I've had my 97B for about a year now, so I thought that it's about time to file a one year report.
To coin a phrase, "I couldn't be happier!" Everything about this pistol is simply Right! It's balanced nicely. It shoots well. It loads and fires everything I try to put through it. It is a joy to hold and shoot! I love the way it fits into my hand like it was built especially for me. So far I've put only three boxes of factory ammo through it. But I've put a couple of thousand of my own reloads through it, with hardly a burp or sputter from the pistol. Most of those can be traced back to a poorly constructed bullet.
I did the recommended feed ramp polishing. But other than that the only thing I have done to "tune" the pistol is a lot of dry firing when I first got it to smooth out the trigger pull, and lube the sear with molly grease. CZ even supplied a snap cap so I could dry fire the pistol to my heart's content.
As a old and long time revolver shooter I must say that I don't understand the current vogue of having a trigger job done and the conversion to single action. After much dry firing I find that the double action trigger pull of this pistol is every bit as good as that of my S&W 586, which is smooth as glass. The single action pull is just as good. Perhaps a tad long for single action, but no real problem for me. Maybe my misunderstanding is because I grew up with double action revolvers, so I'm pre-accustomed to the long pull of the 97B. The 97B is my first, and only so far, centerfire semiautomatic pistol. So why do people want to turn this almost perfect double action pistol into a single action? I just don't understand! The conversion negates all of the advantages of having a double action. Am I missing something?
My advise to those who are new to the 97B would be to hold off on the trigger job until you have dry fired it enough to be sure that it isn't going to smooth out by itself.
At the range I get lots of comments on how pretty the pistol is, and many requests to try it out. People just seem to like to shoot a beautiful gun. As I said in a post about a year ago, I bought it based on the way it felt in my hand and the prettiness factor. I'd never fired a CZ previously and had only held a couple of 75Bs at gun shows. I think I made a wise decision! Can a 75B Compact be far behind?
Thanks for all the good information that ya'll put out here on the forum.
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