safe to carry a cz-82 cocked and locked?

[Ed Ames]

The lightness of the trigger has nothing to do with cocked and locked... well, not much... many a 1911 is carried around w/ an under-3lb trigger. My concern is the likelihood of the safety disengaging. Some holsters have ridges to hold the safety in position. Others have ridges that could tend to disengage it.

That NRA decock method works (side note: I suspect one of the reasons the hammer on a 1911 can actuate the grip safety is to enable one-handed decocking)... I'm just not a huge fan. It is WAY better than putting your pinkie in the gap and pulling the trigger though.

 

[toivo]

The lightness of the trigger has nothing to do with cocked and locked... well, not much... [...] My concern is the likelihood of the safety disengaging.

Agreed. It's just a worst-case scenario: If the safety comes off accidentally, a lighter trigger is more likely to lead to an AD, especially with a thin holster.

 

[Hammerhead6814]

It's good to see more CZ-82 love on the forums .

Maybe someday someone will make some decent after-market grips for them

 

[colorado_handgunner]

Again?

Seriously, how many times are we going to discuss this?

 

[Ed Ames]

Six?

 

[polekitty]

Hello, "The Grons"

Did I understand you rightly---you sometimes let off an extra round because of recoil and light trigger? Here's the way to prevent that. Once upon a time I would let my finger lift off the trigger as the gun fired, the finger would wave around like a flag in the wind. Bang went the extra round. Surprised me more than anyone else! Now, here is what I do, whether revolver or pistol. I squeeze the trigger, good and tight, and don't let go. The gun fires. I keep the trigger finger tight on the trigger, all the way back, until I'm ready to fire another round. I never let the pressure off the trigger until I'm ready to fire the next shot, and then I release the trigger and let it reset. Works like a charm. I like, also, to think that if I were in some kind of "trouble" the assailant is going to have a hard time taking my gun away when I have a good firm grip with ALL of my fingers! I'm holding on to that gun like a baseball bat! I don't let go the trigger unless I want to fire another shot, or put it back into my holster. Try it. Works like a charm. Somehow, my groups have improved since I started doing it that way!

 

[krs]

That works for trout fishing too.

 

[RockyTop]

There was this.....

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=393304

I currently have one hole in mine and I'd like it stay that way.

 

[The grons]

It is very easy to de-cock

I went to the range and tested both of my 82's; if you cock the hammer back and let the trigger go forward... the firing pin will not engage. This is a very easy way to put one in the chamber and then de-cock the hammer, the trick as one poster said is to make sure the trigger has moved forward before you are safe to let go of the hammer.