Bottom Gun
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That's too bad. The Kadet is one of the nicest .22 conversions I've used. Oh well, mine just became more valuable. So did my magazines.
Thoughts on CZ 75 B
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That's too bad. The Kadet is one of the nicest .22 conversions I've used. Oh well, mine just became more valuable. So did my magazines.
silicosys4
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The cz-75b is a peach of a handgun that checks most boxes for me except one...its reach from backstrap to trigger is obscenely long so for me the gun just sucks to shoot
I have to twist the gun a fair amount sideways in my hand just to reach the trigger to the point the backstrap is against the base of my thumb instead of in the web of my hand , which makes it inaccurate, awkward, and uncomfortable to shoot.
One of these days I'll have to spring for one of the reach reduction kits.
I have to twist the gun a fair amount sideways in my hand just to reach the trigger to the point the backstrap is against the base of my thumb instead of in the web of my hand , which makes it inaccurate, awkward, and uncomfortable to shoot.
One of these days I'll have to spring for one of the reach reduction kits.
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I liked everything about them except the trigger slap.
When I found out they came out with a cheaper model with a different trigger, I got one.
This was the omega.
Its trigger is physically painful to shoot, not because of the slap but because of the sharp edges.
DA pull was insane. Around 40lbs.
Now that I said the bad, here's the good.
I took the thing apart, completely. Removed the trigger from the frame (fairly easy to do) and broke the trigger corners.
Now it does not hurt to shoot.
The single action trigger is a little spongy but was never bad. It has a LOT of takeup, but had a distinct wall.
After a few dozen -yes, dozen, not hundred, the DA trigger is pretty good. Around 8lbs.
Accuracy is as the internet will tell you, excellent.
Reliability is excellent.
Durability is excellent.
Ergonomics are excellent (for some, not all).
In a completely unrelated way, a few hours before typing this, I just explained how the CZ75 is "the worlds best combat handgun".
Hollowpoint will not give you problems.
I have to real complaints,
1: the plastic grips. But wood grips are common. I have Pachymar wood grips.
2: The sight picture has a wide gap between the the rear post and the front post. Lots of people prefer that. I don't. If you don't like this sight picture that can be an issue.
-that said, I degreased the front sight, and superglued a cutout piece of a coke can to the sight. Its bright red, and fills in the gap. Its held for a few years and many rounds.
When I found out they came out with a cheaper model with a different trigger, I got one.
This was the omega.
Its trigger is physically painful to shoot, not because of the slap but because of the sharp edges.
DA pull was insane. Around 40lbs.
Now that I said the bad, here's the good.
I took the thing apart, completely. Removed the trigger from the frame (fairly easy to do) and broke the trigger corners.
Now it does not hurt to shoot.
The single action trigger is a little spongy but was never bad. It has a LOT of takeup, but had a distinct wall.
After a few dozen -yes, dozen, not hundred, the DA trigger is pretty good. Around 8lbs.
Accuracy is as the internet will tell you, excellent.
Reliability is excellent.
Durability is excellent.
Ergonomics are excellent (for some, not all).
In a completely unrelated way, a few hours before typing this, I just explained how the CZ75 is "the worlds best combat handgun".
Hollowpoint will not give you problems.
I have to real complaints,
1: the plastic grips. But wood grips are common. I have Pachymar wood grips.
2: The sight picture has a wide gap between the the rear post and the front post. Lots of people prefer that. I don't. If you don't like this sight picture that can be an issue.
-that said, I degreased the front sight, and superglued a cutout piece of a coke can to the sight. Its bright red, and fills in the gap. Its held for a few years and many rounds.
Blkhrt13
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I feel like a cz or clone belongs in every safe. Same with a 1911. I have a cz75 clone built in turkey. It’s a little beat finish wise but it shoots straight and fits my hand better than any other double stack 9 I have tried. The grip angle is more natural to me.
General Geoff
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They still make and sell the Kadet kit for the Shadow 2, oddly enough. It's on my xmas list
Bottom Gun
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I wonder if they plan to discontinue the 75B?
They still make and sell the Kadet kit for the Shadow 2, oddly enough. It's on my xmas list
Do you have a link to a website where it's for sale. I want one for my Shadow 2.
General Geoff
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Man I remember when you could get the original Kadet Kit for a couple hundred dollars. I had the full gun at $400. Times have certainly changed. Thank you this is going to be a nice compliment to my Shadow 2 Orange.
