Everyone says they love their shadow 2 but the stock 2 takes the cake all day everyday! Bull barrel, more aggressive grip all around, and that finish is just immaculate. My stock 2 is one gun I will NEVER sell. I’m just in awe in how beautiful it is everytime I see it even to this day years later.
I got a tangfolio, and it is the most solid guy I've ever held, and I own numerous firearms and pistols. It is sturdy, every piece fits into each other like a glove, it fires smoothly, has never misfired, and is incredibly accurate. I'm surprised by the lukewarm reviews on YT, that wasn't my experience at all
The nice thing about the Tanfoglio not taking CZ mags is that you can change calibers from 9mm, .40, .38 Super, 10mm, or .45 by just changing barrels, slides, and magazines. For countries that aren't as free, they technically have multiple calibers with only one gun.
The 10 mm is definitely easier to find in the witness P model. And a heck of a lot cheaper. The Palmer model (P) for competition probably not but for everything else it's just finding a heck of a lot more affordable.
This is a really informative video. Exact barrel length to minimize recoil in particular. Also, your wife does an amazing job filming. It is always steady and easy to watch.
Up Next...... The Laugo Alien?!?!?!?! Would also love to see a "vs" video of CZ 75 clones, i.e. Tristar t-120, Tanfoglio Witness, IWI Jericho 941F, etc. How do they stack against the original and each other...
I agree completely with your request for comparison of all the CZ Clones. Clone Wars. Definitely looking forward to the Alien review. Although it is a very expensive competition priced gun, it is very reasonable when you compare it to the price of some of the 1911's out there especially considering everything you get. If the outlawing gives the alien gun a positive review I would definitely start saving my pennies and put it in my wishlist.
""A competition gun makes a pretty damn good home defense gun, regardless of what people say." When you think about it, "home defense" is a "competition." In "home defense," you train, train, train, and hope you never have to "compete." As always, great review of the gun.
Despite the presence of the rail (thats there to make the gun point heavy and reduce muzzle flip, that's why the Tanfoglio Stock I and Stock III have it, while in the Stock II the same service is done by the bull barrel) the Shadow line is a pretty dangerous home defense gun since, to make the trigger crispier, they don't have the firing pin block, so a pistol drop in condition two is likely to result in an accidental discharge.
I like all of your reviews. Most professional on you tube in my opinion. I have and enjoy a Grand Power and wonder if you have ever done a review of this pistol. Thanks.
Glad you finally reviewed the Stock 2 and pretty much have the same experience, though mine had no issues with the sights; very accurate. One of the first thing I did was replace the grips with LOK grips and just bought an Eric Graufell trigger system upgrade and also replacing the sights w/ fiber optic and hopefully be on par with my custom Shadow 2.
I bought one about 5-6 years ago. I replaced front sight with a fiber optic one. Put on an Extreme magwell with matching grips. Changed out the firing pin and a few springs and did a polishing job on the enternals. Now it's fast and accurate. Makes a great range pistol. One day I would love to have a red-dot mount milled for it. IMO, a fantastic gun.
I bought a red dot mount for mine from egw. Just drove out rear sight out of the dove tail. Applied some loctite and tapped in the red dot mount in its place.
I've got the Stock 3 in 38 Super and the Hunter in 10mm, all I can say about them is that if you have never shot one, you need to. The Stock 3 has the Light Rail and Hennings sells more custom parts for these babies than you can shake a stick at...lol
Henning has AWESOME customer service too. My Witness came with one grip screw hole drilled poorly to the point my grips flapped and eventually sheared the screw off. Not only did Henning offer to drill the screw out for me but they replaced and upgraded my grips since they got scratched fighting with that screw
Ok, so... first impressions of this fella's shooting skills: Don't break into his house unless you want to get triple-tapped _very_ quickly lol. Excellent video, beautiful firearm, thanks for the review.
I've always liked those, ever since I subscribed to your RUclips Channel and started getting into CZ Shadow's lol. To me it's the "affordable" version of the Shadow's. This is a pretty nice pistol
They're more or less affordable in both cases. I've run Tanfo's for USPSA prod for about 3-4 years, the cost of a Tanfo isn't off the shelf its all the tuning needed to make them fast. That said, the list of things I'd trade my tuned Stock 2 for is very, very short. The bull barrel on the Stock 2 separates it from the Shadow's by a good margin.
