CZ75 - 1985 v. new production

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Morgan

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I've decided to get myself a CZ75, but I have some options and some questions.

I found a new, unfired 1985 (or so says the owner) model for only a pittance more than I can get one of the military overrun types. The 85 has two full-capacity magazines, box, and manual. The new one comes with one full-cap and one ten round magazine.

Is this 1985 model the famed "Basuka" import (or whatever I've heard) that so many CZ enthusiasts prefer? Is it a better weapon in any appreciable way?

What import markings (or lack thereof) should I be looking for to verify age? Can production date be determined from the serial number?

Thanks in advance...
 
Thanks. It has the spurred hammer, and the grips look like the ones in the photo (is that a CZ logo at the top of the grip?).

I'm certain it is an older one, but is there any way to tell how old? And is it better, or should I save a few bucks and get a brand-spanking new one?
 
Come on, now - all you opinionated guys (and gals) on this board, and nobody's bashing one of my choices? Flame them! Insult me for one of them! Give me guidance, Gods of the guns!
 
It doesn't matter who imported it. An '85 production CZ is an '85 production CZ. I do favor the older pre-firing pin safety models. Smoother trigger pull, IMO. Around '88 or '89, CZ made a couple of changes to increase firing pin energy. They narrowed the hammer slightly to lighten it, and increase the weight of the firing pin. I wouldn't even attempt to tackle the physics on that one, but suffice to say there was something going on realted to firing pin energy that warranted this "tweak". Aside from that very minor, yet interesting, detail, it's basically the same as any other pre-firing pin safety model.
I once passed up an '85 production CZ 75. High polish blue, no import markings, NIB for a price so ridiculously low, I can't even mention it. The '85 production gun is as better choice than what they're turning out today, both cosmetically and mechanically.

Look at the back of the ejection port. You will see the date of manufacture stamped there.

[This message has been edited by parabellum (edited September 11, 2000).]
 
I have a 75B Military and I`m VERY happy with it but I don`t really care for the hokey squared off trigger guard and although the trigger pull is really pretty good they can always be better. ;) The earlier guns are also supposed to be fitted and finished better. My 75B Mil. is darn nice so an earlier one should really be sweet! I`d go for the `85. Marcus
 
Morgan,

If you don't get it please email me the contact information, I'll buy it.

You might be thinking of Bauska as they imported CZs. The highest value CZ75s are the ones with no import marks. These tend to be earlier production variants.

The older a pistol the better the workmanship. As companies race to meet demand and keep with costs quality drops, cheaper parts are used and fit and finish diminishes. This doesn't mean new CZ75Bs aren't reliable, they are. It just means that if you can get an older model go for it. You won't be sorry.

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Thanks all!

I figured I'd probably end up getting the older one, as there's only one of them. If for some reason I don't like it I know where to find hundreds of the new ones which I know I like.

It won't replace the USP, but there's something really cool about these all-steel, cocked and locked, reliable pistols.
 
Morgan
On the side by the ejection port will be numbers, which tells the year it was made. Some of the pistols without import markings were also brought back from Germany by soliders station there.
 
I have an H&K, I have a High Power, I have a Springfield 1911, I have a Glock, I had SIGs and Berettas, but my CZ-75B is what sleeps next to my bed.

Skorzeny

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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Sun Tzu
 
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