I was in a gun shop to buy ammo a week ago. I had never looked at CZ before this time, I am a big fan of Sig! The moment I held the P01 I had to have it! Never in my life have I held a gun that felt so much like an extension of my hand. I can't wait to pick it up this weekend.

I have an OLight I3T OES that's a mini edc light and I've dropped it in water, washed it in my washing machine in my jeans twice and it's never failed. Very impressive light.

I found one with a rail for 1913. Picking her up in 9 days. Backstory : I wanted a 45 full size for home protection. My first firearm was a Glock 17 3rd gen but I really wanted a 45, so I went to a little town and shopped around and found the famous CZ 97b 😍😍. All steel , breaks like glass and shoots accurate and soft. I love it. It seemed natural to get a P01 for CCW. I opted for the decocker

I love my P01, has been a great ccw. If I could only own one handgun, this is it! Great video!

I never thought anything of the CZ either. went with some friends to a range and buddy brought a CZ P01 with an upgraded trigger kit. Agreed to buy it from him that night. Literal tack driver for me. I have lots of other handguns and was super fond of my ported Springfield 45 but this little guy is hands down the best shooting and consistently working weapon I own.

I’m getting a P01 in the next few days. I’ve really enjoyed shooting the p07 and the p01 looks even better! I’ve been a big fan of 1911s but I’m finding the p07 has the best ergonomics of any pistol I’ve shot and just shoots the best for me. Great review by the way.

Great job. Subscribed. I am saving my pennies for a Cajun Gun Works P-01. Right now the only CZ I have is a 97B .45 and both my son and grandson are IN LOVE with it. My son, having never fired it before, put 20 rounds through a 2" hole at 10 yards... first 2 mags with it. There's just something about a CZ... and this is from a 1911 guy.

Awesome pistol, agree with you, I have a cz PCR, as I didn’t need a rail, and I liked the lighter weight of no rail and the aluminum frame. I have had excellent luck with the Czech guns!

As far as the slide, it is important to consider that you will almost never have to rack the slide in a hurry or under stress.

Thanks for the thorough review. As a guy with small hands, pistol ergonomics are among the most important considerations. The CZs I've tried have just sort of locked into my hands. I've been eyeing up the P01 for a while, and you might have pushed me over the edge.

I've carried this pistol for 7 years, just a tip for reloads. If you slam the mag home the slide auto closes and racks the round in. Highly recommend looking into Cajun Gun Works. Takes about an hour or 2 to install their pro defensive kit. They also have great after market sight options.

I am glad you came over to the hipster side. 😎

Had no idea you made videos. You helped me out at Mazama this January and we talked CZ for a bit. Good video on a very nice pistol!

The CZ 75B has been my EDC for the last year or so, before that I had a S&W 9. The CZ is heavier- a LOT heavier- but my God what a pleasure it is to shoot! And accuracy is far better too, it makes me feel like my shooting ability has dramatically increased; but it's just the gun, it goes right where I point it. So yeah, I'm a CZ fanboy! Now I've got the P01 on layby, pick it up in a week, and I'm sure looking forward to trying it out. If all goes as planned, it'll become my EDC and I'll use its bigger brother as my range gun. It feels so good in my hand! Thanks for an excellent video, I just subscribed!

I love your calm/relaxing articulate style dude. Keep doing videos.

I’ve had this gun, with NATO numbers and De-cocker, for many years and I absolutely love it! I own several others handguns, and carry them all throughout the year, but this my “go to gun” and my number 1 gun if I could only have one. I’ve lost the round count to date, but I’ve never had one issue! If you have a chance to get one, do it! The only change I have made to it is replaced the factory sights with TruGlo.

The P-01 and the PCR rubberized grips are by far the greatest right out of the box. I have to agree that this weapon feels the best that I have personally felt. Workhorse of a weapon. Great video.

