I have a Rival-S. I shot USPSA/IPSC for years with a stock gun Series 70 1911. This gun runs right out of the box. Essentially outstanding open gun with great optics. Im impressed with the quality and have had no feed problems. My wife shoots aSFX Rival polymer that is also a running machine…no problems. Cannot say anything negative about Canik. We run all Canik mags and have not tried Walther mags. I’m working up my reloads, but am hesitant to throw a preference out there yet. Overall, great value and a well made product.
I own both a poly & steel Rival & have had zero feed or over insertion problems. I just trimmed two coils of the mag springs & no more insertion problems & feeds perfectly. I shoot 124 gn Black Widow semi wad cutters at 1030fps & zero feed problems in both guns...love them both
Nicely done. I have a Shadow 2 OR and a Shadow 2 Compact and I love them both. I have a Canik steel on order just for something different. Good job on the video. I would run a couple of hundred rounds of hotter ammo thru that pistol to speed up the break in process. 14:42
I have had my Rival -S since March of last year and I had over insertion and a weird nosedive on one mag. I tuned the mag tubes at the top right corner where it was rubbing and She was off to the Uspsa races....
Im guessing you found out that there is no sounds from 6 minutes to 8:15? Id expecr there was some valuable information about the shooting experience there.
Its a bit of a shame, My poly rival ran perfect from the first shot to now over 20000 later every type of ammo. my new rival steel frame is super hard to insert magazines fails to feed and is generally not filling me with confidence. haven't shot a match with it yet just don't trust it.
Have you tuned the mags lot of u tubes or there on it .out of 9 mags only the stock mags that came with the gun do not work, I am working with century arms to get them fixed.
@@bobb8423 I purchased both steel frame Rivals around 7/2023 and they both exhibit the overinsersion issue. Where did you purchase the "good" mags from? Same as above.....my poly Rival runs flawlessly.
Sorry bro... i have to oppose to the Shadow2. CZ is going down with quality (at least here in Europe). I would go Canik (or another brand) over CZ... pistols and bolt rifles. The BREN and the EVO are good.
I have a Rival-S. I shot USPSA/IPSC for years with a stock gun Series 70 1911. This gun runs right out of the box. Essentially outstanding open gun with great optics. Im impressed with the quality and have had no feed problems. My wife shoots aSFX Rival polymer that is also a running machine…no problems. Cannot say anything negative about Canik. We run all Canik mags and have not tried Walther mags. I’m working up my reloads, but am hesitant to throw a preference out there yet. Overall, great value and a well made product.
I own both a poly & steel Rival & have had zero feed or over insertion problems. I just trimmed two coils of the mag springs & no more insertion problems & feeds perfectly. I shoot 124 gn Black Widow semi wad cutters at 1030fps & zero feed problems in both guns...love them both
Nicely done. I have a Shadow 2 OR and a Shadow 2 Compact and I love them both. I have a Canik steel on order just for something different. Good job on the video. I would run a couple of hundred rounds of hotter ammo thru that pistol to speed up the break in process. 14:42
I have had my Rival -S since March of last year and I had over insertion and a weird nosedive on one mag. I tuned the mag tubes at the top right corner where it was rubbing and She was off to the Uspsa races....
Im guessing you found out that there is no sounds from 6 minutes to 8:15?
Id expecr there was some valuable information about the shooting experience there.
Can't find a Rival S Darkside anywhere. Limited run?
No not limited
They still out very fast when they become available
What is a “full supported” slide?
My guess is having rails along the full length of the slide.
You said it doesn’t have a ‘fully supported frame’… what does that mean? Thanks
Meaning that the slide only contact 4 points on the frame, rather than running in in a rail the full length of the frame.
Its a bit of a shame, My poly rival ran perfect from the first shot to now over 20000 later every type of ammo. my new rival steel frame is super hard to insert magazines fails to feed and is generally not filling me with confidence. haven't shot a match with it yet just don't trust it.
Have you tuned the mags lot of u tubes or there on it .out of 9 mags only the stock mags that came with the gun do not work, I am working with century arms to get them fixed.
@@bobb8423 I purchased both steel frame Rivals around 7/2023 and they both exhibit the overinsersion issue. Where did you purchase the "good" mags from? Same as above.....my poly Rival runs flawlessly.
Canik says that the Rival -S uses a different barrel lug than the poly Rival
Sorry bro... i have to oppose to the Shadow2. CZ is going down with quality (at least here in Europe). I would go Canik (or another brand) over CZ... pistols and bolt rifles. The BREN and the EVO are good.