Recently picked up two CZ-83s (one a surplus from AIM, the other a new one, part of the special run done in 2015, I think). New one's been inspected, wiped down and put away for later or long-term "hold", depending. Original excuse - er - rationale, for getting the first one was as a bedside gun the wife could operate comfortably. Well she didn't like it, so, tragically, it became another range toy for me. And I bought another one to ease my suffering.
Anyway, even though I don't expect to shoot this calibrer much ...... naturally I'm thinking about reloading for it (nature of our affliction). So thanks for this interesting discussion.
Two items have caught my eye: the brass with a "ledge", and the Lee die issue.
Is Speer the only headstamp observed to have the "ledge"? Anyone have a list of all such headstamps?
And the Lee dies - seems odd they'd have an "undersize" die, presumably specifically to fix the problem with their standard resizing die. Why not just make the standard die better?
Anyway, I have only Lee dies, so far, and have been happy with all of them. Time to go RCBS instead, for this caliber?
Oh - and the CZ-83 is about the nicest/easiest pointing and shooting pistol I've ever handled. The single action is perfect. Of course the weight makes for a stable platform and comparatively little felt recoil. So .... maybe I *will* be shooting it a lot .....