Great review here, as I just purchased a used P 01 I've been learning about it what I like an dislike. I like it ! I found this pistol in a LPS and after some days of consideration I adopted my new pet , it needed a home. Now I own a SIG P210 which uses the same slide design which is a iconic feature for solid accuracy and lockup, just eats up ammo like a pig. I just couldn't pass up this pistol and like you it took a while to warm up to CZ , this is my first CZ and I'm glad I took it home, I had an itch to scratch. To explain this pistol it's a solid shooter, a classic that's going to make some history, this is a tough as hell gun that's going to take a beating. The slide takes some training but overall chambering a round is not constant nor will you experience a need to clear jams enough for this to be a problem. The grips on mine are rubber and are good but not pretty so there are options Lok grips can enhance it's somewhat boring suit. The sights were the least impressive part so that will be a definite swap for something much more visible, then there's the trigger it's DA so if you can live with it fine or you can upgrade with a Cajon Gun Works trigger kit , I understand it's a nice upgrade. The decocker is a welcome feature I like as on my P220 SIG. And last I find nothing bad about o light it's a fine light and maybe the brightest on the current market. Enjoyed your review 💪🇺🇸

Love your sober mature presentation 👍👍 CZ perfection, I own 4 - 75 preB with.22 KADET, 2075 RAMI, 97.45acp, and vz52 7.62x25. ✌️☮️🇺🇲

Outside of something bad happening(loss or breakage of the gun) this is my last pistol to buy. I've carried four different varieties: Beretta Px4 Storm, some Turkish junk(I know they have good stuff, this one wasn't one of them), S&W M&P Shield, and finally the CZ 75 P01. It's what I've wanted for years, and it is what I carry everyday. Love this pistol.

Excellent review. Clear, consise, and relevant. Your drills are also good.

I got a cz p01 (upgraded with Mcarbo trigger kid) . Love it 😍. The feeling I get holding the cz after shooting 100 rounds on a glock is like enjoying an oasis in a desert

i recently got back into da sa guns. all of the striker fired polymer pistols i have, have just got boring to me. i bought a cz p07 & sp01 tactical. i put the mcarbo spring kit in my p07. it reduced the da sa trigger pulls by 40 %. i sent the slide for my p07 off to have milled for a holosun 507 k. once i get it back & get the 507k mounted, i think it will be the perfect gun for me. something about the cz ergos, i can just shoot them more accurately than any of my other pistols. thanks for the awesome review. i would love to find a green p01.

Very good review. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

My CZ collection is the P01 Omega, P10C, P10F in .45 and my EVO scorpion micro!!! They are fantastic firearms

Thank you for the video. Same here, i ignored cz for a long time and friends telling me to get one. I have the sig p229 elite enhanced. It broke after 2500 rounds within 4 months of ownership. I tried the P-01 at the range last week and loved it. A local retailer just got them in stock and i'm going to buy it.

There is a detail about CZs that I noticed on my 97bd that might have something to do with how smooth they shoot. It also explains why the rear sight is so much higher than the front: When the barrel is locked (ready to fire), it isn’t parallel to the slide. It is actually pointing slightly down. When the shot goes off, the slide begins to travel rearward, and when the barrel unlocks - it drops down to parallel. In a typical Browning action, the locked barrel sits parallel to the slide, and as the slide moves rearward it tips the barrel upward as it travels. This contributes to muzzle flip. The CZ design is amazing.

I love my CZ P-01 Omega …very accurate light recoil and spot on sights…

I also switched from g19 to P01. I went with the omega though. I am aware of the slightly better trigger on the non omega versions but needing no tools to fully break it down is worth the trade off for me. If it were a target pistol then it would be different. Have you considered installing a CGW kit? If you like the P01 now, you will love what CGW does to it. The wall on SA is almost 1911 like after a bit of slack. Very defined. Very crisp.

Your friend didn’t “upgrade” from his PCR to P-01, it’s really just a slightly different feature set. My PCR, is my ideal EDC. I don’t carry with a light, too bulky for my taste. So the slimmed down frame is a plus in my opinion. Snag-less sights, another plus for the PCR. Add the round in chamber indicator, which I use as a tactile “press check”. Both have the forged aluminum frame and the same trigger group. My home defense is a full size P-09 Duty, that has tritiums and a light mounted.

