Short version of a long story:
1. Lived in NJ for most of my life, made a great living, but was constantly afraid NJ was going to take my extensive gun collection due to new gun control laws.
2. Moved to TX for 3 years, made a terrible living(almost poor), had to sell almost my entire gun collection to survive.
3. Moved back to NJ, currently making a better living, currently own 2 CZs.
The two CZs are a P09 and a P07. They are durable, accurate, reliable, have the same fire control/trigger pulls, and I can work on them myself as they are almost as easy as Glock in that regard. I am focused on the aspects of that design - how they draw from a holster, their controls, trigger reset, sights, etc. I am strangely happy with the simplicity, as I never thought I could own less than 15 guns.
And I thought about it this way:
1. I owned, but never really enjoyed shooting shotguns.
2. I owned, but never really enjoyed shooting .223 ARs.
3. When .38 special became $10 more expensive than 9mm, I gave up shooting revolvers.
4. When the .22 shortage was in effect, my .22lr guns and conversions were useless.
5. I gave up my more expensive calibers, and more recoil intensive calibers.
6. When I moved back to NJ, concealed carry wasn't going to happen, so I didn't need my smaller guns.
7. I was tired of having to pour money into already expensive guns like my Hi Powers to get them where I wanted them to be.
8. When I had my entire collection, 9mm pistols are what I would shoot the most anyway.
I plan to move to PA next year and get a CZ Scorpion Carbine, but after that, I may be done.
This is not for everyone, and I would not have done this if I hadn't moved twice, but I have noticed more instructors and gun writers zeroing in on certain guns/systems etc, and working on mastering them.
1. Lived in NJ for most of my life, made a great living, but was constantly afraid NJ was going to take my extensive gun collection due to new gun control laws.
2. Moved to TX for 3 years, made a terrible living(almost poor), had to sell almost my entire gun collection to survive.
3. Moved back to NJ, currently making a better living, currently own 2 CZs.
The two CZs are a P09 and a P07. They are durable, accurate, reliable, have the same fire control/trigger pulls, and I can work on them myself as they are almost as easy as Glock in that regard. I am focused on the aspects of that design - how they draw from a holster, their controls, trigger reset, sights, etc. I am strangely happy with the simplicity, as I never thought I could own less than 15 guns.
And I thought about it this way:
1. I owned, but never really enjoyed shooting shotguns.
2. I owned, but never really enjoyed shooting .223 ARs.
3. When .38 special became $10 more expensive than 9mm, I gave up shooting revolvers.
4. When the .22 shortage was in effect, my .22lr guns and conversions were useless.
5. I gave up my more expensive calibers, and more recoil intensive calibers.
6. When I moved back to NJ, concealed carry wasn't going to happen, so I didn't need my smaller guns.
7. I was tired of having to pour money into already expensive guns like my Hi Powers to get them where I wanted them to be.
8. When I had my entire collection, 9mm pistols are what I would shoot the most anyway.
I plan to move to PA next year and get a CZ Scorpion Carbine, but after that, I may be done.
This is not for everyone, and I would not have done this if I hadn't moved twice, but I have noticed more instructors and gun writers zeroing in on certain guns/systems etc, and working on mastering them.