Quick CZ 75/85 question

[MyRoad]

I've been considering a CZ based mostly on reading reviews, and handling one someone at a range owned about a year ago. (In all of the gun stores I've been in, no one has ever stocked one, and currenlty I don't know anyone who has one.)

On the CZ website in describing the 85 they say:

"The CZ 85 B is the ambidextrous version of the CZ 75. Ambidextrous controls include the safety and slide release."

Does this mean that all of the other CZ's have single-sided (right handed) safeties only?

 

[Kevlarman]

The CZ83 has an ambi safety; other than that, I think the rest are right-hand only.

 

[Ash]

No, the .40S&W CZ-75 has ambidextrous safety as well (but nothing else ambi).

Ash

 

[clown714]

IIRC,the cz75 SA has an ambi-safety.

clown

 

[armoredman]

Yep, almost all CZ pistols are left side controls.

 

[MyRoad]

Thanks for the info. In some respects, that's very disappointing. Luckily, there are a lot of other gun makers out there that are user-friendly to us "wrong-handed" folks.

 

[PCRCCW]

The 85's, 40 S&W 75's, all SA's, 83's and assorted others are all ambi for the safeties.....no decockers or plain jane 9mm 75B's are ambi........
There you have it......Shoot well

 

[MyRoad]

PCRCCW - thanks for clarifying. I was interested in the PCR, but I'd consider the P-01 if it had an ambi. If the PCR came in a .40 with an ambi, that'd be even better! Well, maybe someday it will.

 

[Walt Sherrill]

When PCRCCW mentioned the 85's he was absolutely correct (but, in doing so, stealthily glided past one of their newest guns).

There is a still-rare CZ-85 Compact, a few hundred of which were imported to the US recently, that has ambi-controls. This would be a lot like the P-01 you want.

You may have a hard time finding that one... but I expect CZ to import something similar, next year. (The 85 Compact supposedly is available in .40 and 9mm, but I've only heard of the .40 version, thus far.)