New Owner needs some help

[Ryank428]

This past weekend I purchased a CZ 75b stainless for my wife. She has never fired a gun. We made a trip to Cabeleas so we could find a gun that felt good in her hand and ended up with the 75. I am very excited that she is getting involved in shooting as it is a true passion of mine. I have used the "Search" function and come up empty. i would appreciate your help with a couple of things. 1) I live in Cook County, IL. The 16 rd mags are not legal here. I need to purchase some 10 rounders, what brand do you recommend? 2) I steered her towards the 75 partially because of it's reputation for accuarcy. I want her to to do well. What ammo works best in this gun? Thank you in advance. Ryan

[slowrider2394]

Someone with more knowledge may come along but I thought CZ supplied two 10 round mags with the 75B in those areas that have restrictions.  Maybe you  bought outside of cook county?  In that case I would call CZ and see if they will swap 10 rnd mags for your 16 rnd.  Or, someone on this forum might trade with you.  Post them up in classifieds.  Factory 10 rnd CZ mags will cost you $35.00 at the CZ on-line store and close to that at some of the on-line vendors.  Mecgar (who also makes the OEM) makes the only aftermarket mags worth having for almost half the OEM price but I don't think they make a 10 rnd version.

Hopefully one of the gurus will come along and be more help to you.

[OldShooter]

Check with Midway, I'm pretty sure they have some 10 rounders. And MecGar is the brand to go with. I tried to save a few bucks and buy "National Magazine", no go, didn't work, didn't even fit in the gun.

[dleong]

This past weekend I purchased a CZ 75b stainless for my wife. She has never fired a gun. We made a trip to Cabeleas so we could find a gun that felt good in   her hand and ended up with the 75. I am very excited that she is getting involved in shooting as it is a true passion of mine. I have used the   "Search" function and come up empty. i would appreciate your help with a couple of things. 1) I live in Cook County, IL. The 16 rd mags are not   legal here. I need to purchase some 10 rounders, what brand do you recommend? 2) I steered her towards the 75 partially because of it's reputation for   accuarcy. I want her to to do well. What ammo works best in this gun? Thank you in advance. Ryan

 

Ryank428,

Welcome to the Forum.

The general consensus seems to be that the 9mm 75Bs are marginally more accurate with 124 gr. projectiles than with the more common 115 gr. ones, and my experience with handloading 9mm cartridges for my 75Bs appears to support this notion. Your best bet would be to purchase some 115 gr., 124 gr. and perhaps even some 147 gr. ammo, shoot them in your 75B, and see which load yields the best accuracy.

DL

[Radom]

This past weekend I purchased a CZ 75b stainless for my wife. She has never fired a gun. We made a trip to Cabeleas so we could find a gun that felt good     in her hand and ended up with the 75. I am very excited that she is getting involved in shooting as it is a true passion of mine. I have used the     "Search" function and come up empty. i would appreciate your help with a couple of things. 1) I live in Cook County, IL. The 16 rd mags are not     legal here. I need to purchase some 10 rounders, what brand do you recommend? 2) I steered her towards the 75 partially because of it's reputation for     accuarcy. I want her to to do well. What ammo works best in this gun? Thank you in advance. Ryan

   

Ryank428,  
 
  Welcome to the Forum.  
 
  The general consensus seems to be that the 9mm 75Bs are marginally more accurate with 124 gr. projectiles than with the more common 115 gr. ones,   and my experience with handloading 9mm cartridges for my 75Bs appears to support this notion. Your best bet would be to purchase some 115 gr., 124 gr. and   perhaps even some 147 gr. ammo, shoot them in your 75B, and see which load yields the best accuracy.  
 
  DL

 

I'll second that.

The pistol will tend to group anwhere from average to mediocre for about 100-200 rounds, then abruptly settle in.  At least, CZs do this in my experience.  I suspect this is because the barrel cannot be "broken in" at the factory like the moving parts.

Magazines - Best to Worst:

1.  Mec-Gar
2.  OEM  (Mec-Gar is now OEM)
3.  Tanfoglio OEM (depending on model)
4.  Ram Line aftermarket magazines for the Baby Eagle
5.  Pro Mag
6.  USA, National, and Forrest.  (None of them work, so this a tie!)

I may have forgotten a few.

[Ryank428]

Thank you!

[n-1SOW-czechpistols82792]

I'd buy the 10 round mags for practice at the range, but hang on to the 16 rd mags if you keep the weapon loaded for home protection.  Who's to know?  
If you do have to use it for self protection at home with the 16s, it could very well be worth being 'illegal' to have the bigger mag.

[Otto N Sure]

Or you could get the Hell out of Cook County! How can you people put up with this nonsense??

Otto

[Cliff47]

You might Czech out the GunBroker.com or AuctionArms.com web sites for 10-round CZ mags. Prices should be rather reasonable for range use. If all else fails, look into the CZ Classifieds under the General a bit further down the site.

[Radom]

It seems like someone always has 10 rounders in our Classified section.  Often people are willing to trade as well.

[Ryank428]

Or you could get the Hell out of Cook County! How can you people put up with this nonsense??

Otto

I may have to. It is getting worse. You can blame the politicians, but the citizens elected them. In Cook County I am a minority.


                                 

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[MontanaCZ]

I have two ten rounders that I am very willing to trade you, plus some cash for your trouble. If you want to, send me a PM.

-MTCZ