Sorry you took it as sarcasm 'cuz if it was, I would have added a or something.

You have clearly been around, so I was curious as to your level of competition participation, that's all.

Sheesh.

Nice collection, but too bad you don't have one of those CZs. I hear that they are so much more accurate than any gun you have...

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As always, it looks like I mistimed the market on the sale of my unfired, as-new blued 952-1 back in 2012. From this thread, it looks like progressive scarcity has driven up the price of it pretty significantly...I think I sold mine for $1500 or $1600, which was a fair price at the time.



Never even got to fire it to experience its special quality.

I don't think I even want to know how much the three 945 models -- one 5", two 4" -- that I sold at the same time are going for these days. :-(

That blue 952 is a beauty

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I have two CZs, and they're very accurate especially the tactical sport and a handful of Tanfoglios which are also very accurate. The 952's are still my favorite.

I personally think that the 952 and the PPC9 series have well deserved reputations for accuracy. My friend bac1023 and I have been spending this past year or so comparing our collections side by side to see how various high end pistols compare at a series of range days we've set up. The 952 especially the 6" 952 could run as accurately as anything else we brought. The most accurate centerfire semiauto pistols for me were the P210-5 and P210 Legend Supertarget and 952 6" and 3566 5". The most accurate rimfire for me was the Pardini SP. The most accurate revolver for me was the Korth (1.3" at 25 yards for a full cylinder). Not to denigrate any other pistols because they were all very very accurate but in my hands the 952 and 3566 could run with most anything including the fantastic P210-5. There were no bad pistols among them just degrees of excellence.

From my collection we ran the Sig Arms P210-5 Heavy Frame, Sig Sauer Legend Super Target, S&W 3566 5" (basically a PPC9 in .356TSW), Korth Sport .357, Korriphila HSP701 5", H&K USP Expert, S&W K38 Heavy Masterpiece, Beretta 96 Combat, Sig Sauer XFive Classic, S&W Performance Center 5906 IDPA, Pardini GT45-II, Pardini SP, H&K P9S Target, and H&K P9S Sport Group III.

bac contributed his S&W 952 6", Korriphila HSP701 4", Freedom Arms Premier Grade 97, Pardini GT9, HK P9S, Sig P210-6, VIS Radom, Ultramatic LV, Astra 600, Smith & Wesson 52, Infinity 1911, H&R Sportsman, and Benelli B77, Browning GP Competition, Bernardelli Practical VB, Benelli MP3S, MAB PAP F1, Delta Top Gun, Wolf Ultramatic SV, Sphinx Competitor, CZ Champion, Beretta 89 Gold Standard, Bernardelli P010 .22lr, Manurhin MR73 Sport 6", S&W 945, P7M10, Wilson Super Grade, Smith & Wesson 952, and Leckie Custom Hi Power.

Others let us shoot Nighthawk Heinie 1911 .45, Les Baer Monolith 1911 .45, Colt Wiley Clapp 1911 .45, Colt Commander .38 Super, Sig Sauer P938 and Ruger GP100 Wiley Clapp, Nighthawk Falcon, Colt CQBP (Marine M45), Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special, S&W 29, an immaculate Colt Python, Guncrafter, Coonan 357mag, HK VP9, PMR-30, customized Beretta Elite II, Glock 17L, etc.

Despite my love of the 952, I do agree that the prices have reached breathtaking levels.

Yuns,
What factory ammo performed best in your 952 ?

Steve

It wasn't my 952 but rather bac's. We were using cheap range ammo. Blaser Brass and Perfecta for 9mm. No Atlanta Arms or any other target grade stuff. The Perfecta loads were really light and had trouble cycling some of the stiffer sprung pistols. Haven't had a chance to run any ammo tests but we're hoping to order a case of the Atlanta Arms 115 gr XTP for testing purposes. bac and I keep talking about buying a Ransom Rest but they are a pain to keep, transport and set up.