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CZ PISTOL CLUBS => CZ85, 85B, & 85 Combat => Topic started by: DNS on December 27, 2021, 03:22:26 PM

Title: cz85 pre-b finish?
Post by: DNS on December 27, 2021, 03:22:26 PM

Could a cz85 made in 1987 have a blued slide and enamel finish on the frame? Saw one nib at a show still in the plastic full of old oil. The slide was definitely blue but the frame looked slightly different - more glossy. Could not field strip to check anything inside. Was wondering if the frame could have had the enamel finish?

Title: Re: cz85 pre-b finish?
Post by: painter on December 27, 2021, 07:33:36 PM

Anything is possible with CZ in that time period.

Did you buy it?

Title: Re: cz85 pre-b finish?
Post by: DNS on December 27, 2021, 08:37:00 PM

No, the price was  too high, in my opinion. Just been wondering in case I ever see another one.

Title: cz85 pre-b finish?
Post by: aasbra on May 03, 2022, 09:34:01 PM

I have one from this era and it is as you describe.  Blued slide and enamel finish on the frame.  Mine has some wear on the finish, but I couldn’t pass it up when I found it in a Pawn shop 3-4 years ago.

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Title: Re: cz85 pre-b finish?
Post by: M1A4ME on May 04, 2022, 09:24:41 AM

The one I bought years back had been parkerized.  Don't know it left the factory that way or it was refinished later.  Used hard and put up wet, that one. 

Title: Re: cz85 pre-b finish?
Post by: bang bang on May 04, 2022, 03:09:04 PM

Quote from: DNS on December 27, 2021, 03:22:26 PM

Could a cz85 made in 1987 have a blued slide and enamel finish on the frame? Saw one nib at a show still in the plastic full of old oil. The slide was definitely blue but the frame looked slightly different - more glossy. Could not field strip to check anything inside. Was wondering if the frame could have had the enamel finish?

yes and yes