DaveC,
Congrats on your acquisition of the P-01!
Unfortunately, as you've found out, the P-01's stock trigger can be
gritty and unrefined. It'll usually smooth out after a few thousand
rounds, but will never approach the silky-smooth pull and crisp
break of the trigger on a well-broken-in CZ 75B, unless a trigger job is
performed.
You can lighten both the DA and SA trigger pulls by replacing the
stock 20 lb. hammer mainspring with a lighter one from Wolff Gunsprings. A
17 lb. mainspring would be my recommendation, as a 16 lb. one (the
lightest available) might not give the hammer enough energy to
reliably ignite some of the harder primers found on 9mm milsurp
ammo.
Swapping in a lighter mainspring doesn't require the decocker
mechanism to be disassembled. It will reduce the trigger effort,
but not smooth out the trigger pull. For that, you'll need to
perform a full-blown trigger job. The P-01's decocker mechanism is,
unfortunately, a real b!tch to disassemble, and makes trigger jobs
a real PITA. I've done repair work on a number of CZ's decocker
models, but am currently not set up to do trigger jobs on
them.
To get a complete trigger job on your P-01, you have the following
options.
1. Send it back to CZ-USA and have their resident
gunsmith, Mike Eagleshield, work on it. Do note that Mike is
perpetually backlogged and you might have to wait 6 to 8 weeks for
the work to be done.
2. Send it to Angus Hobdell for the trigger
job. Angus is a full-time CZ-sponsored competitive shooter who
travels to matches all the time, so he's not always available to
work on guns.
3. Send it to Jim Miossi at Miossi Gun Works. Jim is also
another CZ-certified gunsmith.
If you're looking for custom wood grips for your P-01, take a look
at the offerings by Omega Custom Grips. Sam's work is
outstanding, and I have his grips installed on a number of my
pistols.
Hope that helps!
MG
