Significance of No Firing Pin Block

[Drakejake]

Some replacement firing pins for the CZ-52 will lighten the trigger pull but eliminate the firing pin block. I take it that this means that using the decocker with a round in the chamber would cause the gun to fire. So do not decock with a round in the chamber. What other problems would be caused by installing such firing pins?

Thanks,

Drakejake

 

[Jim Watson]

Would not be drop safe.
I am not concerned about this in a known quantity like 1911 but don't know about a CZ52.

 

[Ash]

It wouldn't be drop-safe, as said before, but that is all I have heard. Though, I must admit I would be nervous about disabling the decock safety without disabling the decocker. If I could drill and tap in a small screw that would prevent the safety from moving from safe to decock, then I would have no trouble with the operation. As it is, though, I would be very wary about a pistol that would fire with the safety or trigger, your choice. It would be too much like the Type 94 Shiki Kenjo of Japanese fame which had an exposed sear.

Ash