@@BigJohnsonGG trying to be better than the gun isnt ignorant. Too many people rely on having the best parts on their gun rather than actually relying on their own skills. Pretty sad. I love challenging those kind of guys except I pull out 2 sccy cpx2's and hand them one. They all of a sudden dont do too well lol. That's why I train a lot with the worst. Because if you can get good with the worst, you can dominate with anything else. Bob munden was the best and he didnt need a gun better than he was. But that's the difference between average and the greats.
I love my Witness, all steel, full size, standard model. It was my first pistol that I purchased over 20 years ago. The only updates Id like on it are night sights and an ambi safety.
I have the same in wonder finish, chambered in 45acp with Loc grips, really this gun looks so good to this day and it looks brand new. The finish is really solid....
I bought a EAA witness in 2018 at a pawn shop for $219... not sure why they had such an odd price, but I snatched it up without hesitation. Once home, I did a serial number search and it was sold in 2002 as a Witness Match. I have also owned a CZ 75b for almost 13 years and the Witness is glaringly better in all respects. Also, I have used my CZ mags in the witness for, what must be, at least 5000 rounds without issue. It is possible that a change was made after 2002, but all my mags work in both guns.
Bought an EAA Witness in 10mm. Great fun to shoot. got a new trigger and springs from Hennings which converts it to a single action. Much better trigger.
Nothing like a 100+ degree day next to a corn field unless your in the cornfield. Played with Tanfoglio's about 35 years ago when you couldn't get CZ's about the only change is the price and the fit and finish.
Thanks again for the great video, HO! I've seen a lot of competitors on the IDPA circuit running Stock IIs. I hope to see a 1,000 round review on this pistol. As always, Mrs. HO is hillarious!
Is your mic that sensitive, or does that beautiful bad rabbit have that crisp of a reset? I could hear a sweet , very audible, click, every time the trigger reset (& I'm a broken down old Iowa boy who's had 2 hearing aids since my eardrums were ruptured in the military 30 years ago:) I've always liked CZ's & thought Tangfolio was just the prettier sister of CZ...... So..... Thanks!!! Now I have to buy a "Tang" & sink a bunch of money into it. (I'm sure my wife will be fine with it tho, cuz she's been so understanding of the first 50+ "toys" I needed so much "I bought them for her" Just discovered your channel & I'm diggin it the most. Thank you for doin what you do!
I love my Tanfoglio Witness Pro 10mm I swapped the front sight with a Dawson Presision fiber optic and now is a nail driver. If you can find a Sar K12 Sport get it, not only they are about $700 but they have the best of CZ and Tanfoglio put together in one pistol.
Have two polymer models (full & carry) had to adjust the sights. Dotted the front blade with a glow paint. Bought them in 2013, sub $300. Both are accurate and eat everything I feed them.
That rear sight IS windage adjustable. I can easily see the adjustment screw. This is the second time you've reviewed a pistol (SAR K12 Sport) with windage adjustable rear sights and said they weren't. How can you miss such an obvious detail? FWIW, my recently purchased Defiant Limited-Pro in 40 S&W required a lot of elevation adjustment and a little left windage.
I’m awaiting my Tanfoglio Defiant Stock Master in 10mm, to get here tomorrow. It should be a complete blast to shoot. I purchased it strictly for home defense because I wanted an all metal 10mm pistol and for the money, I don’t think I could have done any better.
I have the 9mm and .45 both I bought back in 1996 outstanding pistols I prefer them over my browning high power or Glock 17 I have a Jericho 941 I think is pretty close but hey it’s basically the same design..the witness been actually around longer then the cz75 in the western world …best trigger ever
As for: "A competition gun makes a pretty damn good home defense gun, regardless of what people say." Despite the presence of the rail (thats there to make the gun point heavy and reduce muzzle flip, that's why the Tanfoglio Stock I and Stock III have it, while in the Stock II the same service is done by the bull barrel) the CZ Shadow line is a pretty dangerous home defense gun since, to make the trigger crispier, they don't have the firing pin block, so a pistol drop in condition two is likely to result in an accidental discharge.
