Worth The Squeeze

Sighting Observations

While the mechanical interface part of the gun is fabulous, I had to focus harder than usual on the sight picture: The front fiber optic blade is a bit narrow, which helps for fast shooting, since it’s easier to slot that tall, narrow post down into its notch than it is to line up one that’s broad and doesn’t allow as much light on either side. The difference in dimensions, though, between the height of the sides and the narrowness of the top often led me to focus more on the windage than elevation. Simply put, it’s easier to center the post than it is to level it. Once I realized what I was doing, a strong focus on the top of the sight improved my accuracy. At closer ranges, you’re not likely to notice it, and the sight is a good choice for the sort of gun games for which the TS2 is intended.

The rear sight is click-adjustable for elevation and drift-adjustable for windage. Since I didn’t want to take a punch to the rear sight, I just brought the elevation up, and while the bullet hit barely left at a distance, I was still able to make good hits out to 100 yards on smaller targets. Not every shot, but some back-to-back. On paper, using the Ransom Multi Cal Steady Rest, my best five-shot group at 25 yards was 2″; following the common practice of dropping the worst shot from the group, I put four into an inch in a different group.

A dot interface would be a welcome addition and make it easier for most shooters to get closer to the limits of the gun, but the IPSC Standard Division and USPSA Limited classifications for which the Orange is intended don’t allow optics. That may be changing with USPSA Limited, but for now, it would not make sense from a cost perspective for CZ to include a feature the intended audience can’t use. But maybe they’ll do a Red model next….

I’ve put about 1,500 rounds through various CZs in the last few months, and they’ve all punched above their weight. This one matched everything I’ve come to expect: It works, it hits, it handles well and is carefully thought out for what it’s for. With a suggested retail a little over $2,000, it’s not cheap, but this Orange’s juice is worth the squeeze.

For more info: CZ-USA.com, RansomRest.com, Black-Hills.com

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