Just switched to carrying p 01 Omega, it is replacing my Springfield Hellcat. The Hellcat is a good pistol and easy to conceal but I have switched to appendix carry and feel more comfortable with an da/as pistol

Love CZ my ccw is a P07 I’ve carried the p365 s&w shield plus and a few others and the CZ is absolutely for me the best fit

Looking forward to getting my P-01 back. Did the CGW protection package, stainless guide rod with new spring, Tru glo pro sights, LOK grips and forest green cerakote. It was shooting great before so I imagine when I get it back it will be a real dream. Great video.

I love the rubber grips, but they wear and smooth out. Coarser textured G10s are the way to go. I have the Olight Baldr Mini 600 lumen torch with the green laser. I'm loving that thing.

I have the P01 Omega. It's at the top of my list of guns I'll never part with.

I’ve had/have many guns but just got this one. Gladly like your knowledge, thanks

Enjoyed the video very much. Great learning experience for me and you earned a new subscriber!

One of the best reviews of this pistol out there! Would love to see a review of the PCR!

My CZ P-01 was a good pistol before have CZ Custom perform a trigger job with short reset on the SA. Now it’s a great pistol.

Great choice. I shoot CZs better than any other pistol so that’s why I carry one.

I love my P01 and feel it’s one of my smoothest shooting handguns. Compared to most others it feels like the slide is on ball bearings and gives a pleasant recoil impulse. With that said I went back to carrying striker fired guns, particularly the Walther pdp compact 5” with holosun 507c. I feel 5” compact handguns that are optics ready are cream of the crop and offer more than regular compact handguns. Add the sweet trigger that walthers are known for and it’s a no brainer. My P01 isn’t going anywhere but it’s probably already seen it’s carry glory days.

Dam brother you have good taste I have been seriously considering picking up one myself

One fine shooting pistol. LOVE me some CZ's!

Been Carrying the Cz 75 B as an everyday carry. Love it so much. I just bought the cz 75 p01. Can't wait to have enough practice with it, so I can carry it everyday!!

Not sure why I'm watching this when I love my p01, carry it, and am a huge fan. Good vid nonetheless

Good video with great information - thank you!

I really love seeing the low recoil in the footage. Man I love CZ. I have an SP01 I'm cajunizing myself and my P01 will be part of my carry guns. I probably won't mod too much accept for the springs and maybe a green dot or night sights.

If you have ever got a case of hard primers in range ammo especially reman the double action is essential and makes it possible to actually use that ammo.

18:04 ya man, I LOVE the stock grips, no clue why people swap them out unless it's purely aesthetics (I put wood grips on mine because it looks cool). The originally grips look great and feel great. I'll throw mine back on from time to time.

I carry apendex as well. Good choice deciding to stay center massed.

Nice review. I was looking for this gun at my LGS, and they did not have it. However, they had the fraternal twin -PCR. Like you, I ignored CZs for years.

Love my P-01!! You should send yours to Cajun! Mine was great at factory, after Cajun Gunworks, it’s a dream!

The P01 is such a handsome piece. Cant wait for that 712 shotgun review

The great design before 1975 ,,, unbelievable ,,,it is my amazing gun CZ P01

Great review and video. Thanks for laying out both the pros and cons. What holster were you running in this video? Do you recommend it?

I carried a Glock 19 for 22 yrs and absolutely loved it, still do’ it’s a fine pistol and 100% reliable’ when a CZ-75 full size model came into the shop and I handled it…….it never even made into the case, bought it right then and there and immediately called and ordered a P-01 for concealed carry’ the grips on these are one of if not the best feeling grips on a stock firearm I have handled’ the accuracy is unreal as well’ if your already a good shooter you will be an even better shooter with this’ it is well refined and thought out’ look at the NATO tests on it! If that doesn’t convert you then you are a lost cause.

Man you sure have great "recoil management" Hope to be half as good with my CZ 75 BD when I pick it up.

I’m the inventory manager at a shop and I have been trying to find one of these ever since watching your review and Sports south finally had them in stock! Placed the order today and just waiting on FedEx! It will go nicely with my OD green P-07 and my PCR!