I was about to say other variants have a rail, but none of them have this stainless finish. Every other gun I own has a rail so when I finally get my paws on the Stock II that is how I mentally justify it...lol I do however have a full sized steel witness in 45acp in wonder finish with Loc grips. I have had it for years and years and it looks brand new.
@@brak25 we went with HOLOSUN HS503, as i found it had the least Parallax , but also cost effective. i also don't compete, so just for fun. there are newer makes and models that may be better today, but this is what we went with about 4 years ago.
Buy the Limited version: Crisp Single-action-only trigger which is longer forward = better ergonomics. Also easily-adjustable sight windage, and a slightly longer barrel.
I had both the Extreme Stock 2 and the Match at one time but after I bought my TSO they just weren't making it to the range so I sold them. Both fine guns though, I especially liked the Match.
I got the Stock 3. It had not been sighted in either. I think they screw it all the way down for shipping. Less chance of breaking the sight during transit if it's hard against the base. IMO these are good for people like me that enjoy stripping and polishing internal parts to get them to run faster. Tinkering is fun
I'm glad you said it... There's the preconceived notion that a competition gun wont work for anything but competition... I'm mean if the gun wont run it's not going to be a popular competition gun because you have to be a le to finish one in order to win. Not to mention ranges where competitions are held at aren't some clean room like a say a persons house is. You have dirt dust and grime that's in the air and your gun is normally very well lubed and if you have to use chamber flags it's open for everything to get inside of it. Are they as reliable as other guns normally used for self defense or law enforcement probably not but theres not enough of a difference there that would make your gun fail. Very little critical thinking needed to figure this out... LOL Cool gun had to come back to this video after the one you dropped today because I missed it.
You would think a gun in that price range would come from the factory with the sights adjusted! I can't think of a gun I have purchased in the price range that wasn't just about spot on.
I do appreciate your videos and wish I can get some of the guns you shoot ( I live in CA.). On two that I recently watched you said you would have to drift the rear sight to adjust but looking at the guns there is a adjustment screw on the right side of the blade for side to side adjustment.
I picked up a Tanfoglio limited custom in 40S&W on sale. I was struck by how rough the gun was out of the box. Interior machining is very norincoesque. very rough coarse machining. The trigger was utter trash. The 40S&W magazines would induce incessant malfunctions. I put a ton of new parts and tuning and polishing into it and converted the magazines to 10mm by removing the filler plate and replacing the followers. Now the pistol is sweet and runs like a dream. And is ridiculously accurate and fast. If you want something nice out of the box definitely get a CZ. If you are looking for a home gunsmithing upgrade project... get a tanfoglio on sale and get to work. IMHO.
It's dated because the Stock II is the older model. The newer stock III has a rail, fiber sights but still has the LPA rear that everyone replaces anyway :) You can find take-off rear LPA sights all over the internet
A Tanfoglio has a completely different firing control group, a vastly superior one, and several internal improvements. It's no more a CZ clone than a CZ is a P210 clone
I saw a Rock Island in the store the other day that was a clone of the CZ. Had a polymer frame, they had 3" and 4" barrels there. Wanted to put it on layaway, but i gotta wait 😑
Not for competition but for home defense & carry. The Tristar imported canik55 c100 lightweight compact has been 100% reliable for me with over 1,ooo rounds of pre-pandemic 9mm. It's all metal, has a hammer and manual safety. I prefer the da/sa feature and have this pistol at my bedside vs my ppq which is more accurate. Turks make great cz75 clones!!
SAR USA K12 SPORT, just like that one for 1/2 price 👍. It's a great gun easy to work on All the common upgrades to those guns can be done. Missing attack rail does hurt but it's only a holster fun gun
@Chris G My CZ's came with 3 mags so I have 3 17 round and 3 18 round plus one 17+2 which I bought thru Mec-Gar @ $24.95. Sig mags. are expensive I don't think any go for less than $49.95 ea.