Terry G
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I didn't know they stopped offering the Kadet Kit for the 75 frames. I put mine on a 75Compact frame and it became my most accurate .22 semi-automatic after the Ruger MKII Target. Mine was $200.00 and something years ago.They still make and sell the Kadet kit for the Shadow 2, oddly enough. It's on my xmas list
JBozz
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I have a CZ75 SP-01 Shadow from CZ Custom. Great shooter for a home defense gun or a range gun...but too heavy for concealed carry...at least for me. They're well built and usually well priced. I particularly like how the slide runs inside the frame and that seems to make me shoot better. Lower bore axis, I guess. Quality guns!
Don_P
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I really hope you didn't try buying one from this site. CZ does not sell firearms directly to the consumer. The link shown here and many others similarly named and in appearance are all scam sites that accept only virtual digital money, (Zelle, Bitcoin, etc. They also "accept" PayPal, which will not do business with most anything to do with firearms. Be exceptionally wary fellas, there are plenty of these miscreants out there.
citizenconn
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Nice looking gun. I have a few Tanfoglio TA 90s, both full size and compact. I like the full size but really like my compact ones. They are great concealed carry guns and VERY accurate. I prefer the combat models, like yours, that have the frame mounted safety instead of the slide mounted decocker. I sure wish I could find a 45 acp version of the compact version but I've only seen .45 acp in full size models (and even those seem fairly rare.)My FiL liked my cheap surplus clone so much that he bought himself a "real" one, NiB. He shoots his better than any of his other 9mm pistols. I like mine a lot, too. It probably helps that we both have large hands.
I can shoot a few of my service pistols as accurately as my CZ75 clone, but I can't shoot any of them better.
What does the Cohai model represent? I have not seen one of those before.
citizenconn
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Those are really nice. I have a few Tanfoglio Defiant Combat Compact version that look pretty similar and are probably the most accurate compact 9mm guns I've ever fired. I don't know if its just the lighting, but I have not seen that shade of gray on any of the models before. It looks very nice. Mine are all blued.
General Geoff
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The Kadet kit is not a firearm.
That being said, you may be right about that site being quite suspicious. No phone number or physical address listed. Copyright date of 2018.. hmmm
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md7
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I like the CZ75 and need to quit postponing the inevitable purchase. Seriously, I want one and think they are quite nice. The 1911 bug has ahold of me at present.
Don_P
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Very true, it is not classified as a firearm. My poorly worded, but well intended point was, CZ does not sell directly to the public and sites that utilize "CZ USA" or derivatives thereof are scam sites.
Terry G
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I bought CZ Kadet Kit directly from CZ.
Thank you for the warning but I didn't buy one from that site. Something didn't seem right about it.
Riomouse911
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Yup! I am hooked on them like a crack addict!
Since I posted on September 9, I have added a CZ 75BD, a P-01 Omega, a Shadow 2 Urban Gray and I will be picking up a 2075 RAMI after it gets to my FFL… and the mandated 10-day waiting period.
Stay safe.
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IIRC, the "Cohai" pistols were used by military-related shooting clubs. I have two full-sized Tanfoglios in 45acp, but don't recall seeing a compact one.
The inexpensive Turkish polymer compacts are nice than I expected.
Probably at about the same time Ruger discontinues the 10/22 Carbine.
Seriously, I doubt it, but CZ does discontinue a LOT of guns and bring out other variations. I have a 97B and a 85 Combat, both discontinued, but neither anywhere remotely close to the sales volume of the 75B. I'm REALLY glad that I have the 97B, my favorite .45 ACP I've ever fired (I sold my 1911 a few months after getting the 97B because I only ever shot the 97B anymore). I wish I'd noticed a few months ago when they first discontinued the 97B so I could have picked up a 2nd one before they shot up in price.
The 75B is a great gun, IMO. And it's easy to make them better and better, the more CGW or CZC parts you add. I think, if I were going to have only one 9MM full size handgun, and I needed to keep the price low enough that it put the higher-end CZs out of the running, I'd probably get an SP-01, then I'd try to afford some CGW parts for it when I could (but I'd enjoy it just fine stock).
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desmobob
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My Kadet kit on my CZ-75B is very accurate, too. A nice bonus is that it seems to absolutely love an old brick of CCI Stinger .22LR that has been gathering dust on the shelf in the gun room for many years because it was so inaccurate in all the other .22s I've had.
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