chaim said:
. However, the full set of characteristics candr44 mentioned that I was quoting included the adjustable sights which were a feature of the CZ 85 Combat and not typically a feature of the pre-B 75 or 85 (I don't know if there were available aftermarket adjustable sights for them, though I assume so). Hence, my saying that the set of characteristics he was listing were for the CZ 85 Combat.
The ORIGINAL POST (by Hoffman123) made no mention of any of those extra features. He seems to have a transitional pre-B 85 (as indicated by the 1994 date.) As I read your comment, it wasn't exactly clear that you were referring to Candr44's comments, so I assumed you were talking about the original poster's gun.
And Candr44 may have been a little off in his comments, for as far as I know, none of the transitional 85s ever came from the factory with adjustable sights. Candr44 may have been mostly talking about CZ-USA imported guns. The 85Bs imported to the U.S. by CZ-USA, didn't come with adjustable sights, and the 85 Combat had other features not seen in the 85Bs, as already noted -- something Candr44 didn't mention.
There werent that many variants of the full-size CZ-75s, but there were a LOT of variants based on the compact frame/slide combinations, including semi-compacts (full-size frames, compact slides, a few .40 85B Compacts, and a number of other unusual models, including a couple of Compacts (capital "C") with alloy frames and safeties rather than decocker. I always wanted one of those gun, as it seemed the best of all possible CZ features.
As I mentioned earlier, the addition of adjustable sights was a CZ-USA "fix" to make the CZ-85 Combat -- which didn't have a firing pin block --
LEGAL for import to the US.
- The adjustable sights added points to offset the lost points caused by the absence of the firing pin block. The U.S. market was the only place that mattered.
There were adjustable sights available from LPA for transitional 75s and 85s, and later 75B/85B models, but I don't think I ever saw or heard of any of the earlier pre-B guns coming from the factory with adjustable sights.
Note: There was no "point system" in effect when the pre-B guns were initially imported to the U.S., and no need for adjustable sights to make the guns legal. I'm pretty sure Frankonia offered them on a few of their upgraded guns, and those guns made their way here via G.I. bring-backs from West Germany.
While the 85 Combat was probably the only centerfire 75-based gun with factory-installed adjustable sights, you could buy the sights from CZ-USA (and later CZ Custom) for the 75B and 85B guns.
The same LPA sights were also standard on the .22 Kadet Kits used for the 75B/85B pistols. (I'm not sure whether the dedicated .22 Kadet CZ came with adjustable sights or not, but I suspect they did.) There were Kadet
Kits for pre-B 75s/85s, too, and I saw one or two of them over the years. hey were very rare.
If you added the adjustable sights to a 75B or 85B, you were supposed to mill off the raised rib at the rear of the slide (behind the dovetail and beneath the rear of the sight) so that the sight could be lowered properly.
My 85 Combat and Kadet Kit have identical sights.