@Chris G Yeah I have so many magazines I can't remember them all. Even my P 365 mags were $49 ea and I bought 2 12 and 2 15's. Did the P 320 in Sub Compact then changed the frame to X compact and magazines. Sig got's a lot of money from me. And they are pricey.
@@SnapD24 The rear sight literally has a windage screw. He could have adjusted it when he was adjusting elevation. Would have only taken him a few seconds.
Everyone says they love their shadow 2 but the stock 2 takes the cake all day everyday! Bull barrel, more aggressive grip all around, and that finish is just immaculate. My stock 2 is one gun I will NEVER sell. I’m just in awe in how beautiful it is everytime I see it even to this day years later.
Man you really don’t get enough props for your shooting.. You really are one of the best pistol shooters of all the PewTubers out there.
You drunk bro?
I got a tangfolio, and it is the most solid guy I've ever held, and I own numerous firearms and pistols. It is sturdy, every piece fits into each other like a glove, it fires smoothly, has never misfired, and is incredibly accurate. I'm surprised by the lukewarm reviews on YT, that wasn't my experience at all
Mine too.
Your videos have the best ratio information / time. No joke.
The nice thing about the Tanfoglio not taking CZ mags is that you can change calibers from 9mm, .40, .38 Super, 10mm, or .45 by just changing barrels, slides, and magazines. For countries that aren't as free, they technically have multiple calibers with only one gun.
I love my 10mm Witness Limited Custom!
Would love to be able to find one.
The 10 mm is definitely easier to find in the witness P model. And a heck of a lot cheaper.
The Palmer model (P) for competition probably not but for everything else it's just finding a heck of a lot more affordable.
I got the Hunter 10mm with my first trump check last year, only paid $100 in tax for it lol.
This is a really informative video. Exact barrel length to minimize recoil in particular. Also, your wife does an amazing job filming. It is always steady and easy to watch.
Up Next...... The Laugo Alien?!?!?!?!
Would also love to see a "vs" video of CZ 75 clones, i.e. Tristar t-120, Tanfoglio Witness, IWI Jericho 941F, etc. How do they stack against the original and each other...
I have the t-120, it was the first gun I bought and it's ran flawless over the last 7 years except some handloads that weren't crimped correctly.
+What will fit which holster.
JSL Spitfre
I agree completely with your request for comparison of all the CZ Clones.
Clone Wars.
Definitely looking forward to the Alien review.
Although it is a very expensive competition priced gun, it is very reasonable when you compare it to the price of some of the 1911's out there especially considering everything you get.
If the outlawing gives the alien gun a positive review I would definitely start saving my pennies and put it in my wishlist.
""A competition gun makes a pretty damn good home defense gun, regardless of what people say." When you think about it, "home defense" is a "competition." In "home defense," you train, train, train, and hope you never have to "compete." As always, great review of the gun.
Despite the presence of the rail (thats there to make the gun point heavy and reduce muzzle flip, that's why the Tanfoglio Stock I and Stock III have it, while in the Stock II the same service is done by the bull barrel) the Shadow line is a pretty dangerous home defense gun since, to make the trigger crispier, they don't have the firing pin block, so a pistol drop in condition two is likely to result in an accidental discharge.
Wth, I never knew the honest Outlaws name is Chris . He doesn’t look like a Chris, he looks like a honest outlaw .
I still think it should be Chris THE Honest Outlaw 👍
He looks like a Gary or Mitch to me.
Nah, red beard means hes a Chris, comes with the name 87% of the time
He looks like Chris Elliot
@Chris G not red headed, red bearded. Im a chris with a red beard too, lol, and ive known a bunch too
My wife bought the witness pavona and I thought she had got douped until we started running it years ago now we own 3 tangfolios
That's probably the best looking handgun you've had on this channel
It is good to see one of this again. Great memories from the 80s at the gun range.
I loved your character in Prometheus.
I like all of your reviews. Most professional on you tube in my opinion. I have and enjoy a Grand Power and wonder if you have ever done a review of this pistol. Thanks.
Love my Tanfoglio Limited Custom...great video
Glad you finally reviewed the Stock 2 and pretty much have the same experience, though mine had no issues with the sights; very accurate. One of the first thing I did was replace the grips with LOK grips and just bought an Eric Graufell trigger system upgrade and also replacing the sights w/ fiber optic and hopefully be on par with my custom Shadow 2.
