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scott5 · May 18, 2004

Hello all;
I'm new to this forum and I thaught that I might ask a couple of questions.

One is, at a recent Lions club gun show I picked up a CZ-75 that says "made in Czechoslovaka" on the left side. The person selling it said it came from a diplomat who brought it into this country and then sold it without firing it. The pistol is new 100% condition with no wear, or import stamps

but the box it came in has some wear. The tag on it was for $680 but the seller let it go for $600. Did I get a good deal?

The next Q:, for a Smith & Wesson Mod 41 with the 5.5" barrel that I bought a an auction for $400

. The right side of the front of the barrel has some dings in it and the model designation just above the front of trigger was restamped at the factory but the gun looks good. Did I get a good buy on this one and where can I buy Mags for it, it only came with one?

Next Q; my High Standard Citation is giving me extraction problems and I think the extractor spring is week.

I bought a spring kit for it but how do I replace this spring?

I know this is a long post but these things have been on my mind! Any help would be appreciated. Thank You!!

Happy shooting.
Scott5

natedog · May 18, 2004

I don't know if being imported by a diplomat would increase the value, but a fair price for a CZ-75 is $400 or so. Sorry buddy, but you sorta got screwed.

duckfoot · May 18, 2004

It might be a true CZ-75 and not one of the newer 75Bs. If so then it could be worth more than $400. Might ask on the CZforum, but I know that a true CZ-75 %100 is a hot item. Not many brought into this country when they were made.

Walt Sherrill · May 18, 2004

Re: $600 CZ-75...

Driven only by an old lady on weekends?

It may have been worth the price, but its unlikely you'll be able to resell it for that -- or for much more than $450, if you fire it...

You'll find that its a nice gun, and probably fits your hand better than anything you've handled.

I've seen other guys, in the past year or two, spend about the same amounts for older CZs in comparable condition -- simply because these guns are very rare in some areas, and it was the only way they could get one. The older pre-B models are sought after by some shooters. (One guy paid almost $700 and was happy to get it at that price. He didn't want to risk an "internet" trade/sale.)

NIB CZ-75s (older style), unfired, sell for anywhere from $400 - $550, sometimes a little higher. So, unless its a very old "short rail" model, you probably paid about $100 too much. So what? Folks do that all the time, with other guns, and don't even blink.

Unless the prior owner was some really important personage, and you've also got documentation to prove it, who owned it is irrelevant. As for import marks: lots of these guns came into the US without import stamps, bought by GI's stationed in Europe, who bought them through Post Exchanges. Unless the gun is a true collectible, the import marks are meaningless -- and some collectors don't care, even then.

(I sold a NIB pre-B CZ-75, recently, for around $500. It did not have import marks and had not been fired. It came with two hi-cap mags, which was standard for the guns.)

Shoot it, enjoy it, and join us on the CZ Forum.

www.czforum.com

As for your other questions: check the Gunsmithing area for help with the spring. As for the Model 41? Maybe a little high given the dings... You'll have to ask about that in the Gunsmithing section, too.

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