New CZ P10c Ported Review

The CZ P10C Ported. Let’s check it out. 

 

CZ introduced their P10C in 2017. Man, it has a great trigger, great ergonomics. I mean, it is a fantastic pistol in itself, but there hasn’t been a lot of changes. Now, CZ has launched their P10C Ported.

Now, this has ports in the barrel, in the slide. It’s optics ready. The slide has been changed, the configuration, a little more aggressive slide serrations, even on the top of the slide.

We’re going to check out how effective the port is and compare it to the P10C. Guys, I’m a huge CZ fan, especially their CZ75s and their Shadow 2s are just over the top. But for a polymer striker fire pistol, the P10C has had one of those triggers that’s just excellent.

Now, with a ported version, this really tames the recoil, and yet it doesn’t increase the size over your standard P10C. Again, it is optics ready. We want to thank CZ for sending the P10C Ported for this review.

All right, guys, the CZ P10C, and this is the ported model. There are some upgrades to this handgun that are new for the P10 series. I have been a big fan.

This is really a very ergonomic handgun. The trigger on the P10C is one of the best for a striker fire pistol, and it just has CZ quality. These have been around, been very popular for a number of years.

With their F series, which is their bigger model, and then their small compact size. The P10C series has been popular, and one of the reasons is just that CZ ergonomics. We’re going to be looking, though, at the ported, and we’re going to compare it with the original because there are some differences.

But first, let’s go ahead and we’re going to drop our magazine. We have a 15 round magazine. Check the chamber, it’s empty.

It comes with two magazines, and it comes with two plus base plates. The magazine’s very well done, nitride finish, and we have the witness holes, bright orange follower, and of course, it just nestles right inside where the frame just comes down. One of the things about these magazines, and it’s since they changed their mag release.

The original had an ambidextrous mag release, and then they went to one that was switchable. It’s very simple to do, but this requires a different style magazine. Here you can see the original.

It just has the single cut for the ambidextrous mags. This has the double cuts. So these are not compatible, except that it will fit in your original P10C, but the old mags do not fit in the new models.

And again, that’s any model that has the switchable mag release. Magazines slide up very well. There is a slight bevel at the mag well, and of course, you have a magazine, so it really kind of fits in very nice.

Also, we have aggressive texturing, which is the same as the original. It has these little shapes all along the grip, the back strap, and the front strap. But one of the things about the ergonomics of the P10C is it kind of follows along with the standard CZ75, which is legendary for its ergonomics.

Even though that was designed in 1975, it has just an incredible feel to it. Now, this is the Shadow II Carry, and it is an amazing handgun, is about all I can say for it. I am a big fan of the CZ75s.

And so I was really excited when CZ decided to launch their polymer frame pistols, whether it was the P10 series or the P07 and P09. And again, these are made in the Czech Republic, but it has a really nice high-ride beavertail, so you get it up high. It has a very low bore axis.

We do have an undercut right here in front of the trigger guard. And again, we have a little hook here, and this is serrated as well. There are memory pads on either side, just mainly to just place your finger.

There’s no ledge, but you can get a little bit of grip with that pad just for recoil management. But the big plus for this is this port. Now, it is large, and it’s also in the barrel.

There’s a lot of companies now that are doing some extended slides that are just the port, just like the SIG X-Macro. Great gun, it shoots really well, but this marries the barrel cut with the slide, which allows this to be the same size as the original P10C. So while it is a P10C in silhouette, you now just have a ported barrel.

Now, one of the things about this barrel as well is it’s 10% heavier than the original P10C. We’ll look at that when we break it down. Now, we’re going to test side-by-side the standard P10C with the P10C ported, just to see what kind of difference we’re getting.

We’re going to start out with the P10C. Shoots great, just like a P10C. Now, the P10C ported.

Wow, a major difference. We have a crown that’s very well done. This is an improvement over the original.