Have 3 of the Tanfoglio Witness guns all in 10mm. Elite Match, Hunter, and P Compact. Great guns to own.
Nice. How do they run?
@@Nix_Pardus never had a problem with any of them. I did upgrade the sights on the p compact. Otherwise all great guns.
I've had one since the early 90s and I love it! Sweet shooting 9! Great review. Nice shirt too!
I love my Tanfoglio witness 45/22 combo conversion kit. The 45 ACP slide is awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude, that SS finish looks so amazing because it’s not SS. HARD CHROME! Gun is gorgeous
My Stok 2 factory rear sight had adjustable elevation and windage.. Replaced rear sight with a red dot. Love the gun.
I bought one about 5-6 years ago. I replaced front sight with a fiber optic one. Put on an Extreme magwell with matching grips. Changed out the firing pin and a few springs and did a polishing job on the enternals. Now it's fast and accurate. Makes a great range pistol. One day I would love to have a red-dot mount milled for it. IMO, a fantastic gun.
I bought a red dot mount for mine from egw. Just drove out rear sight out of the dove tail. Applied some loctite and tapped in the red dot mount in its place.
What a beautiful piece. Living in Cali though, soooooooooo. Just eye candy for now.
Thats tough, Cali is one of those ones.....
I've got the Stock 3 in 38 Super and the Hunter in 10mm, all I can say about them is that if you have never shot one, you need to.
The Stock 3 has the Light Rail and Hennings sells more custom parts for these babies than you can shake a stick at...lol
Henning has AWESOME customer service too. My Witness came with one grip screw hole drilled poorly to the point my grips flapped and eventually sheared the screw off. Not only did Henning offer to drill the screw out for me but they replaced and upgraded my grips since they got scratched fighting with that screw
If you want a shorter gun, the Stock I has a rail too. And the Stock Polymer too, if you want a chaper/lighter one.
I have one in 40 S&W. One of my favorites.
Thats why my stock iii extreme is my home defense gun, light rail 🍻
Ok, so... first impressions of this fella's shooting skills: Don't break into his house unless you want to get triple-tapped _very_ quickly lol. Excellent video, beautiful firearm, thanks for the review.
Noted!
I've always liked those, ever since I subscribed to your RUclips Channel and started getting into CZ Shadow's lol. To me it's the "affordable" version of the Shadow's. This is a pretty nice pistol
They're more or less affordable in both cases. I've run Tanfo's for USPSA prod for about 3-4 years, the cost of a Tanfo isn't off the shelf its all the tuning needed to make them fast. That said, the list of things I'd trade my tuned Stock 2 for is very, very short. The bull barrel on the Stock 2 separates it from the Shadow's by a good margin.
It's nowhere near a shadow
@@LIONTAMER3D Correct. It's better :p
I’ve been a fan of the Witness since the 90’s when they made them with slide decocker safeties.
My dad had a Baby Eagle with the same configuration. Was a nice handgun, first centerfire gun I ever shot.
Tanfoglio still makes slide-decocker versions of any of their non-competition guns. EAA don't import them in the US.
I do like the Cone Bull type barrel. They are even better with the EG custom trigger kit. Carry on
If you feel the need to replace the trigger in one of these, you need to rely more on practice and less on making the gun shoot better.
@@200130769 Don’t be ignorant
@@BigJohnsonGG trying to be better than the gun isnt ignorant. Too many people rely on having the best parts on their gun rather than actually relying on their own skills. Pretty sad. I love challenging those kind of guys except I pull out 2 sccy cpx2's and hand them one. They all of a sudden dont do too well lol. That's why I train a lot with the worst. Because if you can get good with the worst, you can dominate with anything else. Bob munden was the best and he didnt need a gun better than he was. But that's the difference between average and the greats.
@@200130769 Before making a random comment like that to someone, you should check out their channel first. Carry On
You should do a full review of the IWI Jericho 941. I would love to see that pistol review from this channel
Very low recoil, like almost ridiculous but it does feel less solid than other CZ variants, it is pretty light. I want this Stock II really bad.....
