CZ75B or Taurus PT100 for a new .40?

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I recently picked up a Keltec Sub2K in .40. This was the first auto loader of any flavor I have purchased recently (I'm more of a revolver guy). I like the .40 cartridge so much, that I want to get a .40 in a pistol. My Keltec has the glock 22 mags so the 1st gun I pick up is a glock...YUCK! I did not like how it felt or pointed! My other pistols are two SIG's (P226 and P220) and a makarov. I guess I like pistols that feel like...well...pistols.

Both the CZ and Taurus fit my hand well and they feel good. Any pro's and cons on each woud be appreciated.
 
Way back in 1992, the PT100 was the very first .40 S&W I ever bought, and it was a pretty good pistol. Mine was nickel plated and a very good looking pistol that shot well too. It, just like the Beretta it's based upon, are big pistols with long trigger pulls and to my mind thats a negative. While I'm becoming a CZ-PO1 fan, I have no experience with the 75-B let alone any CZ in .40 S&W. This translates to the PT100 being the more proven of the two to my way of thinking. In 9mm, I would give the nod to CZ over tauras everytime, but tauras has had that pistol chambered in .40 for well over a decade and I've never heard anything that was to negative about the pistol and it's reliability functioning..............Good luck!
 
Both shoot well enough, and both will serve you well. The Taurus has a wider backstrap and distributes recoil a bit better. The CZ's trigger is more ergonomic for most folk, but the beavertail is shaped wrong for folks with big hands.

Mags for either cost about the same.

Taurus has a better warranty, but the CZ is built to a higher average build standard.

I have both. Most folk seem to prefer the CZ.
 
IF you want cocked and locked its a toss up. I've both, and both are great. However if you want DA/SA carry the Taurus also has a decocker so I'd give it the edge in this case.

The CZ75B was my first CZ and first .40S&W gun. I liked it so much I quickly got a CZ75B in 9mm and a CZ40 as my second .40S&W. Have had the Taurus PT-92/99 for a long time, I just wish I'd got the PT-100 sooner before they added the rail.

I guess lack of a rail in the CZ75B could be the tie breaker depending on if you want one or not. Losing the rail greatly increases your holster options.

--wally.
 
Like Wally, the CZ 75b .40 was the first one I ever shot at the range. Liked it so much I bought a 9mm that week.

Now I didn't like the CZ40p I had briefly. Bad trigger slap, horribly gritty trigger, sharp recoil. Get the 75b version if you want 40cal.
 
I am a well known lover and defender of Taurus pistols, but in this case, I would go with the CZ. My reasons aren't technical or based on quality at all. It boils down to the fact that I have always sort of wanted a CZ and I already have a PT99.
 
Tough choice. Both are in the equal league. Try them both and see what fits your hand the best. I would personally go with Taurus, since I dont have much experience with CZ, and the limited I have is not good.
 
For my only pistol probably the CZ(I own one in nickel .40) But I really have been wanting a PT101 to keep my PT92 company. I like the safety better and I feel the open top slide design promotes reliabilty if not durability.
 
I'm leaning twords the taurus mainly because I can get it in stainless for ~ the same price as a polycoat cz. They both fit my had equally well so thats a wash.
 
I have owned both and both are good. The CZ grip was better in my opinion. I have big meaty hands and the short little tang on the CZ liked to dig into my hand in extended range sessions to the point of being uncomfortable.
 
Taurus. You get more for your money. I am not a fan of CZ. SHot a few of them but they are no where close to being accurate.
 
I own several CZ products (including a .40 S&W 75 B ) and they are all VERY accurate. My wifes 82 is the most accurate handgun we own. I would definetly go W/ the CZ.ETA I don't normally respond to "which gun" threads but the statement about CZs not being accurate needed some correcting. I suspect that the above poster's experience W/ CZ is similar to my experience W/ the S&W 915 I have never heard anything bad about that pistol but it didn't fit right in MY hand & I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn W/it. I ended up getting rid of it & never bought another S&W product
 
I'll second the last poster- the idea that a CZ isn't accurate is just nuts.

I won't say the poster isn't a good shooter, but it's likely a matter of the gun not fitting that individual's hand well enough.
 
My friend's cz-75 in 9mm is the most accurate 9mm pistol I've ever fired, on par with a few match 1911s I've shot.

The CZ75 is on the short list of 9mm pistols I'll buy when I fill out my revolver collection.

I'll never own a Taurus, extremely spotty quality control.
 
I own many, many pistol's, many of those are Glock's, some are Sig's, I have and hunt with two exceptional 1911's, I also have an exceptionally accurate S&W 4563TSW. My little PO1 is the best shooter of the bunch, the most accurate and second easiest(next to Glock)to handle out of the box compared to pistol's that are in some case's double it's value! I've never heard anyone(before now)refer to them as Firepower has............
 
Quote "compared to pistol's that are in some case's double it's value! " double the value or double the PRICE?
 
CZ in a NY minute!

Of course I don't believe everything I read on the internet....but Taurus seems to have more than its share of negative reviews and comments.

Personally, the only Taurus I have firsthand experience with was an older .38 special that my father let me use.
The cylinder would bind up after just a couple of shots.

I took it to see if it could be repaired but discovered that it was cheaper to buy another revolver than have that one repaired.
But to be fair, it was an older Taurus from around the late 70's or early 80's, and so, was not covered under Taurus's new warranty.

I love my CZ 75B!
 
I have a Taurus PT99 and I love it, and while i've never shot the PT100/101, I would recommend it. Out of the all the Taurus-bashing i've come across on gun forums, i've never heard a disparaging remark about the PT92/99/100/101.
 
A ll Due Respect I Just Don't Like Tarus

We have a P92 that we keep in the basement as BUG ( DWs in the laundry room some one breaks in upstairs she's got something to fall back on) & I'm sorry if I offend but it just looks cheaply manufactured to me. I've fired it a time or two but I'm not terribly impressed with it. I'd rather my wife carry her CZ82 to the basement than depend on the P92
 
Taurus quality is very hit-and-miss.
They do make some very good guns, but they also ship a whole bunch of lemons mixed in.
I'm not going to own another Taurus until their QC improves enormously.
 
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