My mag release is too short!

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chris in va

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I have a CZ97b and love it...except the mag release is nearly flush with the frame. To my knowledge there are no factory or aftermarket alternatives.

Any way to add a bit more button to it?
 
Thanks, here's a pic of the issue. Just put these Nill grips on last week, trying to 'customize' them enough for match and carry purposes.



BTW I'm shocked how precise these grips are. You can't even detect the seam where they come together.
 
Quite frankly, I'm not seeing a problem there.

Nothing worse then having an extended mag release sticking out too far on a carry gun.

And finding out it got pushed by accident and dropped a mag two blocks down the street from where you need it in a gun fight!

Sorry, but it really looks like a training issue on your part to me.

If you can't reach or push it with your gun hand thumb?
Punch it with your left hand thumb on the way down to grab another mag.

rc
 
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If you re-cut and sharpen the serrations with a triangular needle file and continue them on the whole surface it will make a big difference. Follow with 600 grid sand paper to brake the edges and some cold-blue.

Boris
 
Once I put on these grips the button became flush and is now hard to release without rotating the gun. The 97 has a fair amount of front/back distance compared to my 75. Really I just need another smidgeon of height on that button, a couple mm would do.

The G21sf I had never dropped a mag and the button stuck out a lot further than this.
 
chris in va said:
Once I put on these grips the button became flush and is now hard to release without rotating the gun...

Well there's your answer! :D Back to the original grips. Seriously, if you are firm on keeping the new grips on, you will have to add an extended release. Most likely a custom proposition as I've not seen an aftermarket extended release or add on paddle made specifically for that gun. With the angled face, you would most likely have to have it cut flat, drill/tap for a screw, and add a larger button shaped however you like. Mny of the old IPSC guns from the late 70s/80s had buttons that extended back into a relieved area in the grip. You could limit the length and contour the underside of yours to avoid cutting the grip for clearance while still leaving enough to reach with your thumb.
 
My hands are too small to reach the CZ mag release with my stronghand (right), especially on the 97B.
Using your weakhand thumb can be done pretty fast. In 'Production Class, I can't use an extended release.
Cutting/sanding a "shallow half-moon notch" into your left grip behind the release would also return it to a more normal "feel".

That or use the extended release shown above.
 
Quite frankly, I'm not seeing a problem there.

Nothing worse then having an extended mag release sticking out too far on a carry gun.

And finding out it got pushed by accident and dropped a mag two blocks down the street from where you need it in a gun fight!

Sorry, but it really looks like a training issue on your part to me.

If you can't reach or push it with your gun hand thumb?
Punch it with your left hand thumb on the way down to grab another mag.

rc
Yes, on the older CZ the button stuck out far too much. I rememb er entering a building, carrying a 357, when the guy behind me drew his 13 shot FN High-Power. Doiiong, clink, slide, when his magazine hit the floor and slit (or is slid) past me converting a 13 shot pistol to a single shot pistol. I only cary pistols with a mag release on its heel, and if I had my say, carry pistols would always have TWO MAG RELEASES, one Luger type button, later used by Colt and one heel type as found on a P-38.
Why does anybody think that the specification fopr the pistol replacing the Pi-08 required a mag release on the heel. The lessons and the reason for that are forgotten.
Granted, newer designs, such as a SIG the button is less protuding.
If a button must be built up, pack the removed mag release in wet cloth, then use a MIG welder set for spot welding to build up the button. Then put the mag release into a 4 jaw chuck , machine it down, chamfer the sharp corners and cut circulat serrations into button wher you press it. Alternatively use a fine 3 angled key file and cut checckering into it.

Regards

Winfried
 
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