Walt Sherrill
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One key difference between a CZ DA/SA gun and a CZ Decocker model is that the decocker lowers the hammer to the "half-cock" notch rather than all the way down. That shortens the trigger pull a bit, and lightens it for the first shot. After the first shot, the trigger function on both models reverts to single-action, which is shorter and lighter, still.
That said, you can carry a DA/SA CZ that on the half-cock notch, and it's just as safe. With any of the "B" models, the firing pin block mechanism keeps any possibility of accident to a minimum -- drops and hammer slams. The firing pin can move ONLY if the trigger is pulled fully to the rear.
Manually lowering the hammer is a worrisome practice for some folks -- and while it can be easily learned and made a safe practice, some folks just won't go there. Their money, their guns, their choice.
The only disadvantage of having a decocker gun is that with most decocker models, you can't carry cocked and locked. Many like that option, as it gives gives a shorter, lighter trigger pull -- and the first and second trigger pulls are always the same. You see the differences between the first and second shots with most shooters when you reviewing targets (typically farther apart than subsequent shots) -- and it sometimes takes a lot of practice to make that distance between shots smaller on those first two shots.
CZs can be fitted with a "short" trigger (a trigger pull shortening kit) which can shorten the long first trigger pull. Cajun Gun Works and the CZ Custom Shop offer the kit.
(I only have TWO decocker-equipped guns; the rest are DA/SA with the cocked and locked option, SA, or striker-fired, which is a lot like SA...)
That said, you can carry a DA/SA CZ that on the half-cock notch, and it's just as safe. With any of the "B" models, the firing pin block mechanism keeps any possibility of accident to a minimum -- drops and hammer slams. The firing pin can move ONLY if the trigger is pulled fully to the rear.
Manually lowering the hammer is a worrisome practice for some folks -- and while it can be easily learned and made a safe practice, some folks just won't go there. Their money, their guns, their choice.
The only disadvantage of having a decocker gun is that with most decocker models, you can't carry cocked and locked. Many like that option, as it gives gives a shorter, lighter trigger pull -- and the first and second trigger pulls are always the same. You see the differences between the first and second shots with most shooters when you reviewing targets (typically farther apart than subsequent shots) -- and it sometimes takes a lot of practice to make that distance between shots smaller on those first two shots.
CZs can be fitted with a "short" trigger (a trigger pull shortening kit) which can shorten the long first trigger pull. Cajun Gun Works and the CZ Custom Shop offer the kit.
(I only have TWO decocker-equipped guns; the rest are DA/SA with the cocked and locked option, SA, or striker-fired, which is a lot like SA...)
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