This is going to help preserve your accuracy. Anytime you ding the end of the barrel, especially with where the lands and grooves start, that can cause problems. And the barrels are cold hammer forged, which is traditional for CZ.

One thing they’ve also done is they’ve upgraded the serrations. Actually, it’s a little bit less serrations in a sense, or they’re bunched up more. But these actually spread out a little bit.

They’re a little more aggressive. And we have this top serration on the top of the handgun, which I love. We have the beveling right here, so it cuts down.

It makes it more trim than like your standard Glock. Also, the sight has been dovetailed in in the front. So that’s a little bit different than the traditional CZ sight system.

And we have, of course, this rear sight. They are luminescent and they are about one-third co-witness, and it does have a cocking shelf, which to me for a carry gun is really mandatory. I mean, if you need a one-handed reload, this works great on a table, on your boot, on your belt, on your holster.

And so this allows you to be able to make reloads quick. Also, we are optics ready, which they’ve already released their optics ready versions. We have adapter plates for your Trijicon RMR and your Leupold Delta Point Pro.

There may be some other additions, but that’s what they’re offering at this point. And they did send the adapter plate for the Trijicon RMR. Again, guys, I got this in a little bit late for the launch.

And so I wanted to go ahead and get it out, but we’re going to revisit this with some of the additions, because number one, I just love this gun, getting it out to the range. That makes it a great excuse. But we want to try the optics ready.

We’re going to try some different light options, and we’re going to put that extended base plate. And so we’ll be doing some video on it as well. All the external parts are black nitrided, including the slide.

It has a really deep finish. They call it the bow box finish, and it is impervious to the elements, but it also includes all your different controls as well. And right here at this mag release, you can see the texturing on there.

And again, here on the other side, this is a very simple mag release to switch. We are ambidextrous on the slide release. And of course, we have our takedown levers that are very similar to the Glock pistol.

We have our trigger, which is a blade trigger. This is one of the best polymer striker fire triggers that’s out there. Now, the frame is fiberglass reinforced.

So while it is polymer, it does give it a lot of rigidity. And so that is going to really feel at the range more like you have a metal frame. And metal frames have become very popular.

They’ve made a big comeback, but of course, polymer is the number one. But this gives you a little bit of that in-between from polymer and your metal frame, just because it gives it some rigidity, which allows this and the slide to ride a lot more smoothly. Now, we do have a loaded chamber indicator, which is new from the original model.

Now, I have not had any of the in-between models like with the optics ready when they changed the mag release. So there may be some things that have already been in production. And really from the top, they look like completely different handguns.

The original P10C, very smooth. And again, it has that screw where you pull the front sight out, and that’s on your CZ-75s. But again, we have the dovetail here.

And I’m sure there’ll be tons of sight options. I’m not really sure what that’s compatible with, but we’ll find out. Front of the slide is beveled, just allows you to get it into holsters quicker.

And this fits any of your P10C holsters. The way they came up with this grip is what they call the D-Fend method. And they use digital models, they did strain gauges, and they use technology developed for NASA.

So there is a lot that goes into designing this handgun grip. And guys, it really tells at the range. And there are actually some mild palm swells right here that give it just a little bit of thickness, and it just allows for your hand to fit in a little more naturally.

Now, a minor note is that the original slide is not beveled like it is with the new slide. And this may be with some of the newer models, but as far as the original, this more has your Glock style, rounded off edges. This gives you a little more cut.

Now we have a one-slot Picatinny rail, but the Glock has been doing that for a long time. So lights and lasers, there’s a lot of different choices. There is a firing pin safety and we have our trigger safety.

So there’s no external safety. And then here we had that blade, which will not allow you, unless you put your full finger and depress that little blade, this is going to fire. So let’s check the trigger action.

We have take up right to there. Then we hit a wall, a tiny bit of creep, and then a nice, crisp break. Reset right there.

Very quick, very tactile. Guys, the CZ trigger on the P10C is well-known for being excellent. We’re going to check the trigger pull weight with our Lyman trigger gauge from Brownells.

