Anyone Regret A CZ Pistol Purchase?

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Has anyone ever regretted purchasing a Glock, Colt, Ruger, S&W, FN, Kahr, Taurus, Springfield, etc, etc......I'm sure someone has! Nothing is perfect or works for everyone.
 
I had a Ruger P95 for a little over 2 years and I'd always get 3-4 FTE's out of every 100 rounds. I ended up selling it for about $50 less than I paid and went out and bought a CZ75B. I've put about 4-500 rounds through it without the first problem. Feels great and looks great. It's a little big to carry, but it's my dedicated 9mm range/night stand gun.
 
I PM'd you my experience.

I have owned CZ, Glock, XD, XDm, Taurus (.40 Beretta clone), misc. revolvers, Colts, and a sig. Out of all the pistols i've ever owned, the CZ is the ONE i sold purely because I didn't like it at all.

I've sold others, but more to fund different purchases or because they were redundant (.40 Glock, .40 XDm and .40 taurus) 3 full size 40s? sold the glock.
 
And that is what makes the world go round.

I, for one, don't like a Glock and never really hold on to 1911's.

And I'm just fine if you don't like CZ's. It keeps them oh-but-a-little-cheaper for me.
 
Usually when u have the same person or in this case 2 brothers they probably dont know how to take care of it...i noticed my cz if u put very little oil..i put it on and wipped it mostly off it ran beautifully but if u put to much on it didnt like it
 
The guy I bough mine from regretted it. He's the type though that just constantly buys new guns trying to find more accuracy when he is the real problem. I bought it off of him (CZ75B in .40cal) and have never regretted it. It has been reliable and that is regardless of how it is oiled.
 
I have a regret. I let a 1982 CZ-75 I bought in Germany go. I carried it at times that carrying an issue M1911A1 or another NATO issue handgun would be...inconvenient and carrying a Tok or a Mak would have just been...rude. I also used it to compete in IPSC and Bianchi Cup Europe. Wish I had it back.

Turkey is making their own CZ-75 clone and TriStar imports a compact version known as the C-100. I'm considering one of those since they feel a lot like my old CZ and come with two 13 round magazines.

ECS
 
I have a regret. I let a 1982 CZ-75 I bought in Germany go. I carried it at times that carrying an issue M1911A1 or another NATO issue handgun would be...inconvenient and carrying a Tok or a Mak would have just been...rude. I also used it to compete in IPSC and Bianchi Cup Europe. Wish I had it back.
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The first step to recovery is being able to admit that you made a mistake. ;)

The second step is to find a replacement.
 
I have a fondness for the CZ 75 and variations on the theme. I had a CZ 100 that was not very accurate and I hated the trigger pull. That one got sold.

1984 vintage CZ 75, a real pain to get in the country in those days.
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The bulk of the rest of my CZ 75 collection.


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Can you remember anything about the prices you paid or CZ-75s were going for during those "dark" years? We're having a lengthy discussion on this point elsewhere here on the forum. I bought a pristine CZ-75 in the mid-2000s for about $500, but the original owner (from whom I bought it) paid $900 in the early 80's.
 
I'm not going to say what I paid, although it was near to what Walt paid for his, and it was just last year. I believe a CZ75 short rail in this condition is now a $1500-$2000 pistol.
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Great looking CZ!! That's what they're SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE!!

A few years back, CZ came out with a small run of RETRO CZ-75Bs. They looked like the pre-Bs, but were B models internally. That, to me, was the best of both worlds: better looks, no potential parts problems, and a new gun warranty. (The triggers weren't as good as pre-Bs, but could be tuned. They looked right, as the slide-stop, hammer and trigger guard were the old style.)

They don't seem to show up used, anywhere...
 
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I didn't even know they existed! I just saw some pics on the CZ forum. CZ missed the boat by not offering a plain, non-anniversary short rail.
 
My Sp-01 is my favorite gun to shoot! Period. Very accurate, good trigger, easy to keep on target - lots of fun. Never had a problem with it. recoil is nearly absent
 
i had a retro 75 B and regrettably sold it but i got 500 bucks for it and thats what i paid minus the accessories i let him have..he was a new shooter looking for a easy to take apart gun and i figured i wanted the new sp-01 so i let it go..that was 4 months ago..i ended up buying my girlfriend an sr9c..dont get me wrong i love it..she loves it but i want my CZ back..i will be getting a new one but it may have to wait a few more months
 
The "short rail" models don't really look all that different than the later ones. CZ apparently went to the longer-railed version after some issues with frames cracking. (They probably changed and improved the metallurgy, too, as time passed.)

CZ-75s (both the pre-Bs and Bs) have been in a slow but constant state of change. They've introduced a number of changes, and brought out a lot of different variants.

I've had a SIG P-210-6; it was a nice gun, and superbly accurate, but there were things about it I didn't like. (Low capacity, sharp edges, hard-to-use mag release, difficult to release safety, so-so sights.) I now have a SIG P226 X-Five that isn't pleasing me all that much.

My next big purchase will probably be one of the top-end CZs for IPSC, like the Tactical Sport, but I may have to sell the X-Five first.
 
The CZ frame cracking is discussed on the CZ forum, and has been attributed to the time frame when CZ farmed out some maufacturing to a Spanish firm (check this link: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=5&f=37&t=118808). The short rail would not appear to have any additional stress areas as a result of the shorter rails; that really isn't where the recoil stress would be delivered to the slide and frame. Thee are many guns out there with WAY less rail contact than a short rail CZ. Metallurgy and design probably have more to do with any stress than rail contact.
 
Can you remember anything about the prices you paid or CZ-75s were going for during those "dark" years? We're having a lengthy discussion on this point elsewhere here on the forum. I bought a pristine CZ-75 in the mid-2000s for about $500, but the original owner (from whom I bought it) paid $900 in the early 80's.
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I paid about $275 for mine in the early '80s with three fifteen round magazines. Of course, that was at the Rod & Gun Club in Germany...

ECS
 
I want to clarify something about all the CZ's I've owned. They all had 'issues' that needed resolving, from FTE issues to a launched firing pin and defective magazines. Despite all the various quirks, I still love every one of them once the secret was discovered. No regrets.

I had the opportunity to shoot a P01 today with a fiber optic sight and lighter hammer spring. Suddenly my Kahr K9 is looking a bit pale.
 
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