[Euclidean]

I think I did all right on this.

I've been budgeting for an AR15 next year and I know it seems a little silly to buy another gun first, but I bought a CZ 75 B today that's in pretty dang good shape. The original owner told me he's had it less than a month and only fired 120 rounds out of it.

$225, not a scratch on it, original box, case, magazines, and papers.

This exact gun right here except slightly used.

They sell locally right at $400 so I think I did okay on this. I bet I can easily sell it and get my money back if I don't clear a small profit, I just need to go to a gunshow!

It's a neat gun though. I see what all the CZ fuss is about now. I may have to play with it a little bit. It'd be a good carry gun with some different grips on it.

I'd like it a lot better if it had some different grips on it. I got two sets (includung the original) with my purchase and they're okay, but don't really do it for me.

Apparently you can get 16 round magazines for them at CDNN for $20 so that seems like a pretty good deal.

I'll have to go shoot it of course just to satisfy my curiousity but this is an awful lot of gun for $225. :biggrin:

 

[Bud White]

Sounds like you got a very good deal lets see some pics

 

[HollowpointHank]

That sounds like a great deal to me! Now you have a gun for that special lady, right?

 

[DirksterG30]

Sounds like you did good, Euc! Cz's are some of the best bargains out there.

Does it come with the plastic grips, or rubber? If you want fancy wood grips, check out these 2 guys:

http://www.imageseek.com/hakan/
http://www.viking-grips.com/

For more info on CZ's check out:
www.czshooters.com
http://pub69.ezboard.com/bczechpistols82792 (CZ Forum).

 

[rstickle]

Looks like you got a great deal!

 

[Euclidean]

For some reason I don't yet fathom, the hammer rests at half cock much like say a lever action rifle. I would think one would either want the hammer all the way forward for safety or else cocked and locked. However I probably need to read the manual here. I'm aware they make this pistol in other variants so perhaps it's an inherited trait from a SA only version.

It reminds me somewhat of the BHP.

 

[Euclidean]

That sounds like a great deal to me! Now you have a gun for that special lady, right?

If you're referring to my other thread, I'll hold onto this long enough for her to try it. The problem is it's already too big for her and I think the manual of arms is exactly what she wants to get away from. If I didn't have a decent level of familiarity with common guns, I think I'd be overwhelmed by it myself.

But if she likes it, she'll probably want the compact and if she wants a compact CZ I'll make sure she gets one!

I'd give her this gun in a heartbeat but I already know she'd tell me it's way too big.

 

[Chad]

Very nice looker there...you made a good deal.

But the question is will you actually part with it?
Made more difficult if you take it to the range to see how it shoots...there's the rub...

 

[Euclidean]

You know considering all the cool stuff you can do with this gun that might be a problem Chad.

I don't plan to CCW it. I don't consider myself properly trained for C&L carry so I wouldn't even consider that. I have to admit that is very clever on CZ's part, because this way everyone is happy. I manually decock loaded guns all the time so I'm not worried about that at all.

 

[rocky]

Wow, clean gun. Looks nice alright.

 

[Euclidean]

Yeah, it looks barely used at all. Looks like he cleaned it up nice to sell it. Seems he bought it without his wife's permission.

 

[HollowpointHank]

Euc,
In the other thread I mentioned my 83 was either SA or DA. Is the 75? I really don't know but I bet it is.

 

[Euclidean]

This one is DA/SA.

The problem I see Hank is that we talked about what she wants extensively. The good part here is that the safety does "click" into position very firmly. I have to admit I like that feature, but I think she won't want it there at all.

It'll be some months before I make a move. I may see her again fairly soon and I'll let her look at this gun and ask her how she'd feel about a smaller version of it.

The other problem is she don't like the double stack magazines. However I suspect anything I find for her will have them so she'll just have to compromise on this in all likelihood.

 

[Bud White]

Thing looks like new i would have jumped on it too

 

[P95Carry]

Euc - I suspect they use same method as my SIG's re trigger/hammer.

Hammer at rest is not fully forward - because it is blocked - so it appears like half cock. If (with an empty gun!) you pull hammer back to full cock and then release under control - you should find that if you assist it - it will go all way fwd to contact FP - as long as trigger kept pulled to rear.

Once trigger released it is once more blocked. This is how the deocker works on these guns - the hammer drops onto a blocking mechanism. In normal firing use - the momentum of the hammer carries it fwd all the way to FP but after that it will set back again a bit if decocked - unless another SA shot being taken when of course it again gets full travel.

BTW - seems like a grade A1 deal to me - lucky fella :smile:

 

[SARR001]

Sweet. I'da jumped on it too.

 

[Lawrence Keeney]

That is one of the better, but more underappreciated combat handguns in the world.

I'd rather have the one that can be carried condition one though.

 

[Euclidean]

That's the beauty of the design. It carries Condition 1 or 2.

 

[Euclidean]

Upon closer examination two interesting findings:

I do have the magazine brake, it's just been removed from the gun. It's been removed most competently. There's no signs of it being bent or of the pin being marred. Bravo original owner. This doesn't really bother me since I'm used to my magazines dropping free anyway, and it shouldn't really be necessary to keep it in place for normal operation.

One magazine is the factory 10 rounder, the other appears to be an older factory 15 rounder.

 

[snowdoctor]

Man China

don't break the rule. guns are MAN CHINA...once you buy one, there in no need to depart with it. It can now be a part of your legacy/heirloom, your first CZ...how sentimental is that? lol
don't be one of those that said, man I used to own one of those, I wish i never gotten rid of that. I only pd. ..... and now it is worth thousands.