Took the CZ83 plunge again.

[BubbaLa]

i finally shot my 83 in .380. picked it up in so cal. and thankfully the sa trigger was MUCH better then the one in the case.
my extra large hands have no problem finding a place on the gun.
  but the magazines are really stiff ,and can barely take 9 rounds.

  i got the base off the mag easily,but the metal plate holding the spring seems like a puzzle. any tricks?

Tip one side edge of the lock plate down at a 45 degree angle, and the opposite edge pops up.  Remove it at a 45 degree angle.  The spring will loosen up after a few mag cycles.  My 10 rounders were the same way.  Did you have as much trouble finding a CA legal CZ83 (SKU# 03101) as I did?  NO ONE in nor Cal had one, or was willing to find one.  I searched Gunbroker and finally found a guy back east that had two.  Got it for $499 + $25  shipping to my FFL.  He charged $50 for paperwork and $26 DROS fee, no sales tax.  I actually got him to do paperwork and DROS for free, as I traded him two 50 round boxes of Winchester T Series 45ACP +P ,  and two more 50 round boxes of SPEER Gold Dot 45 +P in lieu of the $76.  No one would take in a surplus CZ83, as they need to have the correct SKU and be manufactured by CZ-USA.  Pity, I could have save about $300!

o.k gonna try that. down here in so cal Turners gun stores carry them. they just renewed the sale price of $459.00.i couldn't pass it up.

[Psyop96]

That's a great price. You "Class of 2015" purchasers were very fortunate to have this batch of CZ 83s come through as the demand was there but the supply wasn't and the auction prices were commanding a premium for the LNIB and NOS ones that only occasionally popped up. Congrats to all the purchasers.

[imarangemaster]

Wow! $459, that's a great price.  Tax and DROS would be about $62, so you spent about the same as I did, since I traded ammo for dealer fee and DROS fee.  I had sold my Kahr 45 ACP CW45 (a jam-o-matic) to buy the CZ, and didn't need the ammo.  Good score.

[JAKELEG]

I bought a used, surplus 83 on Gunbroker a few weeks back. The price was right for me and with a little tinkerin' and some new grips..it works for me

 

[imarangemaster]

I would have been just as happy (or happier because of price) with a used one, but Kalifornication Department of (in)Justice will only allow cZs new production ones that come with two 10 shot mags (SKU# 03101). Fortunately, I have my "pre-2000 possessed by me in California" 13 rounders from the 1990s.