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Offline Tom-M

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Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« on: November 27, 2022, 07:19:56 PM »
Bought a deep blued CZ 75 back in 1994. Curious as to any info on it and its value at the present time. It is in excellent condition with original box.

 Marked on Left side: "CZ 75 cal 9 Luger", "Made in Czech Republic", and "A.A.L. - Phile., PA"
Marked on right side "U976X" on barrel, slide, and frame. And a Czech lion and "94" above extractor.

Squared Trigger Guard, circular Hammer, half-cock, 

Maybe a hundred rounds fired out of it.

Couldn't get my pics to post here, but can be seen here.

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/any-cz-75-collectors-here.1232710/

Can anyone guess as to current value?

Also any market for the CZ 75 from this period? I bought several in the CZ marked boxes of that that time. Curious as to how to tell CZ 75 mags from CZ 75B/85 mags?

« Last Edit: November 29, 2022, 12:05:10 AM by Tom-M »

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2022, 08:15:16 PM »
Sounds like a normal transitional to me, but I am not much of an expert. I focused my interests in the 70's cz 75 pistols. But that being said, the transitional ones are considered desirable to many, but possibly more for those who collect every year and variant. There's quite a few of those here on these boards.

I don't know if its value would be much different than a normal 75. Somewhere in the $600 to $800 range depending on the buyer and how you sell it. I rarely see normal 75's that sell outside that range unless they have no import markings or are 1980 or older short rails. People tend to favor the rounded trigger guard. The interesting thing on yours is that the B is not present on the slide, so that could work in your favor.

The pre ban mags have a thick groove at the base compared to a modern 75 mag which has no groove down there. The newer 75's will take both mags, but the older 75's will only take the pre ban mags. Those tend to run about $70 fairly often. Any more than that and they are gouging and should be ignored. Apart from that distinction, I don't think there is a difference in the mags after 1985. The 75 and 85 use the same magazine.

So, my guess is $600 to $800. Not a comforting range, I know, but I'd have to pay attention to online sales for a while to give a better answer.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2022, 08:56:36 PM »
That was about what I was thinking, but I wondered a little when I could not find any similar pistol that sold on Gunbroker. Never did find a 1980s pistol that had a blued finish.

Interestingly my brother used a similar one in competition, and won more than a couple of medals with it. During the AWB - he found that the Pro Mag magazines of that time worked. It was the only Pro Mag mag that worked for us. Everything else they made sucked. Those CZ 75 mags were not cheap back then! Because of that most of my shooting back then was done with the Pro Mags - the CZ mags were saved for the end of the world.

I do have enough of the real CZ 75 mags that their value is probably more than the pistol. Have not seen pictures of the packaging from that time on here. If I can figure how to post - I will get some pics up for anyone interested.
« Last Edit: November 27, 2022, 09:03:22 PM by Tom-M »

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2022, 11:45:36 PM »
This looks similar, but the finish is odd and for some reason they didn't bother adding a pic of the other side of the slide to see if it has a B on it:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/946980238

That number looks pretty high to me. I would say they are not likely to sell it at that price.

I've never tried the pro mags. My cz 75s are pretty much relics so I only have one mag I use for the occasional range and they are just whatever I could buy online. I don't mess with the original mags because they are serialized to the guns. Best to preserve those. Does your mag have a serial stamped or etched? I don't know if they kept that up past 1980. or so.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2022, 08:07:23 AM »
I saw that one, but didn't realize it was blued. Definitely NOT the same finish mine has - a deep dark glossy blue.

I never noticed any sn# etched on the mags? I believe I read somewhere on here that that stoped earlier than my pistol. Anyhow, I have a box of all the CZ75 mags purchased back in 1994. I will have to dig them out and look.

I did see the boxes carried the Action Arms logo on the purchased spares.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2022, 08:51:12 AM »
Kinda interested in this thread, since I bought a NIB 1994 CZ75 about 4-5 years ago.
Right side is the same as Tom-M (OP)
Left side is similar but does say "B", and at the front of the frame says "MRI MPLS MN"
Which I assume is Magnum Research Inc, Minneapolis MN
Mags have a thin flat steel bottom, no groove. Says "9mm" and a "T" inside a triangle.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2022, 01:21:16 PM »
Bought a deep blued CZ 75 back in 1994. Curious as to any info on it and its value at the present time. It is in excellent condition with original box.

 Marked on Light side: "CZ 75 cal 9 Luger", "Made in Czech Republic", and "A.A.L. - Phile., PA"
Marked on right side "U976X" on barrel, slide, and frame. And a Czech lion and "94" above extractor.

