Who doesn't have a CZ?

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I have shot about 1000 rounds through my CZ75B, but I have never had it out when I didn't have at least a couple of other guns along, and I usually end up shooting my Blackhawk for serious target shooting. But I am using my CZ as a backup gun for my CCW test this weekend (main gun Glock 21), so I thought I'd better take the time to finally figure it out. I spent a couple of hours at the range, took copious notes, and figured out that it shoots about an inch low and an inch to the left at 21 feet. After figuring out where the sweet spot is in the sight picture, I started putting 8 out of 10 rounds through the 10 ring at that distance. Next time I will start working at longer ranges, but first I need to get a new prescription for my eyeglasses (I'm getting old).

I'm extremely impressed with the gun for the most part, but I have one complaint about the ergos. Those Czechs must have some freakishly long thumbs. There is no way I can hit the slide release without rotating my hand from shooting position.

If any Minnesota resident is interested, Armored Fire has a nice used 75BSA for $325.
 
Most folks think that you shouldn't be able to reach the slide stop without shifting your grip. That would make it awfully easy to accidentally depress the lever when shooting.
 
I don't have one yet. At least...not until next week when my CZ83 arrives at my local dealer.:D
 
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Got this one for $250 +tax.
 
None yet. A cz52 is looking to be my next purchase, and a P-01 too if they make one with out the cheese grater on the front of the slide.
 
Why don't I have one?
Simple
Nobody sells them
No gun shop here in the Knoxville area
No gun show in the Knoxville area

Makes it kind of like 'alien technology'
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I'm going to be right in the middle between Knoxville and 'Chooga.
Think I have a chance in heck of every finding one for sale?
 
Redhat, why would it be a problem to reach the slide release while shooting? The slide release only releases the slide when it's locked in the rearward position after emptying the magazine, and it is not locked in the rearward position while shooting.

I can reach the slide release on my Glock 21 without shifting my grip and that has never been a problem in thousands of rounds. Every Glock I've ever shot, which amounts to well over a thousand rounds through a variety of guns--19C, 20, 20C, 26, and 36--have all featured the slide release where I could reach it with my human-sized thumb, and that has never been a problem. This is also true of my Bersa .380 Thunder and a Bersa .45 Thunder I shot at the range a couple of weeks ago. It's true of an .40 HK USP that I have shot many times. It's true of every Ruger autoloader that I've owned or shot. It's true of the Beretta 92/96, as well as the Taurus clones. In fact, every modern autoloader that I've shot in recent years has a slide release where I can reach it without rotating my grip except the CZ.

Did you think I was talking about the take-down lever or button? On the CZ this is also the slide release, but you break down the gun by aligning two marks and tapping the slide release out of the frame from the right side of the gun with the base plate of the magazine. It's a complicated and difficult procedure compared to stripping a Glock, and not one that you're likely to undertake by accident. I imagine that if you were an extremely unlucky lefty with freakish, hyper-developed thumb muscles who happened to press the backside of the slide release lever at just the exact fraction of a second that the hash marks were aligned you could have problems, but for those of us who haven't been inecting localized steroids in our thumb muscles this should not be an issue. Especially if we're right-handed.
 
I once owned a PCR and 97. Both beautiful and right-on-the-mark. But what good is looks and accuracy if a gun fails to feed when it matters the most or you can't customize it yourself if you wanted to? Of all the guns I have ever owned, the PCR had the most malfunctions and the 97 was -- and remains to this day -- the most difficult to find parts for.
 
CZF,

I'm being nit pickey. Your site that lists the features of the new compact .40 lists the frame and slide as steel. Isn't the frame alum. alloy like the P-01?


clipse
 
My CZ 75B .40 is a keeper now that it is set up the way I want it, but it first needed some gunsmith work to get it to run to my satisfaction.
 
Did you think I was talking about the take-down lever or button? On the CZ this is also the slide release, but you break down the gun by aligning two marks and tapping the slide release out of the frame from the right side of the gun with the base plate of the magazine. It's a complicated and difficult procedure compared to stripping a Glock,
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You're kidding right? Taking down a CZ is a piece of cake in comparison to taking down a Glock. I always have problems with the Glock and getting my fingers set on those two really tiny little serated buttons on each side of the slide and pressing them down at the same time while holding the slide back just a bit. Field stripping a Glock isn't rocket science and it doesn't require world class hand/eye coordination to do but it is way harder than taking down a CZ IMO.
 
I thought Glocksters never cleaned their pieces, what do they need a field strip for, let alone to know about someone else's?:D
 
I thought Glocksters never cleaned their pieces, what do they need a field strip for, let alone to know about someone else's?
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:D Heh! I aways cleaned mine. That paid off too. When I traded a Glock 22 I got $100 more than I should have because when the gun shop appraiser took it down he was so impressed with the cleanliness of the firing pin channel. Seems most folks never clean in there. I'd put over 2000 rounds thru the thing and he said it looked like new to him. Sometimes cleaning does pay off.;)
 
Why have a CZ 75 when you can have a Browning HiPower, S&W 5906 or a Ruger 95DC? All of the others are much more reliable than the CZ that I sold.
 
Why have a CZ 75 when you can have a Browning HiPower, S&W 5906 or a Ruger 95DC?
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Your not allowed to answer a question with a question. Besides what kinda question is that? :D

clipse
 
Lobotomy Boy,

What I meant was; If your thumb can contact the slide stop with a normal firing grip there is the possibility of depressing it accidentally which could cause the slide NOT to lock open after the last shot is fired.

I don't personally think it is a defect in the weapon if I have to change grip during reloading to drop the magazine and release the slide stop.

It just doesn't matter one way or the other.

As for aligning the witness marks on the rear of the slide to disassemble the pistol...maybe that's why I had to use a hammer on mine

Thanks for the tip
 
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