From: boyd@gauss (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Experience w/ cz75
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:08:05 GMT
Organization: fsu.edu

FSAC-SID (erudnick@pica.army.mil) wrote:

# John T Haller writes:
# #Does anyone out there have any experience out there with the Cz-75?
#
# I've had a CZ-75 for a couple of years now. Mine was purchased from an
# Army officer who bought it at one of the rod & gun clubs at a US base
# in Germany - no importer's markings! The finish is the enamel type.

I wonder if he got it at Vogelway AFB, where I got mine!

# Overall I'm happy with it. The gun is more accurate in my hands than my
# Glock 17, which is quite accurate. Field stripping is easy, and the
# gun reliably feeds and fires hot ball and hot JHPs. The enamel finish 
# is holding up well. My only gripe is that at points of sliding contact
# it does not gradually wear away like blueing or parkerizing, but sort of
# chips away to bare metal. As these are the points that should be oiled
# anyway it's not a big thing.

You have one of the "tropical finish" models.  It is a type of baked on  
enamel, and does chip very easily.  I would get it stripped off and hard 
chromed or tefloned.  This typically costs around $100, and is well worth 
it.  Mine came parkerized, but I had it hard chromed while still in Germany.

# The only gripe is that even with my large hands and long fingers I have
# to fudge my grip to get to the slide release. This of course is because
# the silly frame-mounted safety requires the slide release to be further
# forward than optimum. If the safety were on the slide where it belongs
# ( :) ), or better yet deleted, and the slide release moved back a bit,
# the controls would be near perfect.

Sheesh, one of the few 9mm's in the world with a real safety (and not a hammer 
dropping dongle), and you complain :-).  Anyway, you can get one of the 
TZ-75 extended slide releases fitted to a CZ for minimal cost.  It looks a 
bit like a dog leg, in that it puts the thumb pad lower and farther back on 
the gun.

These are great guns.  There was a good article about them in a recent Guns 
or American Handgunner magazine (anyone know the month/mag?).  The double 
action on these guys is particularly smooth (some say due to the dual trigger
bars inside).  The "real" safety (downward to disengage, up for cocked and 
locked) and slim feeling grip (with 15 rounds in the mag) are big pluses.  
Incidentally, the gun feels so slim due to two things.  One, there is a deep 
curve in the backstrap which reduces pull length.  Two, the grips recess into 
the frame so as to add little bulk to the grip.  However, the latter is  
negated when using wood or rubber grips, as they have to be quite a bit thicker 
for dimensional stability.  Stick to the black plastic grips, or order a set 
if you decide on a model that comes with wood grips.  You will be AMAZED at 
the difference (I could not believe that the TZ-75's came with wood or 
rubber grips, thus destroying the slim feel of the gun).  For small handed 
shooters, this is one of the few high capacity 9mm's around that will feel 
comfortable.

Feel free to email any particular questions you may have.  The above is IMHO, 
direct flames elsewhere.

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