Walt Sherrill
Member
There's a lot of "mystique" associated with the pre-B CZ-75s, but the "better triggers" found in those guns are arguably due to the facts that the vast majority of them 1) are used and well broken in, and 2) don't have the horrible "camming" double-action trigger that the CZ legal department apparently dictated for more recent B models. (I say that, because I can't imagine why anyone but a Legal Department wonk would do THAT to a gun on purpose.)
With only a modest amount of gunsmith work, the "B" trigger can be as good as the pre-B trigger. And, if you convert a DA/SA B model to SAO mode, and install the two-way adjustable flat trigger, the SA trigger can be better than the best pre-Bs, whether you leave the firing pin block in, or take it out!
I've had a bunch of CZs over the years, both "B" and pre-"B" models, and I just won't buy a pre-B any more unless I can get it at a very low price (for later resale). I would like to have another CZ-40B, however (or maybe a Colt Z40), to fill the void left by the CZ-40B I let get away a few years after they were introduced. (I didn't like the .40 round, back then, but I've since learned to like it a bit better.)
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With only a modest amount of gunsmith work, the "B" trigger can be as good as the pre-B trigger. And, if you convert a DA/SA B model to SAO mode, and install the two-way adjustable flat trigger, the SA trigger can be better than the best pre-Bs, whether you leave the firing pin block in, or take it out!
I've had a bunch of CZs over the years, both "B" and pre-"B" models, and I just won't buy a pre-B any more unless I can get it at a very low price (for later resale). I would like to have another CZ-40B, however (or maybe a Colt Z40), to fill the void left by the CZ-40B I let get away a few years after they were introduced. (I didn't like the .40 round, back then, but I've since learned to like it a bit better.)
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