Any experience, opinions on the CZ-70?
My first pistol was a CZ-70. Beyond nostalgia, and the fact that it's essentially the Eastern Block knock-off of what James Bond used in the classic movies, it is a great little gun.
The CZ-70 is very reliable in my experience. Mine was apparently refurbished from foreign police carry and has managed to function flawlessly for all the years I've owned it. I've never loaded hollow points in it but as far as I know, they are not recommended for use in the CZ-70.
I actually like the safety and utility of the system. The DA/SA action lets you keep one in the pipe for either a nice safe first shot in double action
or a respectable thumb-cock. I don't care for thumb safeties in this set-up but I do use the "decocking safety" as a decocker when I want to drop the hammer. Another poster complained about the edges and since mine was parkerized or something in the refurbishing, I can't comment on that. What I can say is that the original serrated trigger provides a nice purchase that most of my guns don't have.
The CZ-70 is accurate and of course, the solid steel design makes it surprisingly weighty versus modern polymer compacts. That balances out what is already pretty light recoil. While I've got several firearms that I know I can't share with everyone, this one is in the friendly case.
It is no slouch though. I know James Bond is fiction but this platform and .32acp in general have long been trusted by government service and civilians alike. Plenty have met their end at the crack of this diminutive caliber. It is only considered so puny today because so many other more powerful options have joined the market. Just because you can carry a Ruger Alaskan doesn't mean that the CZ-70 is weak sauce. It is just a more mild sauce... still a heck of a lot tangier than the .22s so many people carry.