I must admit my mistake

I went to the LGS to pick up a M&P 9mm as my first modern striker fired pistol and saw they had a new CZ-75 w/ safety behind the glass. The DA trigger was quite nice! It's been hard to get an impression of triggers through online discussion but the trigger on this particular example had a reasonably weighted smooth, non stacking, and all around very nice DA trigger. I was impressed and the pistol fit like a glove.

The M&P however fits me like a too large glove. It has other features that I am interested in right now though.

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I have had a bunch of CZs, still have one and a custom "clone." I also have a somewhat-enhanced M&P Pro. I love them all... (The M&P Pro, which includes work by SpeedSpecialities, done before I bought it, is marvelous.)

I have been a huge fan of CZ since the early 2000's when I walked into J&G one day and walked out with a brand new CZ-75 BD for under $400!

I ended up stupidly trading it for something a couple years later and it was one of the worst gun related decisions I had ever made. I wanted to buy another 75 BD a couple years ago and couldn't find one anywhere, it seemed like they had vanished and the ones I did see were nearly twice what I paid for my first one!

Fortunately a couple weeks ago I stumbled upon another brand new BD at one of my local shops for $489 and decided to put it on layaway.

If you ask me CZ makes some of the finest handguns for the money. They aren't the bargain they were a decade ago but there's a reason why people are willing to pay more for them today.

On a side note I'm leaving for the Czech Republic in a few weeks for a much needed vacation, wish I could take a tour of the CZ factory but I think you need be granted special permission to do so

Here's some CZ porn, my CZ-40B....

This is my PCR as currently configured. (I'm a better shot with it than a camera.)





I have added CZ accessory wood grips and Meprolight Tru-Dot night sights made for the P-01. The slide was inletted for a so-called "snag-free" rear sight, hence the "step" or "shelf" in front of the sight, but they fit and work perfectly. Cajun Gun Works in West Monroe, LA installed the sights.

Walt, which CZ do you have left?

Saturday I picked up a NIB 75B 9mm for $489.00. I cleaned & lubed it with Shooters Choice FP-10 & grease. Shot with it Sunday and it shoots to POA like a dream, and 100 rounds cycled without a hitch.

I used to think CZs were the best "unknown" guns available in the U.S.; they're not so unknown, any more.

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Yeah, Walt, I liked CZ's better back when they were a secret and they could be found on the shelf new for $400 every day. They are worth every penny of the $600-700 they bring now.

viking499 said:

Walt, which CZ do you have left?

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A very nice satin nickel 85 Combat (and Kadet Kit.) I had a Champion sear installed some years ago, when having action work done. (As I understand it, it was more like the original sear.)

I also have a custom AT-84s that is simply marvelous. (It was supposedly built by Jim Boland, a name gunsmith -- now dead; it looks like his work but I have no PROOF that he did it; it is a very refined pistol.)