Really like to watch your honest reviews, in 1080p or 4K would be even better ...
Always wanted one of these..! Thanks for reviewing.! 👍
Have one and love it. LOK bogies are a great upgrade.
Bought my witness 45 in 2002 for 250 bucks brand new. It's been great ever since.
Loving the NGANNOU Shirt btw Mr Outlaw!
That’s a beautiful gun. Thank you for sharing.
I love my Witness, all steel, full size, standard model. It was my first pistol that I purchased over 20 years ago. The only updates Id like on it are night sights and an ambi safety.
I have the same in wonder finish, chambered in 45acp with Loc grips, really this gun looks so good to this day and it looks brand new. The finish is really solid....
I bought a EAA witness in 2018 at a pawn shop for $219... not sure why they had such an odd price, but I snatched it up without hesitation. Once home, I did a serial number search and it was sold in 2002 as a Witness Match. I have also owned a CZ 75b for almost 13 years and the Witness is glaringly better in all respects. Also, I have used my CZ mags in the witness for, what must be, at least 5000 rounds without issue. It is possible that a change was made after 2002, but all my mags work in both guns.
You got one hell of a pistol.
Pucked mine up for 350.
But, I picked up a tangfolio Ta90 for 150.
So, it was a great deal
@@renelopez2244 Yeah, the Witness is made by Tanfoglio. EAA is just the importer. Really great clones!
Bought an EAA Witness in 10mm. Great fun to shoot. got a new trigger and springs from Hennings which converts it to a single action. Much better trigger.
Picked up a witness pro a while back, like a stock 1 original I think.. love it and brand new under 600! Tanfoglio makes awesome guns!
I have a witness pro as well! Outstanding value for sure. Only mod I did was grips and a red fiber optic sight. Shoots smooth.
Nothing like a 100+ degree day next to a corn field unless your in the cornfield. Played with Tanfoglio's about 35 years ago when you couldn't get CZ's about the only change is the price and the fit and finish.
ILike single action only,it keeps things simple and generally a better trigger
Not only do I love you and your videos, you've let us know you're a UFC fan. I love it! 👍
Thanks again for the great video, HO! I've seen a lot of competitors on the IDPA circuit running Stock IIs. I hope to see a 1,000 round review on this pistol. As always, Mrs. HO is hillarious!
The Stock II isnt legal for IDPA because of the bull barrell. The Limited Pro, and newer Stock I pistols are IDPA legal.
been waiting for this review from you sir..can't wait for the thousand round review..
@honestoutlaw there is a screw on the right side of the sight for windage
Is your mic that sensitive, or does that beautiful bad rabbit have that crisp of a reset?
I could hear a sweet , very audible, click, every time the trigger reset (& I'm a broken down old Iowa boy who's had 2 hearing aids since my eardrums were ruptured in the military 30 years ago:)
I've always liked CZ's & thought Tangfolio was just the prettier sister of CZ...... So..... Thanks!!!
Now I have to buy a "Tang" & sink a bunch of money into it. (I'm sure my wife will be fine with it tho, cuz she's been so understanding of the first 50+ "toys" I needed so much "I bought them for her"
Just discovered your channel & I'm diggin it the most.
Thank you for doin what you do!
I have a Tanfoglio in 10mm, great gun
Dude my boss was telling about this gun today he owns one and your video popped up be careful the phone hear everything but awesome shooting
Nice review. I'm pretty sure that's a hard chrome finish on that gun. I have the Witness Stock I and it's hard chromed steel.
You and ur wife are awesome I like how y’all have fun with everything and shooting. I got my wife watching ur page now she a big fan of ur wife lol.
I got a 10mm eaa witness it was my first gun never had any issues I love shooting that gun
I love my Tanfoglio Witness Pro 10mm I swapped the front sight with a Dawson Presision fiber optic and now is a nail driver.
If you can find a Sar K12 Sport get it, not only they are about $700 but they have the best of CZ and Tanfoglio put together in one pistol.
Have two polymer models (full & carry) had to adjust the sights. Dotted the front blade with a glow paint. Bought them in 2013, sub $300. Both are accurate and eat everything I feed them.
