Did you ever wonder why/how CZ names their pistol models?

[M1A4ME]

That thread on P07/P09/P10 magazines got me wondering about the pistols.

When CZ started with the P10.  It was just a P10.  P10 with a letter on the back end to let you know if it was a full sized pistol, or a compact, or a subcompact.

But, the P07 is a Compact and the P09 is it's bigger full sized brother.

Why did CZ call the Compact .40 S&W a P06 instead of just calling it a .40 S&W P01?  Or CZ Compact (never saw a P06 so I don't know if they had a rail, or no rail.)

CZ didn't change the model number/name to call a .40 S&W CZ75B by a different model number, so why was the .40 S&W Compact pistol called a different model number?

Not sure, either, what the P01 vs. SP01 means.  Does "S" mean someting beside "S"? 

A CZ75B is a full sized CZ75 with a firing pin block.  A CZ75 Compact isn't called a CZ75B Compact.  Is it?  I don't remember seeing a "B" on the back side of CZ75, just CZ75 Compact on the slide.

Just sort of hit me as funny.  I guess there's a lot of things we don't really know about the reasons CZ does some of the things they do.

[seebee62]

CZ P06


https://cz-usa.com/product/cz-p-06/





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[mrcabinet]

No "B" on the compacts I've seen, but I do remember hearing one time about a fairly rare batch of decockers that were marked "BD"

[armoredman]

I can tell you why there is no P-08...because that number was forever taken by the P-08 Luger over a century ago. That is exactly why there is no CZ P-08.

[M1A4ME]

So a P06 is a .40 S&W P01.

Why wasn't a P09 a P07F?

Why is a CZ75B in .40 S&W still a CZ75B?

Just funny how they don't stick with a naming scheme.

Then again, funny how I can buy a CZ75 Compact with a rail or without a rail.

Or buy a P01 with a steel frame or with an aluminum frame.  With thumb safeties (P01 steel frame) or with a decocking lever (P01 aluminum frame).

How some CZ75 models have upwards tapered beaver tails and some don't.

Some have single left side safeties (CZ75B in 9MM) or a ambidextrous thumb safeties (CZ75B in .40 S&W).

Some CZ75Bs have rails all the front end of the slide (.40 S&W) or rails that end at the front of the frame (9MM).

I'll bet a tour through the CZ factory and a discussion with the technicians running the machines and engineers would be really, really interesting.

[double-d]

Some have single left side safeties (CZ75B in 9MM) or a ambidextrous thumb safeties (CZ75B in .40 S&W).

Not to leave out 9mm CZ75B in stainless having ambi safeties. 

The CZ model names have always confused me...... particularly in a forum when, for instance, a member is looking for a holster recommendation for say a "P06.
That ^ would typically have me looking the model up to identify.

My rule of thumb, despite being correct or not, has CZ models starting with P signifying a plastic framed pistol and the B in CZ75B stands for butchered and I move on. Saves search engine time that way   

[Dusty]

CZ 52 because it was put into production in 1952?
CZ 75 because it was put into production in 1975?
CZ 75-b because it has a firing pin block safety that was a big enough of a change to warrant a suffix letter?

Just guesses on my part but the timelines seem to make sense.

[SI VIS PACEM PARRABELLUM]

I think the addition of the "B" refers to those guns being the "B" model or second version which is likely why the compacts never carried the "B" since I don't think there was an early model compact.

[delphidoc]

How about where did the "2075" in 2075 RAMI come from?

[rdcinhou]

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Just sort of hit me as funny.  I guess there's a lot of things we don't really know about the reasons CZ does some of the things they do.

These statistics might help explain the model naming methodology:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita

Also note that the Austrians and Germans are up there as well!

[Skookum]

A Czech woman in Uherský Brod was three months pregnant when she fell into a deep coma.  She awoke ten months later.

The woman asked the doctor about her baby.

Doctor: You had twins, a boy and a girl. They’re both fine. And, your brother named them for you.

Woman: No, no, no! Not my brother. He works at the CZ factory. He is responsible for naming their firearms models. What did he name the girl?

Doctor: Denise.

Woman: Ohh, that’s actually a nice name. What about the boy?

Doctor, sighing deeply: Denephew.

[M1A4ME]

A Czech woman in Uherský Brod was three months pregnant when she fell into a deep coma.  She awoke ten months later.

The woman asked the doctor about her baby.

Doctor: You had twins, a boy and a girl. They’re both fine. And, your brother named them for you.

Woman: No, no, no! Not my brother. He works at the CZ factory. He is responsible for naming their firearms models. What did he name the girl?

Doctor: Denise.

Woman: Ohh, that’s actually a nice name. What about the boy?

Doctor, sighing deeply: Denephew.

My wife just asked me what was so funny.  I'm still chuckling a bit after the laugh from the punch line is over, the chuckles continue.

[ams]

I always thought P stood for Police in Czech, probably because of PCR.