[Hoop]

Purchased a new CZ 75 BD yesterday. :)
Haven't taken it to the range to shoot yet. :(

Question: Is there any special ammo I should consider for breaking in? If I remember correctly I recall reading somewhere that 50 rnds of 124 gr is recommended.

Maybe I'm imagining things. :o

To do:
* Shoot
* Take pictures
* Order Hakan grips

[10-Ring]

Usually, my break-in procedure includes a quick clean & lube of my new gun & shooting the first 1000 rounds throgh as quickly as possible (usually w/in the first month). I usually use a quality ball ammo at first and then later shoot a couple hundred of whatever intended hollow point I have planned for it just to insure reliability & proper function.
Have fun!

[CWL]

Welcome Hoop.

Hope you enjoy your CZ as countless others have!

It is common practice to use inexpensive FMJ ammo to break in your new pistol before moving on to JHP for reliability & defensive practice.

I do not feel that 50-rds is enough of a break-in procedure.

My personal opinion is to shoot between 200-500 round of FMJ before switching to 50 rounds of defensive JHP ammo.

At least 200 rounds because you will want that gun to wear-in smoothly in all the right places.

Choose the same wt. of FMJ as you plan on shooting JHP in order to give you similiar performance & feel. So if you plan on shooting 124gr. JHP, then shoot 124ge FMJ, etc.

[45R]

I usually use any ammo that I have in the safe. I will run it through a few different types of ammo to see what it likes and what it will choke on. CZs are very durable so I would go 115 to 147 and some +P in between.

Just shoot it and clean it. The CZ will serve you well! :)

BTW the Hakan Grips will make your gun!!!

[Tropical Z]

The only ammo i try not to break in guns with is Winchesters value packs.All of my 9's occasionally have an issue with ammo and its ALWAYS WWB.Its great for the price and i use it reguarly knowing full well what may occur.

[Berg01]

I respectfully disagree that the WalMart Value Packs are not good break-in ammo. I shoot the 9mm in my P228, and .40S&W in my CZ 75B, and rarely do I have problems with it. The Sig cycles anything I feed it, but my CZ had a tight chamber when it was new, the gunsmith at CZ told me it was fine to run the Winchester USA ammo through it and I would need to run at least 500 rounds through it before it was broken in.; so far I have 500 rounds through it, with another 300 ready to go for this weekend.

[Walt Sherrill]

WalMart Value Pak 9mm is good enough ammo, but seems to cause more than its share of problems with CZs.

The slightly "different" extraction groove on tghe value pack stuff causes problems on SOME (but not all, not even the majority) CZs. (The 50 round boxes of ammo have different cases and extractor grooves.)

I like Sellier & Bellot and CCI/Blazer better -- about the same price, and more accurate and cleaner, too.

[Ky Larry]

You will love your CZ. My favorite "fun gun" is a CZ-75 BD. I shot whatever was in my ammo locker in my CZ. Never had a problem. I did have a Failure to eject with 1 round of Wolf steel case hardball but I don't consider that the gun's fault. Just shoot it and clean it and after 500 rnds it won't matter what you feed it. Shoot well.

[stevelyn]

500 rounds of the nastiest dirty burning ammo you can find to lap all the moving parts so they settle down and fit better and more consistently.