@no use for a name Around a $1000 new. For the “Stock II”.
That rear sight IS windage adjustable. I can easily see the adjustment screw. This is the second time you've reviewed a pistol (SAR K12 Sport) with windage adjustable rear sights and said they weren't. How can you miss such an obvious detail? FWIW, my recently purchased Defiant Limited-Pro in 40 S&W required a lot of elevation adjustment and a little left windage.
I’m awaiting my Tanfoglio Defiant Stock Master in 10mm, to get here tomorrow. It should be a complete blast to shoot. I purchased it strictly for home defense because I wanted an all metal 10mm pistol and for the money, I don’t think I could have done any better.
My 1st gun was a 9mm Tanfoglio Witness P Carry. I miss her...😐😞
I have the 9mm and .45 both I bought back in 1996 outstanding pistols I prefer them over my browning high power or Glock 17 I have a Jericho 941 I think is pretty close but hey it’s basically the same design..the witness been actually around longer then the cz75 in the western world …best trigger ever
Love the UFC shirts! Also I love Tangfolios!
As for: "A competition gun makes a pretty damn good home defense gun, regardless of what people say."
Despite the presence of the rail (thats there to make the gun point heavy and reduce muzzle flip, that's why the Tanfoglio Stock I and Stock III have it, while in the Stock II the same service is done by the bull barrel) the CZ Shadow line is a pretty dangerous home defense gun since, to make the trigger crispier, they don't have the firing pin block, so a pistol drop in condition two is likely to result in an accidental discharge.
I was about to say other variants have a rail, but none of them have this stainless finish. Every other gun I own has a rail so when I finally get my paws on the Stock II that is how I mentally justify it...lol I do however have a full sized steel witness in 45acp in wonder finish with Loc grips. I have had it for years and years and it looks brand new.
Got 2 10mm eaa compact a 4.5 all steel both m-carbo spring kit and the polish job both are beasts now lol good video as usual sir
Thats one fine pistol
Awesome review. Waiting for a review of the RIA STK 100.
Great content as usual!
& “Work Of Art” pistol!!!
Love my Witnesses Match...
At some point the EPA is going to legally rezone your bullet stop little hill thing as a lead mine.
That'll be fun!
Also, CZ P07 vs P01 WHEN?!?!?!
I love my Limited Custom Extreme, wish they had a compact carry model, there is so much modding you can do to the Tanfoglio like the CZ
I've got a Defiant Force Plus. Great gun. Any recommendations for a red dot?
@@brak25 we went with HOLOSUN HS503, as i found it had the least Parallax , but also cost effective. i also don't compete, so just for fun. there are newer makes and models that may be better today, but this is what we went with about 4 years ago.
@@davidseto6432 Thank you! I'm just getting into this world, so guidance is much appreciated!
Buy the Limited version: Crisp Single-action-only trigger which is longer forward = better ergonomics. Also easily-adjustable sight windage, and a slightly longer barrel.
always wanted the Tanfoglio Witness Pavona ...
So quick to grill Tanfo on the sight. FYI, The sight is windage adjustable.
excellent review
need the 10mm version of this the beast especially the 6inch
I had both the Extreme Stock 2 and the Match at one time but after I bought my TSO they just weren't making it to the range so I sold them. Both fine guns though, I especially liked the Match.
That's one I'd love to add to my collection. I have the 10mm compact p model. It shoots really well.
I got the Stock 3. It had not been sighted in either. I think they screw it all the way down for shipping. Less chance of breaking the sight during transit if it's hard against the base.
IMO these are good for people like me that enjoy stripping and polishing internal parts to get them to run faster. Tinkering is fun
I'm glad you said it... There's the preconceived notion that a competition gun wont work for anything but competition... I'm mean if the gun wont run it's not going to be a popular competition gun because you have to be a le to finish one in order to win. Not to mention ranges where competitions are held at aren't some clean room like a say a persons house is. You have dirt dust and grime that's in the air and your gun is normally very well lubed and if you have to use chamber flags it's open for everything to get inside of it. Are they as reliable as other guns normally used for self defense or law enforcement probably not but theres not enough of a difference there that would make your gun fail. Very little critical thinking needed to figure this out... LOL Cool gun had to come back to this video after the one you dropped today because I missed it.
