Trunk Monkey said:
Not sure about "design" but the CZ75B manual does state that the pistol is perfectly safe on the half cock notch and that is how they intend it to be carried. They also state that the safety is for a momentary interuption while firing.
Where exactly, in the manual, does it state this information? I can't find that -- perhaps I missed it.
I have a copy of the original technical manual, for the (pre-B) CZ-75. As best I can tell, it doesn't mention the safety/half-cock notch, but it does give details instructions on how to detail strip the gun, etc., and talks only of carrying cocked and locked, or hammer down. Even though the pre-B models did not have a firing pin block, the technical manual says: "The CZ-75 is very safe with the hammer down and safety off due to the inertia type firing pin."
I also have a copy of one of the original (pre-B) 75 manuals -- again, not for the B version -- as well as manuals for both the 75B and 85B/85 Combat, and none of them say what you're citing above.
Thinking, perhaps, that my copies were older, and what you cite above was a recent addition, I also downloaded the current manual from the CZ-USA website.
Alas, all versions say exactly the same thing:
Safety Stop on the Hammer
A half-cock safety notch is on the hammer so as to prevent it from striking the firing pin when the hammer is manually cocked, and a thumb could slip. When the hammer is on the safety stop, it is not leaning against the firing pin stop, but its position is further back.
I do agree that's it's safe to use the half-cock/safety notch as a starting position (
for the models with a firing pin block). The decocker models do this, and they have had one of the two hammer hooks removed to accommodate the decocker mechanism. The non-decocker models have TWO hammer hooks, so they're even safer.
Unless I'm missing something -- and a page number citation will help me find it -- You obviously have a very unusual manual.
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