CZ-SPO1, Polymer Guide rod

[camacho2727]

As i wait in my 10 day period, the light at the end of the tunnel is a SP-O1, was reading up on this pistol today, and found out the guide rod is polymer or plastic. I am sure the engineers did this for a reason, is it a good idea to change it out for a steel one? Anyone else done this or if it isn't broken don't fix it? Is this guide rod plastic on all their models?

[kozumasbullitt]

my p01 is polymer

[leelaw]

I have a few thousand rounds through an SP-01 and the guide rod has never given me any troubles.

[elsolo]

No reason to change it unless you want the guidrod to be shiny.

You can use a .40 guiderod (full length plated steel), but you need to grind a flat on the round head to install it.

I have made FLGR's for CZ's and modified slides to accept them, they look neat but that is about all. I made a tungsten one to add weight up front, decided I didn't like the additional weight.

I have never had any problems with the plastic guiderods, my production-division CZ has it and many 10's of 1000's of rounds.

[spddrcr]

czcustom sells ss guide rods and some swear by them some dont. the only thing that rod does is hold the spring in place in the gun. I have yet to see or hear of anyone breaking a polymear one and i actually asked on the czforums about it and no one could tell me that they had ever heard of one breaking. save your money for better things.
I will say that if you do install a ss one you need to change your factory springs as well as you will never get a flatcoiled spring on a ss rod back where it's suppossed to be, that and if something goes wrong and CZ determines it was due to your ss guide rod your out of luck.

[MRpink]

No reason to change a perfectly good rod. Some info about it here: http://www.czforumsite.info/index.php?topic=19816.0

[nn3453]

As others said, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The gun was designed to function with the polymer rod.

[Old4eyes]

My Beretta 92FS has a plastic guide rod as well. I have read that the reasons were two fold:
1. Cheaper
2. Metal guide rods stay bent if they get bent. The plastic ones flex.

As was pointed out, it's a guide for the spring and is not subject to the stress that would require the metal.

One would hope that the US military would have wrung out the plastic guide rod on the Beretta and European military/police would have done the same for the CZ.

[Vinnie]

Keep the plastic. The gun was designed for the plastic one. It is very reliable and is much easier to take apart since the plastic "gives" a little. Aesthetically, the black looks better anyway (IMHO).

[Vinnie]

ps... you're going to love that gun!

[camacho2727]

I am anxiously waiting for it, was really bummed that the 40 SW model was not on the roster. Thanks for the replies! I am new to owning firearms and I am still working my way through all the tech talk and lingo, this site and its members have been great with that.

[Johansenk]

Good choice on a pistol. They don't fit my hands worth a **** but damn that pistol is an accurate, soft shooter

[HCz]

Leave it as is. If you shoot a lot you might notice some shaving in the back of the recoil rod, but it's nothing to worry about.