CZ-75 Compact question

[MoeMentum]

I have decided to get a CZ-75 Compact for CCW. I just can't decide between the decocker or the manual safety . For those of you that have this pistol, which do you prefer, and why ?

 

[sgtb]

I have both and love both. I have never felt comfortable with cocked and locked carry. However you can just carry the regular compact with the hammer dropped for a double action first shot. The safety won't go on with the hammer down. One less thing to do in the heat of battle. It boils down to what you are used to. 1911 guys probably laugh at this. I have the PCR and the P-01 in decocker mode and they are both great. If you don't need a light rail then go with the PCR. It is a little lighter and thinner. Hope this helps.

 

[Pilot]

I have the full size CZ-75B with the manual safety, which you can either carry cocked and locked or hammer down. I also have the CZ-75D PCR Compact which has the decocker. The regular comapct models are all steel and have the manual safety. The decocker models, PCR and P-01 are alloy frame, and are much lighter, but with now manual safety. If you want the C&L capabilities you'll have to get the heavier all steel compact models. If you can live without C&L, I'd get one of the lighter alloy frame models becasue they are easier to carry, just as accurate and reliable. Many like the P-01 because its the latest and greatest, but many also like the PCR because its basically the same pistol without the light rail and hence slimmer in the muzzle.

 

[peteinct]

Moe, i have 2 CZs with a decocker the P-01 and a 40p and 2 with a safety a 75b and a 97b. I think the triggers are better on the safety models esp. on the first double action shot. There is a technique to manually drop the hammer to a half cock notch on both the 75b and 97b but many people think it is unsafe. I think the 75b fits me the best the P-01 feels surprisingly wide I don't know why. But they are all nice pistols. pete

 

[Walt Sherrill]

There is NO DIFFERENCE between the triggers on the decocker models and the non-decocker models. The key parts are exactly the same. The only difference is that the decocker model has a bit more of the sear removed to make room for the decocker mechanism, but that's not something you feel or which can affect the trigger pull.

If you've noticed a difference -- which is certainly possible -- when starting from the same starting positions (i.e., hammer fully down on both, or hammer on the half-cock notch on both) it has to do with the differences between particular guns, and not between the model lines.

Either gun can be started from the half-cocked position, and that shortens the trigger pull slightly and lightens the trigger weight by about a pound. Its safe to carry this way, because both guns have firing pin blocks. (And the Decocker models automatically decock to that position; that's the normal carry mode for the decocker models.)

Which to get? The PCR and Compact have the same measurements, but the PCR has an alloy frame, which is lighter. The Compact, while heavier, has the ability to do "cocked and locked." I prefer the Compact, but would love an alloy-framed version that allows C&L. Unhappily, the parts can't be swapped, as the internals of the frame (to accomodate the decocker and safety) are slightly different.

Note: Forgive me if I come across as a curmudgeon on this point, but...

I know people think its unsafe to decock to half-cock or full hammer down, but gun owners have been doing it for generations with revolvers, and the world hasn't come to an end.

Further, I would argue that if you can't decock your own pistol manually you ought not be shooting a gun -- that's a very simple technique that should be mastered as a basic handgun handling skill.