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Offline flphotog

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Considering CZ 75B Compact
« on: December 17, 2018, 01:43:13 PM »
OK, I'll try and keep this short. To start with I switched to cocked and locked only carry a year or so ago and have sold off almost all of my striker fired and pistols with decockers that couldn't be switched to an external safety.
I do still have a PCR that I'm thinking of replacing with a compact.
One problem is, I looked at one this morning and I didn't much care for the SA trigger, it had quite a bit of creep, also the safety was a bit mushy, I like a positive detent and it just wasn't there.
So my question is, is this normal or was this particular pistol an anomaly?

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2018, 03:06:21 PM »
Trigger pulls vary gun to gun.  Parts made on different machines, by different people, with tooling that wears, set up that's different, a specification that allows some variance from "perfect" and then put together by multiple people.

Some will be "super", some average, and some won't satisfy picky people (like me).

My family has purchased five steel framed CZ75 Compacts in the last 3 or 4 years.  The model you have, with the single safety on the left side of the frame.

I can't say the single action trigger pull on any of them was "bad".  Only two had any internal polishing done to them and only one had parts replaced.  That wasn't an effort to improve the trigger pull but a replacment of the hammer to make it look more like Pre B CZ85 (a project I did on my CZ75 Compact two or three years ago - it now has a spur hammer, ambidextrous slide release levers and safety levers).

If you want to improve the trigger pull (weight & feel) there are lots of threads here you can do a search for that contain pictures, part numbers, advice/technique, etc. for improving the trigger fell/reducing pull weight in SA and DA modes.

And, you can order a stronger spring for the left side safety that will require more effort to move it and feel more positive.  There are a couple of threads on the forum with the name/links to the vendor that stocks/sells those springs (sooner or later I'm going to order some for my own use, just haven't go around to it so I'm going to have to look those threads up, too).

Cocked and locked, that's why all my CZ's are safety models or Omega models with the ambidextrous safeties installed.  I just bought a big old XD 5" Tactical .45 acp with ambidextrous thumb safeties (ever seen one of those?)
I just keep wasting time and money on other brands trying to find/make one shoot like my P07 and P09.  What is wrong with me?

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2019, 11:37:02 PM »
Add a beefed up safety detent spring. I like my safety much better now.
http://dsperman.com/products/CZSpring/CZSpring.html

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2019, 07:11:40 AM »
Add a beefed up safety detent spring. I like my safety much better now.
http://dsperman.com/products/CZSpring/CZSpring.html

Went one better, sold all of my cz's except the P-07 and picked up a couple of H&K's and couldn't be happier.

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2019, 06:14:26 PM »
Add a beefed up safety detent spring. I like my safety much better now.
http://dsperman.com/products/CZSpring/CZSpring.html

Went one better, sold all of my cz's except the P-07 and picked up a couple of H&K's and couldn't be happier.
my buddy has 3 H&Ks. a 9/40 and 45. we both shoot my cz's better 8)

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2019, 12:55:15 AM »
Add a beefed up safety detent spring. I like my safety much better now.
http://dsperman.com/products/CZSpring/CZSpring.html

Went one better, sold all of my cz's except the P-07 and picked up a couple of H&K's and couldn't be happier.

Hk--  "because you suck, and we hate you"

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2019, 06:15:44 PM »
Add a beefed up safety detent spring. I like my safety much better now.
http://dsperman.com/products/CZSpring/CZSpring.html

Went one better, sold all of my cz's except the P-07 and picked up a couple of H&K's and couldn't be happier.

Hk--  "because you suck, and we hate you"

I would'nt go that far...
There was a time when there was a degree of truth to that.. But somewhere along the way HK's customer service had a "come to Jesus" moment.. Things have changed..They're CS is probably one of the best in the industry..I've got a few HK's myself,and I'm trying to get rid of two, keeping two others (a HK45ct, and a P7)  The CZ's are alot more tuneable, and seem to have more sight options.. I myself think CZ is a better value for the money..

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2019, 10:24:28 PM »
NO SOUP FOR YOU!

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Re: Considering CZ 75B Compact
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2019, 09:42:50 PM »
Only have the CZ75 compact, but have other DA/SA handguns. The SA travel isn't long, but could be better. The safety detent is definitely not mushy. Since I don't shoot competition or anything, I'm ok with it's "characteristics". Based on my experiences I would definitely get another CZ (have been looking for a 97 at an acceptable price point).