RIA MAPP

[jimbobborg]

I was looking through an older issue of Shotgun News and saw RIA was selling a double-action 9mm. So I looked it up. http://www.armscorusa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=32 and http://www.armscorusa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=30 Does anyone here have one and give some feedback? They're roughly $400 for a CZ-75 clone.

 

[rob-cubed]

Tag for interest. Love me some Czech clones!

Are these even on the approved list? I couldn't find the most recent version on the MSP website...

 

[smores]

What are CZ-75s going for these days? I picked up a CZ-75B at Atlantic Guns in Nov 2006 for $560. Their prices were always high... but I can't imagine them being over $600 today.

Why buy a clone when you can get the real deal? There are foreign police trade-ins on GunBroker from time to time in the $350 range. Sure they have import marks but have cool history tied to them.

 

[sailskidrive]

Looks a little like the polymer Baby Eagle Magnum Research made for a little while before switching to the "Fast Action Pistol" based on the Walther.

 

[jimbobborg]

Tag for interest. Love me some Czech clones!

Are these even on the approved list? I couldn't find the most recent version on the MSP website...

What list?

What are CZ-75s going for these days? I picked up a CZ-75B at Atlantic Guns in Nov 2006 for $560. Their prices were always high... but I can't imagine them being over $600 today.

Why buy a clone when you can get the real deal? There are foreign police trade-ins on GunBroker from time to time in the $350 range. Sure they have import marks but have cool history tied to them.

I've found new CZs for $520 here. The railed versions of the CZ are more and are plastic framed. I'd rather have a steel frame with rails, which the RIAs have.

 

[erwos]

IIRC, they're Tanfoglios. Nothing wrong with that, but I'd rather just buy an EAA Witness.

 

[jimbobborg]

IIRC, they're Tanfoglios. Nothing wrong with that, but I'd rather just buy an EAA Witness.

RIA makes pistols in the Phillipines. EAA Witness is supposed to be Italian. I want the CZ-75 grip, not the fatter Witness grip.

 

[rob-cubed]

A little quick Google research reveals Armscor/RIA imports the MAP/MAPP from Tanfoglio. BUT, that it's also not the same gun as the Witness... it has a smaller frame for example. EAA apparently only imports the large frame versions but both are available from Tanfoglio in Europe.

Tanfoglio made parts for the IMI Baby Eagle which is a fine gun (if heavy). And apparently there is a .22 conversion kit that exists for their small-frame line of pistols. Armscor is producing their own mags for the MAP/MAPP so it's not clear if they do anything besides import and resell.

ETA: Some nice pictures in this thread. My Tagalog is pretty poor but the comments are very favorable for the steel-framed version. I'm particularly interested in the poly-framed MAPP though:
http://armscor.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pistolstalk&action=display&thread=309

 

[BlueFin]

What list?



I've found new CZs for $520 here. The railed versions of the CZ are more and are plastic framed. I'd rather have a steel frame with rails, which the RIAs have.

I have the SPO1 Tactical, it is railed and all steel. I paid $612 and 7 days wait from GunRunners. Great gun. This is a keeper.

 

[jimbobborg]

I have the SPO1 Tactical, it is railed and all steel. I paid $612 and 7 days wait from GunRunners. Great gun. This is a keeper.

IIRC SP01s have a thicker grip versus the 75s.