Weird Grips on my new CZ75b

[JREwing]

I got my new CZ75b two weeks ago and to my surprise, got what is called "anatomic grips". They are not bad. I'm ordering a set of factory rubber grips. Maybe wood ones later.
Anyone ever seen these before on brand new purchases?

 

[Pilot]

Anyone ever seen these before on brand new purchases?

Yes. My CZ-75B Mil came with them. It was produced in 1996 for the Turkish military but sold commercially as a contract overrun. Is your date code on the extractor 96 by any chance? The Turkish military guns are exactly the same as the commercial models but were only produced in the polymer finish and with those goofy grips. I quickly replaced mine with CZ rubber grips. The "anatomical" grips may have also been found on commercial guns, but someone else will have to confirm that.

 

[JDGray]

Seen them grips on a new pistol at a gun store. It was an older gun made in the late 90s. It also had all steel 10 round mags.

 

[JohnBT]

Gunscrubber will melt those grips into a stringy mess in about 1.5 seconds according my experiment. I'd already put smooth Hogue cocobolos on mine.

John

 

[JREwing]

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there is "05" on the extractor. It also says my date of manufacture was September 2005. So number must correspond to the DOM.
I wondered also if this gun was from a surplus or overruns.

 

[Walt Sherrill]

The grips may be the only thing that is "older" about the gun. CZ has a knack for throwing unusual features on new guns, and reissuing guns that were supposedly discontinued. You never know QUITE what to expect.

Those grips are available in the CZ-USA catalog.

 

[Medusa]

My CZ 75B came also with these, date 04, and black polymer coating. Replaced these grips with Hogue's.

 

[Zundfolge]

A lot of European pistols are imported with thumb rest grips so that they can claim they are "target pistols" and thus have a "sporting purpose".

A lot of importers of European pistols replace the crappy thumb rest grips with combat style grips after they are imported because most people don't like them and they look a little cheap.