CZ-75 mag drop.

[KaceCoyote]

Asking a question for a friend. He's curious if he can modify his CZ-75B to drop its mags free rather than hang onto them, without compromising the integrity of how well the magazine is held. I'm far from a pistol guy so any info would be appreciated.

 

[c_yeager]

Yes it is possible to make them drop-free. There is a magazine brake the mag well. Its just a little piece metal that rubs against the magazine to slow it down. This piece can be removed (which CAN make a hollow spot that can catch on the mag on insertion). OR you can order a flat replacement that won't contact the magazine. I think CZUSA has these available.

 

[Kestrel]

I ordered the flat pieces from CZ USA. I've heard you can just flatten out the original piece, but it seems it would be just a hair too long, if you did.

Steve

 

[Heggis]

You can take the existing "plate" out and bend it almost flat. That's what I did for my gun and now the mags drop free.

Point on the word almost. I bended it some, tried if magazine dropped. Bended a bit more, tried again etc until it worked.

 

[BamBam-31]

Ditto the bending. I flattened out the brake on my CZ 75b Tactical, and it drops free. I didn't even take it out. I just removed one grip panel and used some long needle-nose pliers. Didn't take much to flatten. Also read somewhere that the brake can't take too much abuse, so proceed with patience and care, like Heggis did.

 

[nonquixote]

SteveW13, Turns out there's plenty of slack for any extra length generated from flattening the mag brake. Also, some folks have decided that it's easier to break off the lower tab and just slide the bottom edge of the brake into its frame slot rather than futz with threading it back into the mainspring retainer.

FWIW if you want to reinstall "properly", you push the mainspring cap into place and seat the retaining pin just far enough to hold it, leaving the center of the retaining cap clear for the mag brake's tab to slide in, then seat the pin all the way after the mag brake is back in place. Just in case you didn't already know...

Nonq

 

[Walt Sherrill]

Just take the grips off.

Remove the top retaining pin. This frees one end of the mag brake.

Bend the thing so that the brake presses against the mainspring instead of the mag, reinstall the brake and pin, and forget about it.

(I've replaced the brake, removed the brake, bent the tang at the top, and bent the brake itself, on a number of different CZs. All techniques work about as well -- bending the brake itself is the easiet and quickest approach.)

 

[buttrap]

I think at the CZ factory a guy just bends the breaks before putting it in the gun as its the same part just bent a bit diffently is all.