The rare sight is fully adjustable.Check the screw on the right side.
But would you pick it over a CZ Shadow II?
You would think a gun in that price range would come from the factory with the sights adjusted! I can't think of a gun I have purchased in the price range that wasn't just about spot on.
It’s Italian…. So yeah 😂
Look into the IFG Stock 1 small frame!
I do appreciate your videos and wish I can get some of the guns you shoot ( I live in CA.). On two that I recently watched you said you would have to drift the rear sight to adjust but looking at the guns there is a adjustment screw on the right side of the blade for side to side adjustment.
I picked up a Tanfoglio limited custom in 40S&W on sale. I was struck by how rough the gun was out of the box. Interior machining is very norincoesque. very rough coarse machining. The trigger was utter trash. The 40S&W magazines would induce incessant malfunctions. I put a ton of new parts and tuning and polishing into it and converted the magazines to 10mm by removing the filler plate and replacing the followers. Now the pistol is sweet and runs like a dream. And is ridiculously accurate and fast. If you want something nice out of the box definitely get a CZ. If you are looking for a home gunsmithing upgrade project... get a tanfoglio on sale and get to work. IMHO.
It's dated because the Stock II is the older model. The newer stock III has a rail, fiber sights but still has the LPA rear that everyone replaces anyway :) You can find take-off rear LPA sights all over the internet
Bro all these CZ75's... we need a tier list.
A Tanfoglio has a completely different firing control group, a vastly superior one, and several internal improvements. It's no more a CZ clone than a CZ is a P210 clone
I saw a Rock Island in the store the other day that was a clone of the CZ. Had a polymer frame, they had 3" and 4" barrels there. Wanted to put it on layaway, but i gotta wait 😑
Beware of the casual gun store trip..lol
Not for competition but for home defense & carry. The Tristar imported canik55 c100 lightweight compact has been 100% reliable for me with over 1,ooo rounds of pre-pandemic 9mm. It's all metal, has a hammer and manual safety. I prefer the da/sa feature and have this pistol at my bedside vs my ppq which is more accurate. Turks make great cz75 clones!!
SAR USA K12 SPORT, just like that one for 1/2 price 👍. It's a great gun easy to work on All the common upgrades to those guns can be done. Missing attack rail does hurt but it's only a holster fun gun
Looks great! But I won't be replacing my Shadow 2 with one!
@Chris G You can buy Mec-gar magazines 17 + 2 rounds $24.95 last time I checked.
@Chris G My CZ's came with 3 mags so I have 3 17 round and 3 18 round plus one 17+2 which I bought thru Mec-Gar @ $24.95. Sig mags. are expensive I don't think any go for less than $49.95 ea.
@Chris G I noticed CZ Shadows starting to go up in price so buy one as soon as you can they are a great bargain. Did you buy P 226 Legion or standard?
@Chris G Yeah I have so many magazines I can't remember them all. Even my P 365 mags were $49 ea and I bought 2 12 and 2 15's. Did the P 320 in Sub Compact then changed the frame to X compact and magazines. Sig got's a lot of money from me. And they are pricey.
Her comments never disappoint
That’s a bucketlister nice
Those sights are fully adjustable. I hope you discovered it in the last year.
6:30 Why would you have to drift for windage when the rear sight appears to have a windage screw?
Less to mess with if you're good with holdovers. Seemed like he wanted to get the shooting done sooner rather than later.
@@SnapD24 The rear sight literally has a windage screw. He could have adjusted it when he was adjusting elevation. Would have only taken him a few seconds.
He didn't notice the windage screw
I dig the name 😎
Mine has adjustable sights horizontal also!
How did he overlook the fact that the rear sight is adjustable for both elevation and windage? You can see both adjustment screws!
Sheer BEAUTY.
I'd like to see you review the girsan 10mm hunter. 6in.
Love that Champ shirt
If you want a competition Tanfoglio with a rail, there are the Stock I, Stock III and Stock Polymer, they are cheaper too.