Four pounds, five ounces. Four pounds, 0.4 ounces. So under four and a half pounds.

And weight on the P10C ported, 26 and a quarter ounces. The original P10C, 25.85 ounces. So it’s about an ounce difference.

And that has to do really with the barrel weight. That heavier barrel is going to add a little bit of weight. And when it comes to the original P10C, it’s pretty much the same frame.

The big difference is, is they have gone from the ambidextrous mag release, which they had already changed that. But the texturing, the grip, the feel, everything is pretty much the same. Everything is really on the top end.

Now you do get two additional back straps. It comes with the small, and then it’s marked right here at the bottom. And then again, you do get your plus two base pads.

So on the base pad, there is a small little nub, and we’re just going to push it in so we can release our base pad. Make sure you hold onto that because it’s under spring tension. Now remove the small plate that’s in the bottom, and we’re going to remove our floor plate on our magazine.

Next, take your base plate, and you want to go all the way around, and it just fits in the base of the magazine spring. Then to press that into the magazine body, it’s going to hang off just a touch until we get our new base pad on there. Now it’s snapped into place, and it’s locked into place.

So this gives you that additional two rounds. So we have our 15 rounder. Now we have 17 rounds, and it does hang off just a little bit, but it gives you that extra magazine capacity.

I want to give a big thank you to Fiocchi for sponsoring our ammo, All Made in the USA, one of the biggest suppliers of ammunition in the country. We left our little loader at the shop, and I get too used to it. That makes it so much easier, but we can do it the old-fashioned way.

All right guys, we have the P10C ported, and this makes a huge difference. The barrel’s ported, slide’s ported, and yet it still retains the same size as the P10C. So it just keeps the name.

Also, optics ready. Now we got this kind of late, so we weren’t able to put an optic on it yet, but we’re going to. We’re going to test this out with some other things.

And the serrations on the slide have been changed, and for the better. They’ve been improved. But overall, everything about the handgun just feels like a P10C.

The trigger is excellent, which is typical for your CZ. But with the P10 series, I mean, they’ve really made this trigger sweet. We’ve still got 15 plus one, and there you go.

We already got that thing loaded, so let’s take a few rounds. Man, it does not move. I mean, it stays right in place.

The sights are just right there. There’s very little movement up with the slide. Very soft to shoot.

And again, we did compare it also with the P10C traditional. Definitely a huge improvement. There are also some serrations along the top of the slide, which is new.

But overall, this is a P10C that’s ported, but it does have some other upgrades. And really, they needed that optics ready version, so it’s really great to see. I mean, CZ puts out incredible firearms, and with their CZ75 line, and their shadows.

But with the polymer frame, they’re doing a great job. So I was really excited to get it out, and it is not disappointed. And we have that CZ reliability.

Now, as far as disassembly, we’re going to drop our magazine, check the chamber. The gun is empty. Now, go ahead and pull your trigger, and then pull back on the slide just a little bit, and pull down on your takedown tabs, and pull your slide right off.

We have our recoil spring and guide rod. It is polymer. And we have the barrel.

This is definitely a thicker barrel. You can see where we’ve been firing it, but this port is extremely effective. We were shooting 115 grain.

We’re shooting 147 grain, even 158 grain, which the higher the grain, or the more velocity you’re getting out of your ammunition, the more this is effective. So if you’re shooting self-defense ammunition, this is even going to make a bigger difference. Here we have our locking block and our ambidextrous slide stops.

This is pretty much very similar to a lot of your polymer frame striker for our pistols. While it’s dirty, the fit and finish is always excellent with CZ. And here you get a closer look at the barrel, and you can see there is a definite difference in thickness with the new barrel.

And of course, we do have that port, but I mean, that really tells the tale right there. It is a lot heavier, which is also going to help with the recoil management. So you have your port, you have your port and a slide, and then you have a little bit extra weight toward the end.

