Like I Need a CZ!

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Adventurer_96

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I've seen them up close at shows a few times, but I've never had a chance to handle a CZ. Until today... We stopped at a local sporting goods store and I asked to take a look at one quickly.

All I have to say is I'm hooked. I'm not necessarily a fan of "cocked and locked" carry as I don't have a lot of training in the area, however it's nice to know it would be possible with this pistol. It pointed better than a Combat Commander, which is one of the more natural pointing pistols I've ever shot. It fit my hand perfectly. I took a look at how the action worked, and I was impressed by fit and finish, as well as the trigger.

The only problem? $400 plus tax, background check fee, and only two 10-round mags. Oh, and this store has guys like me handling these pistols a lot more than they buy them, so they may be unfired but they have quite a few dings and scratches on them.

I'm guessing that this will be my first new pistol purchase when I can save up the cash. I still have a few more purchases on the immediate horizon, but I'm even tempted at getting rid of a pistol or two just to have a CZ.

I'll be searching some of the other posts for info on the pistol, such as price, sources for mags, etc., but I'm even more interested in this pistol than when I got bitten by the Glock bug.
 
TFL is an awesome CZ info source...check out www.czforum.com
You will find anything and everything CZ there. 400$ is a little steep for a plain old 75b fullsize. I can send you to 3-4 places in the low $ 300's. But shipping and transfers add up. See if you can beat them up a little on the price...you wont regret it.
Shoot well
 
Whatever you do do not buy a CZ

Unless you are prepared to be so hooked that you buy several more. I have never met someone who had a CZ who didn't catch the bug and HAVE to have more.

I got my CZ 75 about three months and 1800 rounds ago. I love it. It is my most accurate gun, it is highly reliable, durable (it was made as a Warsaw Pact military gun so if it can handle a combat environment it can handle anything I can throw at it), the exterior fit and finish is excellent and the interior fit and finish is good. Mine was one of the last Turkish Contract guns so I got a 15 round mag. If you get one of the CZ 75 BD Police models (a decocker model) you also get a 15 rounder with it. CZ made up a ton of mags just before the ban so they are still easily (and relatively inexpensively) available. CZ sells them off their website for $48, most dealers that sell CZ sell them for $50-60 and a guy on the CZ forum sells them for under $40.

Usually I say to get a CZ before any other autopistol. They are probably as good as a SIG, with fit and finish that is almost as good (on the exterior, the interior isn't quite as nice), with a price closer to Ruger. If you'd have to sell some guns to get it I don't know. I'm not a big fan of selling guns, I did it with two that I wish I had back. However, I guess it would depend on the guns you'd sell for the CZ.
 
Oh yeah, prices. Around here CZ 75s and 85s run $400-500 depending upon the model ($400 for Turkish Contract 75s and 75 BD Police, about $450 for most other 75s to just over $500 for the 85 Combat). Online they seem to average about 10% cheaper than local prices here.
 
I wouldn't get rid of any of my "keepers" but a few of my not-so-important pistols could go.

I seem to remember from looking at the ads in SGN that $350 or so was a good price. I'll have to check around when I get more serious. Too bad they're not C&R...

Thanks for the explanation as to what a "Turk" CZ is, I was wondering what the J&G ad meant.
 
I shot a CZ75 last weekend for the first time.

I've had no desire to own a 9mm before, but man, I really liked that pistol! I want one!

Note to self: next time someone at the range offers to let me shoot their firearm, politely decline. It can get expensive otherwise.
 
First Gun, First Post, First CZ

You may want to take a look at the CZ 40.

I just bought my first gun last weekend at a local gun show, and I chose a CZ 40B. It felt right in my hand, looked good, and after reading up on CZ's here, I was confident that it would be a reliable, accurate gun.

Price NIB with 2 10-round mags was $299.

I went to the range and proceeded to put 80 rounds through it with some friends, and both agree that I got a good deal on a good gun.

I also discovered that I pull down and left when I squeeze the trigger. My friends could get a 3" group out of the gun at 20 feet when they first picked it up, and I scattered shots over the lower left quadrant of the targets, until I figured out my little trigger pull problem.

GePZo
 
Where I am in KY, you can get the plain 75B (polycoat finish) for $340 plus 6% tax. When I lived in California, which was less than 6 months ago, they would go on sale for $369-$399. It's still a good deal at $400 if you ask me. I think you may be able to get one cheaper however. For that price, I would demand new in box with no dings or scratches!
 
GePZo, that looks like a great deal that you got! Especially for a gunshow.

My first pistol was a CZ too - a 75B.

When you get another CZ (and you will! - I'm working on getting my 3rd now.), pick up a '75 and then get the .22LR Kadet kit for it. It really helped me shoot much straighter.
 
Uh, yes.

The quality of build on a commercial CZ is every bit as good as on a SIG Classic. I've had the opportunity to inspect several of each type, and find it difficult to tell the difference. The pre-B model '75s are particularly nice, and can go up against any factory pistol made.

- Chris
 
Well, I just got back from the range with my new CZ75B. It aint no SIG. Accuracy was 3-4" @15 yards off a benchrest. The slide locked back early every 50 rounds or so. Trigger is long, heavy and choppy in DA, creepy but otherwise decent in SA. Finish is ok, but I was surprised to find the inside of my slide was uncoated bare steel. A little disconcerting. Otherwise, it was a pleasure to shoot. I had better luck with my first CZ, it had no functional problems but wasn't any more accurate; even after I had a triggerjob performed on it by a pretty well known gunsmith (he couldn't get it to shoot any better in a ransom rest either). So I guess if I had the finish fixed, the slide stop fixed, had a new barrel fitted, and a good triggerjob done, it would be better than a SIG 226, but cost about the same. Of course mags would be cheaper...

I've found CZs to be excellent military-grade weapons, and excellent base pistols to customize. I wish they had a little better QC is all. I would compare them to Berettas and FNs, but SIG and HK got 'em beat when it comes to a really well made service pistol.
 
Everyone needs a CZ. For me, it started last February when I bought my first non C&R CZ: a 75B in .40 caliber. By June, I was up to 5 new CZs. Haven't found one bad thing about any of them. During this bout with CZ-itis, I sold three Rugers... and I'm slowly replacing them.

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Mike

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CZ Pistols and Club CZ 97B
CZ Forum at www.czforum.com
 
Personally I don't put to much merit into benchrest results. If I am ever attacked I won't have a bench available to use. How well it performs in offhand shooting is what matters to me. My CZ is capable of 1" groups offhand at 20yds, if I do my part. Shoot it better than the Beretta which is suppose to be "sooo" accurate. Just cuz it ain't priced at $600 to $700, doesn't mean it isn't a well made service pistol.
 
best bang for your buck out there. I paid $330 for my 75b. Put some hogue wraparound rubber grips on it. Shoots great. More accurately than my sig p226 that I paid double for.
 
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