Got my cz 75b polished stainless in today. Bonus pictures

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peggysue

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Got my polished ss CZ 75B today. Pictured with the rest of my CZ...except a CZ Mauser...i tag them so i can remember..enjoy ALL CZ'S

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The middle pistol appears to be a 52. Has it been rechambered for 9mm? I find it to be an interesting design. :)
 
That stainless 75 is beautiful. One of these days I am going to hunt down one of their anniversary pistols I think they are pretty beautiful too.

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The 52 are of the original caliber 7.62X25
My new stainless 75 has the longer beaver tail and ambi-safety. You can see the difference in the 2011 laser engraved model that was posted.
 
What is a CZ Mauser -- are you referring to a long gun? Had one of those, when I first got my C&R FFL.

I passed on a CZ-52 rechambered for 9mm once, in a pawn shop (they only wanted about a $100....) I had heard too many horror stories about the 9mm conversions, only some of which ever seemed to work right.

I went back a month or two later and it was gone, of course. Had it not been, I might have bitten the bullet. :D
 
Can it be elaborated as to the interest in CZ? I ask because I'm of the cockroach type, a model or two of a maker is about it usually. Example would be the Walther P5, the only Walther I own. P5 was the latest and greatest P38 IMO.
 
What is a CZ Mauser -- a rifle.
As for my interest in CZ's I just happen to have these in my collection of Over 300 firearms I have accumulateed. You name it I got it. I love guns and buy what sparks my interest or like how it looks..yep ers i have some Walters.
In addition..
I own CZ clones too. EAA Pavone. (Made in Italy) It has gold glitter in the black poly lower. Factory trigger job and larger cocking serrations that is easier to rack. I picked this up from Buds in may. A well made little pistol.
Also i have a FIE TZ-75 Government (Italian) I got in 2008.

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Just wondering whether the CZ’s in your collection are the used/shot often? I ask because CZ’s along with the Browning Hi-Power, IMO, similar in design, do break the take-down pin.

I’m more of a bread/butter consumer, not much of a collector. When a design has a tendency to break parts beyond the normal spring changes it may not remain in my collection/accumulation. :o
 
I have had a bunch of CZs, and also have a Browning Hi-Power. There's no similarity in design, just some similarity in appearance.

The concern about slide stop breakage is more heard about than experienced -- it can happen, but it's not really all that common. And, when it happens, the part isn't that expensive.

Years back it was recommended that folks move to heavier recoil springs to protect the slide stop. That may have accelerated damage, as the slide when the slide goes back, is retarded by both the recoil spring AND the hammer spring so the slides top -- which retards the barrel -- doesn't take a big hit. When the slide slams forward (and is stopped by the slide stop) nothing retards it's movement except the round being chambered. To make matters worse, if the mag is empty and the slide is released, it will hit with full force!!

I've been shooting CZs for years, and have an 85 Combat with maybe 10K rounds through it. The only slide stop I've broken was because I mistakenly put an 85 Combat slide stop in a CZ Compact when swapping slides at the range. The slide stops are slightly different because the 85 Combat has an ambi-slide stop lever which is smaller on the far end (where it fits into a lever on the 85 Combat/85B frame); when put in the wrong frame (as I did it), the smaller end is not properly supported in a non-ambi frame. In that case, the barrel lug hits the slide stop at a slight angle, and that causes stress where it's not supposed to happen. Clink.)
 
Even Taurus is known to go 10K rnds without breakage. CZ's most likely have good OEM and/or aftermarket support while much of what I have does not. Durability and reliability may not mean much in practice but to many a gun nut it does.
 
Even Taurus is known to go 10K rnds without breakage. CZ's most likely have good OEM and/or aftermarket support while much of what I have does not. Durability and reliability may not mean much in practice but to many a gun nut it does.
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I'm curious, have you broken a slide stop in a CZ? I ask because I'm on my 5th CZ and I also have 3 CZ clones and I broke one slide stop about ten years ago. That gun I shot matches with all the time. The funny thing is the gun kept running and I found the broken part when I got home and cleaned the gun. I think you hear about isolated issues now because of the internet.
As for Taurus I have owned a few of those too. I had a cool little Pt22 that cracked the slide but Taurus fixed quickly. Then I had a Pt99 that broke the rear adjustable sight and a 24/7 in 45acp that shot low. Taurus didn't didn't have different height sights for the 24/7 to correct the problem so I sold the gun.
 
I have a S.A.C.M. 1935A. I did not realize the CZ-75 was based on it. I did know the relationship to the Sig P210 modular design. Now knowing this it does seem to make sense. Thanks Tom.
 
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Correct. The CZ is based on the Petter design (Modèle 1935, SIG P210).
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As best I can tell, the only features shared between the Petter/Modele 1935 or the P-210, and the CZ-75 (or 75B) is the slide riding inside the frame. (If the 1935 does that -- I know the P-210 does.) A number of Star pistols used the slide-inside-the-frame feature, too, before the CZ.

If you can show me other shared features, I'll stand corrected... but having owned both a number of CZ-75s/75Bs and a P-210-6, I can see very little shared heritage. (As noted above, the fire control assembly on the P-210 is a modular design that easily removed, cleaned, etc.) The Modele 1935 and P-210 were single-stack, single action guns, while the CZ was a SA/DA double-stack gun that allowed the user to start from cocked and locked or from hammer down.

The CZ-75 was and still is a relatively unique design.
 
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CZ had nothing to do with the S.A.C.M. 1935A
\The recoil spring guide in the Pre-B is steel and not a "full length" type affair. It's similar to the standard GI recoil spring guide found in the 1911 and unlike the Browning Hi Power, it does not apply downward tensioning of the slide stop lever. While the slide stop lever shaft passes through the rear of the Browning Hi Power spring guide, the CZ's does not. It's more like that found on the 1911.
 
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The Internet is a wealth of info. Actual experience is a good thing but it's a very costly endeavor. I've spent thousands of $$ comparing 45autos and other arms over a period of decades. Would I have done so had I known. I think not.
 
Just wondering whether the CZ’s in your collection are the used/shot often? I ask because CZ’s along with the Browning Hi-Power, IMO, similar in design, do break the take-down pin.
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Correct. The CZ is based on the Petter design (Modèle 1935, SIG P210).
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Huh? :confused:

Its not "based" on either of those guns. Its a different configuration from the Browning and the only thing similar to the P210 is basically the slide being inside the frame.
 
As best I can tell, the only features shared between the Petter/Modele 1935 or the P-210, and the CZ-75 (or 75B) is the slide riding inside the frame.
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The barrel/slide lockup and slide stop design are also very similar. The bottom half of the pistol is, of course, a different design.
 
The barrel/slide lockup and slide stop design are also very similar. The bottom half of the pistol is, of course, a different design.
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I wish I could agree with you, but I'm just not seeing it. The barrel link is completely different, as is the spring and guide rod. The way the slide stop removes is very similar, but so are quite a few other guns in that respect.

The P210 sort of marched to its own drummer. Its a scaled up "version" of the Petter 1935A. However, its even different from that pistol, because the slide rides inside the frame. That wasn't true of the Petter gun.
 
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