So this is definitely going to give you that a little bit of weight on the end. Plus, of course, you can see here the crown in the new model, and then there’s no crown at all, maybe just a touch on the original. And as far as reassembly, we’re going to drop in our barrel, our beefy barrel, recoil spring and guide rod.

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These are $38.95, so they’re not very expensive and they’re all steel, and this is going to mate well with the RMR. Now, I want to show you the optics system. Here, we have these cuts, and this allows for the adapter to fit into those cuts.

So as it rests, it just locks in. And this is the way it looks when you have it attached to your firearm. And again, we’re going to be doing some testing with this just because I want to get this back out to the range.

We have a hard plastic box with a CZ logo, and we have our hand gun. We have an extra magazine. Of course, I’ve already added the plus two base plate.

And again, you do get your extra back straps and a second base plate as well. Have a detailed owner’s manual, and then we have a cleaning kit. And this is included, and it is as a handle.

It is threaded on the end, and it has a little pressed cap. And then we have our cleaning tools inside, which includes an extended rod, a brush, and a little patch holder. Also included is a dummy round, and it has these small little rubber erasers pretty much, and they just fit into the back.

And so you can press that in, and it just helps with your firing pin. But you can dry fire this hand gun without any problems. But for safety sake, a lot of people like these, and I just thought that was a nice touch.

And once this wears out, you can take your Allen wrench or whatever, and just push it right out. And then you have refills. So I just thought that was a cool touch.

Now, as far as price, the standard P10C runs $399 retail. If you get the optics ready version, it’s $449. With the ported barrel, it’s not up yet as far as the price, so I’m not sure, but it should be around that same ballpark.

And of course, market price is going to be less. So what are some pros and cons? First off, it’s a very reliable firearm. I mean, this P10 series has been excellent, whether it’s the S, the C, or the F. As far as pros and cons, first off, we have a lot of experience since 2017, and it has that CZ quality.

Hammer forged barrel, black nitride finish. The fiber reinforced frame has some rigidity to it, and yet it still has that weight reduction of polymer. Very aggressive texturing, and it just is that CZ ergonomics, which is excellent.

Trigger is one of the best on the market for your polymer striker fire pistols. For upgrades, the slide serrations are definitely a plus, especially these on the top. The ported barrel makes a massive difference with recoil management.

I mean, it shoots like a totally different gun. We’re shooting them side by side. It is a massive difference.

And we have that heavier barrel, which gives it a little extra weight. Optics ready, and of course, one con is that you have to order an optics plate, but they’re very reasonable. I mean, $38.95 is a very reasonable price.

Plus, you’re getting a metal cover plate. A lot of times, they’re now putting on polymer cover plates. It’s good to see this.

And I love the locking system with the adapter plate into the slide, and so it’s going to be a very secure fit. I like the sights. They’re that 1 3rd co-witness, so it’s going to be great for your optic, but they’re not too high, like suppressor height sights to where they get in the way.

And the cocking shelf, luminescent. Really, I love tritium, and the luminescent is great, and it will glow, but the tritium gives you a little bit more. But during the day, these are going to be excellent sights.

Bore axis is low. It’s going to shoot very well that way. It’s going to also help for recoil management.

And with all the parts and accessories, just the plus two base plates, the interchangeable back straps, and you get the cleaning kit. I mean, it gives you a lot of options. So really, besides just a little bit of nitpicking, this is really an excellent firearm.

And guys, taking this out with the ports just makes a world of difference. I love the P10 series already, but this really takes it up a notch. The guys, while the standard P10C was just an excellent handgun, it’s great to see some upgrades, the optics ready.

Of course, the ported barrel and slide, this really makes this a smooth shooting handgun. And then of course, with the upgrades, with the slide serrations, and of course, on top, it just makes this a more fighting pistol. But yet, it still retains that legendary feel of the standard P10C.

And again, a big thank you to CZ for providing the P10C ported for this review.

 

Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America. Long live the Republic.

 

-Don