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They discontinued the 97 so they are getting hard to find. Have you held one? Big grip I wound up putting the finger groves on mine
Yeah, that looks like a stainless steel CZ to me. Except it doesn't say CZ on it and it has minor cosmetic differences.Tanfo makes decent guns but im confused about "looks" its a CZ 75 clone they all look the same to me.
The tanfo stock 2 the poster asked about is a different animal than the stock master the stock master is nose heavy the same as the shadow 2 is. The stock 2 is the tanfo to get! It is much better balanced than the shadow 2 which is nose heavy, the hard chrome finsh which helps with the looks (subjective) holds up better than the cz finish. What really sets the stock 2 apart from the shadow 2 is the tanfo has a coned bull barrel where as the cz has a regular barrel. the cz has a 5” barrel the tanfo 4.5” yet they have the same sight radius. All this contributes to the balanced feel of the stock 2. Both need to be tuned with patriot defense (tanfo) or Cajun (cz) parts to reach their full potential. After tuning the double action will be a tad lighter on the cz the single action on the tanfo will be better. The tanfo is easier to work on than the cz but when tuned to the ultimate max will need softer primers, the cz can get away with slightly harder primers. Haveing shot both a stock 2 and shadow 2 I would pick the tanfo stock 2 … even though the cz is better supported in the USA. (Absolutely loved the coned bull barrel) if you compare the shadow 2 to the tanfo stock master it would be more of a 50 50 choice due to them both being nose heavy and having pluses and minuses.
