CZ75B Decision?

[StrutStopper]

Wife was pleased with her Valentines Day roses. She didn't get me anything, soooo she asked if I wanted a new gun! I'm sure she really didn't have to ask, but now I have a decision to make. I know I want a full sized steel CZ75B. I was looking at the BD, but this will be a range gun and possibly do some nightstand duty so the decocker isn't absolutely necessary. Question is, do I want a BD, a B, or a B with the Omega trigger? Is the Omega trigger something worth considering? What do you all think. I'm off to a couple of LGSs to get some reloading supplies and fondle what they may have in stock, but I probably won't come home with anything today (can't promise though )

 

[verdun59]

I can't give an impartial answer since I have the B model and it meets all of my needs. Have a relative who has the Omega trigger, and wishes that he didn't, I think because of after market limitations. So here's one vote for C75B, you won't be sorry.

 

[CZ9shooter]

I like my BD model. I prefer guns with no manual safety. First shot being 100% ready to go at all times is more important to me than a SA first shot but having to worry about positively disabling a safety lever before that can happen.

I realize that this can be accomplished with a regular B model as well, but I like the added comfort of being able to load and decock the gun while in the house, or any other place, with a much smaller chance of a ND.

Before making my final decision I also avoided the Omega Trigger due to aftermarket parts availabilty. I have heard that they are becoming more available, but I havent looked into it myself.

 

[CNobbe]

I've been perfectly happy with the standard 75B for years now. If you want your first shot to be DA, and are comfortable with lowering the hammer safely yourself, it's a good choice. The BD is a good gun too.

 

[guyfromohio]

I'm a big fan of the decocker models. PCR being my favorite.

 

[Walt Sherrill]

If you like decockers, and you can get the Omega version either way, you might like the Omega trigger a little better. Might. As I've always heard it, the Omega trigger guns are generally better new, but the standard trigger improves with use, and after about 400 rounds (or dry fires), they're close. It's also been argued that the older-style trigger has more tuning potential, but folks like CZ's Custom Shop and Cajun Gun Works are starting to develop parts and techniques to make the Omega system very good, too. Unless you're serious about spending extra money to tune either trigger system, that point is arguably irrelevant.

I recently picked up a used EARLY P-07 and am very pleased with the single-action trigger... much nicer than any standard [un-tuned] CZ single-action I've owned, and I've had a bunch of them. Newer models are slightly different and have user-changeable grip inserts.

If you can get your hands on both varieties (a standard 75BD and an Omega 75BD), dry fire (or if possible, actually shoot) both and see what works best for you. Dry firing will probably be enough.

With the CZ P07 or P09 (polymer-framed) guns, the Omega trigger is user- (or gunsmith-) changeable from safety to decocker (or vice versa). I'm not sure about whether the steel-framed guns using the Omega triggers can be easily converted to the other mode -- but assume they can't; someone else will have to address that and give you a real (rather than assumed) answer.

 

[StrutStopper]

Well guys, the decision has been made. I went to the LGS down the street and as fate would have it, they had a 75BD in stock. Less than 45 minutes after starting this thread it was mine. And I used to HATE valentines day

 

[StrutStopper]

I'm a big fan of the decocker models. PCR being my favorite.

guyfromohio, The PCR would have been my first choice too, but I've already got one strapped to my hip at the moment

 

[Walt Sherrill]

So -- was it the standard (old-style) action, or the Omega? I've not run into too many Omega guns, yet... (That would make me think it was a standard model.)

 

[StrutStopper]

So -- was it the standard (old-style) action, or the Omega? I've not run into too many Omega guns, yet... (That would make me think it was a standard model.)

Standard trigger.

 

[guyfromohio]

Nice one! I really like the mechanics of their D models. That decocker is in exactly the right place, IMO.

 

[herkyguy]

Cool wife......

 

[JTQ]

I really like the mechanics of their D models. That decocker is in exactly the right place, IMO.

I agree. While it looks somewhat like an odd add-on (which it probably is), it is out of the way of your shooting grip and for slide manipulations, but is easily reached when you need to decock.

 

[ynotmule]

75B. Don't get the decocker unless you're gonna carry it.

 

[guyfromohio]

Agree, the safety models ARE better left in the safe.

 

[Pilot]

For me the decocker is unnecessary, as I don't have a problem manually lowering the hammer on a live round. That being said there isn't much difference in the models, and I carry a 75D PCR (decocker model) as my primary. The stock trigger is excellent.

 

[bannockburn]

StrutStopper

Nice pick up with the 75BD! And you've got a great wife too!

 

[joem1945]

I have a CZ75 in .40S&W. For me the grips were not very comfortable. I replaced them with Hogue wrap around grip with finger grooves. Much improved and helped with accuracy.

 

[Mr.357Sig]

Congrats on your new CZ! You got a keeper, there. And your wife too!

 

[chris in va]

I had one for a decade.

Two very easy and cheap improvements. Factory rubber grips and a Wolff 15# hammer spring. The DA pull is a bit hard from the factory.

 

[StrutStopper]

I had one for a decade.

Two very easy and cheap improvements. Factory rubber grips and a Wolff 15# hammer spring. The DA pull is a bit hard from the factory.

I've got factory rubber grips on my PCR. They are very nice. I was going to hit the range with it today but my buddy's pipes froze and we scrapped our plans. I'm going to shoot it stock for a bit, maybe get some VZs after a while.

 

[CZ9shooter]

Another vote for factory rubber grips. They seem to be nearly identical in geometry to the stock plastic ones, but obviously, made of grippier rubber. Some people feel the stock grip is fat though. If that is you, there are slimmer aftermarket options available.

I tried lighter main springs too. At first I liked it. I think I had a 15 or 16lb in there. SA was good. DA superb. But then after some hammer and sear work, I decided the SA was too light for my tastes. Back to factory spring now (20lb). DA is again heavy and just a bit gritty, but SA is sweet. I am happy with it.

 

[guyfromohio]

I felt that the factory rubber was too clingy to my clothes so I put wood grips on.

 

[Walt Sherrill]

When I first started working with CZs quite a few years back, I tried the Hogue grips. Many love them, but they forced my strong hand fingers into a position under the trigger guard that I found unpleasant.

The CZ factory soft rubber grips are what I used on most CZs after that. My 85 Combat has the soft rubber grips. (They look right on a satin nickle gun!)

I also have a set of Trausch grips which were the rage for a while. I like how they feel, but not how they look.

 

[Jim NE]

I love my CZ decockers. I also have a compact (with a safety) and that's nice, too. I guess I think the decocker as a safety device is somewhat more safe than a manual safety.