

     
                                                             The CZ75 SP01 Shadow

 
The new generation of CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow pistol was especially adapted from the CZ75 SP01 in accordance from suggestions proposed by users from practical pistol competition, law enforcement and military communities worldwide, with an additional input from the CZ Shooting Team and competitors Angus Hobdell and Adam Tyc. The CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow features no firing pin block, which consequently helps to slightly reduce trigger pull weight and improves the slickness of the trigger travel. The frame of the pistol comes from a new mould that incorporates alterations such as recess beneath the rear of the trigger guard and a beaver tail to enable your hand to achieve a higher grip on the pistol. A slightly reduced power recoil spring originating from standard production CZ 75/85 pistols makes loading and hand cycling the slide easier.



                          The improvements developed by Angus Hobdell for the SP01 have
                          been incorporated into manufactured items by CZ and are included on 
                          the Shadow version.

Most practical pistol competitors will reload their ammunition, or use lower powered factory ammunition. If you are using more powerful 9mm ammunition you can simply insert a stronger recoil spring. The sights consist of a red fibre optic front sight and tactical “Novak style” rear sight to promote much easier, faster and more accurate target acquisition. The edges of magazine well have been flared or bevelled in order to improve the speed of reloading magazines. This new generation of CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow pistol is appropriate for service use, self-defence and sport shooting events alike.

The development of the CZ75 Shadow came from two angles. The first reason was due to the success of the CZ75 P-01, which is the compact version of the CZ75. This version has been adopted by the Czech Police as their standard issue pistol. The P-01 was also adopted by Greece law enforcement, after a rigorous selection trial for a pistol to arm the Greek Police in the run up to the 2004 Olympics. As well as having better sights, the dust cover of the frame was squared and grooved to accept lights or lasers.



                                The 9mm CZ75 D Compact version of the CZ75 has been adopted
                                               by law enforcement units as their duty pistol

The second reason was CZ’s commitment to practical pistol competition shooting. The success of the CZ75 Tactical Sport in .40 S&W calibre encouraged CZ to look at other options for practical pistol competition. Having already covered Standard Division, they took a look at Production Division. In this class the pistols used must be factory produced service pistols and not specially developed competition pistols. In Production Division the competitor must position the holster and magazine pouches behind either hip bone and only double action first shot pistols or Glock pistols can be used. All magazines used must be those that the factory supplies with the pistol and Production Division rules state that the magazine can only be loaded with a maximum of 15 rounds.

Production Division has become very popular with women practical pistol competitors. The European Handgun Championships and World Shoot take place in 2013 and 2014 respectively. A lot of the top lady Production Division competitors come from both Russia and Eastern European countries. One of these lady competitors is Russia’s Svetlana Nikolaeva who has produced a great run of match performances in the 2012 European practical pistol competition circuit and will no doubt be trying for a place on the Russian lady’s Production Team for the Europeans and World Shoot.



                        Current European Women’s Production Division Champion France’s  
                         Laetitia Daguenel finished in eight place in the World Shoot Ladies
                         Production category