Squared Trigger Guard, circular Hammer, half-cock, 

Maybe a hundred rounds fired out of it.

Couldn't get my pics to post here, but can be seen here.

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/any-cz-75-collectors-here.1232710/

Can anyone guess as to current value?

Also any market for the CZ 75 from this period? I bought several in the CZ marked boxes of that that time. Curious as to how to tell CZ 75 mags from CZ 75B/85 mags?

more than what you paid back then and less the than moon.

what it all comes down to and this goes for any and every toy out there is how bad the other party wants the toy.

Sorry. i know you want a number, but again, it will depend on the person that wants it and how bad.

some of the older CZ had the mags pencil engraved with the last 3 digits..

fwiw, i have an 85 that the same vintage..

good luck


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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2022, 11:20:28 PM »
Is there a way to post pictures directly on here from my hard drive?

I think I can post some  very interesting stuff. I just dug out a "V" prefix CZ75 Transitional that I also own that is identical to the "U" prefix. Identical pistols except this one has never been fired. I can show exactly what came with a pistol made in 1994 and sold by Action Arms.

Foam lining in the lid is disintegrating though. Had to wipe it off the pistol. Going to have to discard the foam after taking pictures.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2022, 11:34:12 PM »
Kinda interested in this thread, since I bought a NIB 1994 CZ75 about 4-5 years ago.
Right side is the same as Tom-M (OP)
Left side is similar but does say "B", and at the front of the frame says "MRI MPLS MN"
Which I assume is Magnum Research Inc, Minneapolis MN
Mags have a thin flat steel bottom, no groove. Says "9mm" and a "T" inside a triangle.

The mags shown in my pics linked to are Pro Mags. I used them for shooting while keeping the factory originals mint.

I have had a chance to examine the original mags that came with my pistols - unmarked. No etched sn#. No "T" and no "9mm". The metal floorplates are stepped at the front, and are not what I would call "flat".

Would love to see pics of your example.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2022, 11:40:20 PM »
Not directly on here, but you can do it with imgur easily. You don't need an account to use it, but there is a chance that if you do make a free account your images will likely last indefinitely and not disappear from the links after a year or so.

So you go to imgur.com and click on new post in the upper left. on the popup, open your window where your image is and drag it onto the web popup. It will upload and open a new window where you can add a bunch of info if you want. There's a green button labeled "grab link". Click that.

Back here, in your post, click the little mona lisa image icon which is right under the bold B. It will insert what looks like a very unhelpful block of code and the cursor should be between the img blocks. Let's see if this lets me type it without invoking the image...
Code: [Select]
[img][/img] ... you paste the imgur link between the tags.

The end result should look something like this:
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[img]https://imgur.com/a/r0kggWY[/img]
It won't render the image in the editor, but you will see it when you save the post.
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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2022, 11:05:30 AM »
Is there a way to post pictures directly on here from my hard drive?


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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2022, 03:54:22 PM »
Been having a hard time with a new Canon EOS, and sorely miss my old Nikon. Need to take a class to use this new camera.

Anyhow I posted detailed pics of what came with my 1994 blued Transitional CZ75s. Might help someone doing some research, or thinking of a purchase. Feel free to post pics here if it will help someone.

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/any-cz-75-collectors-here.1232710/#post-11171226

May revisit these when I figure out this bleep new camera.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2022, 04:05:20 PM »
Kinda interested in this thread, since I bought a NIB 1994 CZ75 about 4-5 years ago.
Right side is the same as Tom-M (OP)
Left side is similar but does say "B", and at the front of the frame says "MRI MPLS MN"
Which I assume is Magnum Research Inc, Minneapolis MN
Mags have a thin flat steel bottom, no groove. Says "9mm" and a "T" inside a triangle.

Saw your PM. Either I'm unable to PM for being a newby, or I don't understand how.

Hopefully you will see my pics.

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Re: Info on my 1994 Blued Transitional CZ75?
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2022, 04:10:31 PM »
This looks similar, but the finish is odd and for some reason they didn't bother adding a pic of the other side of the slide to see if it has a B on it:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/946980238

That number looks pretty high to me. I would say they are not likely to sell it at that price.

I've never tried the pro mags. My cz 75s are pretty much relics so I only have one mag I use for the occasional range and they are just whatever I could buy online. I don't mess with the original mags because they are serialized to the guns. Best to preserve those. Does your mag have a serial stamped or etched? I don't know if they kept that up past 1980. or so.

Just noticed this has a sn# only 7 digits off one of mine.