Czechnologist
Concerned Citizen
- Mar 9, 2016
- 6,531
I'm not a big fan of shiny handguns in general. Don't get me wrong, I think nickle and polished-stainless steel looks good on Colt and S&W revolvers. I just don't care much for it on anything else. I'm not all that crazy about either matte stainless or 'urban' gray' but I own handguns in each of those finishes.
So when CZ announced availability on a 'stainless' P-01 (Sku #91197) last year it didn't interest me all that much. Between the pimp-daddy polished finish and the half-ass electro-penciled roll-marks, it was disappointing and considering how long CZ fans had been clamoring for a real stainless 75 Compact of some kind it was doubly-disappointing.
So, I passed. $750-850 just didn't seem like that great of a deal and I figured sooner or later CZ would make a matte version of it. Turns-out, that was probably a good move because, now that these guns have gotten some wear and tear on them, the 'stainless' finish appears to be flaking-off and it has come to light that these pistols aren't really stainless, at all. The finish is, in fact, some type of plating that CZ-USA/UB has been (understandably) reluctant to admit to owners who bought them under the assumption that they were stainless steel guns and are now having problems.
Shame on you, CZ. There's no excuse for this kind of flim-flam BS.
So when CZ announced availability on a 'stainless' P-01 (Sku #91197) last year it didn't interest me all that much. Between the pimp-daddy polished finish and the half-ass electro-penciled roll-marks, it was disappointing and considering how long CZ fans had been clamoring for a real stainless 75 Compact of some kind it was doubly-disappointing.
So, I passed. $750-850 just didn't seem like that great of a deal and I figured sooner or later CZ would make a matte version of it. Turns-out, that was probably a good move because, now that these guns have gotten some wear and tear on them, the 'stainless' finish appears to be flaking-off and it has come to light that these pistols aren't really stainless, at all. The finish is, in fact, some type of plating that CZ-USA/UB has been (understandably) reluctant to admit to owners who bought them under the assumption that they were stainless steel guns and are now having problems.
Shame on you, CZ. There's no excuse for this kind of flim-flam BS.