I just recently picked this up and i love it. Making it my EDC and I’m struggling whether or not i should carry it with a light. I was going to toss a TLR-7A on it but considering it’s already a bit heavy, do you think for self defense i should slap s streamlight on or carry it as is ? I normally would only use a light in my nightstand firearm but i love this firearm and until i make a decision on the light i can’t order a holster. Any opinion would help. Thanks

CZ's make some of the finest guns!

I keep a couple of cheap nylon paint brushes to de-lint my guns. Whips the lint, dust, etc right off.

I put the m-carbo spring with great results. Single action is 3 lbs. and double action is mid 5 lbs. I chose not to install the decocker since the factory spring was great and the process to install the replacement spring was a real pain.

I bought my first CZ because I loved my warmed over DA/SA Sig P226 RX Legion so much. I found a new CZ RAMI BD that I sent off to Cajun Gun Works and had a trigger job & Romeo X installed (Pierce mag plate allows full grip on short mags). It is a great Sub-compact. Now for the compact, I am torn between the P-01 that I will certainly modify or the Shadow 2 Compact that comes optics ready (once the price settles down)? Both will likely become close in price as the Shadow 2 will be good to go (and old eyes like our red dots). Cheers

I love my cz pcr. Looking forward to get a SP01

I picked up this gun(the omega version with decocker) and love it. Very accurate and I agree that once you pick up this gun you will fall in love with it!

I just bought a shadow 2 and it shoots like a dream.

CZ is top notch for the price point!

Why am I watching your review if I already have the same CZ model!?? (LOL) But yeah, my P-01 is more accurate and comfortable to wear inside the waist than my Sig P229! I have a P09, so I know how the Omega trigger feels. My (I gen) P-01 trigger is so "broken in" already, that you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between both trigger systems. Nice review!

Good choice!

Just sent mine out to primary machine to have a 407k mounted on it. Going to get the CGW omega kit and adjustable trigger. I'll bring it by so you can check it out when I'm finished with it

Good review man

Love my P-01, I did do a number of upgrades. The Cajun GW "old style" trigger by itself made the trigger pull feel lighter and completely relieved the trigger bite I personally was dealing with. As my EDC I also replaced the sites with TruGlo night sights just wanting to be able to pick up that front sight as quickly as possible in need. MCarbo spring kit, very nice, replaced the cheap plastic guide rod with steel, and the cheap factory roll pin because it is a noted issue. LOK grips. With all that, what holster are you running?

Thanks for making this video. What kind of appendix holster do you recommend for the P01 ?

CZ ergos are second to none.

I have a shadow 2 comp. But thanks. This may be better for me to carry. Will look to Cajun for help as well as the Mantis system. TYVM

I have the Omega w/decocker installed. Grips were a little big for my medium sized hands, but some slim grips fixed that. Install a 15# hammer spring and dropped the DA & SA pull weight on both. Can't decide if I like the P-01 or my P-07 better. Both great guns.

I just ordered a p-o1 omega convertible, what I can't find out is does it have both a safety and de-cocker or does it just have either or. I never could tell for sure it almost looks like it has a de-cocker on both sides. Maybe I am seeing 2 different pictures in 2 different configurations just not sure. I can't wait to pick mine up.

Love my P01, but switched to LOK grips. Been using Olight for years, never had an issue. I think ppl need to get over it. Sig had a drop safety issue. Does that mean they still do?

I got a used P01 late last year and really liked it...but heard about Cajun Gun works so I wanted to give them a try because the DA/SA stock trigger seemed a little heavy...got it back from Cajun last week and shot it to day for the first time. WOW!!!! Add the Pro Package trigger kit, a metal guide rod and barrel bushing......I don't think I have any desire to get a Shadow 2 Compact now. My Shadow 2 will also being to Cajun at some point. NO question.

Great/detailed review! I've heard some say on YT this tool was snappy. I found this exact tool built and customized with practically every upgrade available by CZ Custom and was wondering, "what's the recoil and return to target impulse"? I want a smooth, fast shooter. Even saw another YT reviewer compare his upgraded PO1 to an WBC EDX 9..hmm, 'it seemed' to compare fairly against WCB "IF" internals are upgraded. If so, maybe I found that cheat code item...? Is it really a soft shooter?

