Lately i took again IPSC SHOOTING AND TACTICAL MATCHES with 3 gun ,i was using my old glock 40sw in production class but i was tired of the long trigger pull ,the recoil of the 40 ,in that ligth pistol and althoug i continue carrying my glock i bougth a TANFOGLIO and im competing with it with great succes ,does somebody has experience with them ,here in argentina they are dominating production class ,and a lot on open class too.Juan

Juan. See my comments in the South America thread.

Juan,

I have 4 Tanfolio made CZ75 pistols. Two are standard guns in 40 S&W with 9mm slides having adjustable sights. One is a Springfield P9 originally in 9x21 to which I have added a 9x19 bbl. The last is a full house race comp gun in 9x21.

I very much like the TZ75s. Good pointing characteristics, function, and accuracy. Have noted three things about them. 1) Spare extractors are needed as they sometimes fail. 2) Single action triggers eliminate the long pull. and 3) They wear quite well.

I don't have one. Eric Grauffel seems to do alright with his though. Check out his web site for specialized parts designed by Grauffel. If you Google Eric Grauffel you should get several links to his site as well as his performances in IPSC matches.

I assume you mean the EAA (European American Arms) Witness line of guns. They import the Tangfolios into the USA. I have several! A Witness in 45 ACP, a Witness in 38 Super, a Gold Team in 9x21 (with Red Dot sight), and a Witness Elite Match in 10mm. I have an Elite match in 38 Super on order. As you can see, I like them. Great value for money, and I have finally found a couple of very accurate loads for the 9x21. The 10mm shoots very well with both lead and jacketed 200 gr. bullets.
Peter.

Tangfolios are popular here in Ireland, but in open class(as they are cheaper than an STI)there standard class guns are not that popular, STI,CZ and Glock rule the standard and production class. In July Eric Grauffel was over here in N.Ireland and took part (and won) in the UK open and then held a 2 day training seminar. one that Grauffel did was that after every stage he shot he took his gun apart and cleaned it and checked that it all worked, every Tang that I see in open class always has extraction problems and alot of them have been sent back to Tangfoglio to fix.

Dear friends i just returned from a big tournament of center of Argentina and the Tanfoglio performed well in production beating a lot of standard guys too ,i have a stove pipe stoppage but tap rack and continue ,but near the final of the match i shot a nonshoot a pitty,...ill continue using this pistol ,my son too and see i shot over 3000 shells and its performing very well ,i improved a lot my times and puntuation over my glock 22 40sw i daily carry because never fails .Ill post some photos of the match soon .Juan

Juan, you don't say what caliber Tangfolio you were shooting. 9mm?
Peter.

Yes im shooting production class with a tanfoglio combat 9mm ,i never used 9mm before in competition ,only in the army so i can conrol it and doble taps are real easy .In this competition i finished 6th among 125 shooters ,it was the first tournament with this pistol ,so i believe in the futire ill improve.

One of the stages were you have to fire at long distance.Here im competing -photo taken by my son IKY-