Is the slide skinnier than the frame on the P01? I have a Shadow 2, a TS2, and a Czechmate. I like the shape of the trigger guard and the way the slide is the same width as the frame on the S2 and TS2, over the Czechmate. It looks like the Czechmate has a similar trigger guard shape and slide profile to the P01. I've considered getting a CZ 75 Compact, because I like the steel frame. I've been carrying my S2 for a while, like a year and a half.

Was never a fan of CZ, until I held one and shot it. Now I’m a huge fan! But I like the CZ 75 B and BD models the best and carried on my hip, or on the nightstand. The P-01 while a fine gun, is just too heavy to EDC for me in AIWB carry. I even dread my Glock 19 carried there, so I can’t imagine anything heavier than that. The P-01 is a whopping 5 ounces heavier than the G19. I carried a Beretta 92FS for years AIWB and was glad to give it up due to its length and weight. The Glock 19 felt better. Going to the P-01 or PCR alloy version is still too heavy for me in my older age. These days, I want comfort. G43X, G48 or G27 plus two spare magazines is how I usually roll with ANY gun that I carry.

How flat shooting is THAT!? Thanks for the demo. Great for EDC.

Good stuff brother!

I’ve owned the CZ75 b in .40, sold it, then in Jan 2018 bought the CZ75 PCR, still have it, I wanted the P01, but it was not there, so I got the PCR, I wonder if it’s as good as the P01?

When you say its "a lot" heavier than a glock 19, I just looked up the numbers. glock 19 is 23.9 ounces. The cz p01 is 28.1. With both of them being only .1 away from an even number, I think its fair to call the glock 19 at 24 ounces, and the p01 at 28 ounces. Only a 4 ounce difference. I've never carried a glock, but I couldn't see 4 ounces feeling that noticeably different when carrying in a holster on your belt. If we are talking about a pocket sized subcompact gun, then yes, 4 ounces is a pretty big difference imo. But that's not so not much difference for iwb carry.

Great review

I have a M&P 2.0 9mm compact. Thinking of trading for another P-01, S/D with 1 Decocker. My other P-01 has steel frame, thumb safety, and the CGW did-up. I never minded the weight, probably because I am in a wheelchair. Just imagine if I had to use it & it ends up on an evidence locker for 2 years; it would break my heart. Need another that I shoot & practice with. I was on the fence, you just made my day. ❤

excellent informative detailed review!!! Question-what is the trigger pull when you carry it in semi-decocked mode? Looks like about 8.am i correct?

0:57 yup, good idea to clear that runny nose before the close up shots

Nice video about to get mines and will swap it w/ my S&W shield plus depending on the season !

What light is he running? I paused the video and can only tell it’s a Valkyrie but with model? I like the slim look.

Damn good pistol

Great Review

I EDC my p-01 . I love it

Just bought a green p-01 on GB already have the safety version

I've had nothing but excellent experiences with Olight. I probably own a dozen different Olight lights and never had a problem with any. I only wish they weren't a Chinese company, but it is what it is. As for my P01, well... we're in the middle of an ammo crisis that rivals the southern border crisis. So I can't say I've put many rounds through it. I concur with your experience with it's accuracy, my first box of ammo through it at 10 yards I put a racketball sized hole in the center of the target. I changed out the grips to lokgrips frag pattern as I hated the feel of the rubber grips. But I have to admit, when my hands were sweating, the frag pattern wasn't offering as much grip. They do look amazing though. I guess I'll be buying another set of their more aggressive textured grips.

How does the finish hold up over years? Had a CZ 85B for a while, I live near a beach, I would clean it 3 times a week for that reason… went to Cz p-10 F, love it but same issue after a month… had to get a Glock 19 and it is the only one that holds to this environment… any advise, I want to go CZ again with sp 01 omega

Im not sure which cz i have all it says on the slide is CZ75 compact it has a safety no decocker it does have a rail and its all steel i changed the sights to truglo tfx which made a big difference its a tack driver i love it

Shot my friends SP01. it was nice, but I could tell it would take some getting used to for me.