75B SA...Sweeeeettttt! Upgrades?

[Redcoat3340]

Took my new-to-me 75B SA to range today and blasted the middle out of some paper.  What a sweet gun.

Sights were a bit small and not real easy to see with 7-decade old eyes, but I expect some lime-green Super Bright will fix that.  Had Guuun Grips CZ 75 Grips Thin OPS on and they felt just find (and fit perfectly) at about half the cost of the big-name G10s.

Now I'm wondering what I can do to smooth out the trigger (just before the break it kind of moves the hammer back just a bit and that action is gritty) and I could replace the front sight with an FO if my green paint don't work.

Trigger breaks at about 4 pounds, which is fine by me....I'd only want to take another 1/2 lb off if I did anything.  I don't suppose there's a CZ equivalent to the Beretta "D" spring trick for 92s?

I'm really pleased with this and I think I read somewhere that some call it the "poor man's Sig 210."  I gather it's only called that after some more work...like a trigger job.  Maybe I'll check my local smith out on it.  Sending it to CGW for a $450+ upgrade when all I do is play at the range doesn't seem like a good investment.  Hell, for that there's a guy local selling a CZ75D Compact (P-01 with the Euro roll mark) and completing the series (I have 75 "transition") seems like a lot more fun.

Any and all suggestions gratefully welcome.

 










































 

[holidaypf]

Yep, if I could only have one pistol, it would probably be the CZ 75. For a bit of trigger smoothing, check out this thread https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=42537.0 and some Cajun Gunworks Goodness https://cajungunworks.com/product/54420-ultra-lite/.

[M1A4ME]

One way to make a CZ75SA really stand out (at the range) is to install a competition hammer and CGW adjustable sear.

I've only used CGW hammers (twice) and am very pleased with them.  The adjustable sear is a realy time/headache saver when you're installing a competition hammer - vs. removing metal from the safety cam on the left side safety shaft or metal from the bottom/front of the forward arm of the original sear (to get the safety to work with the new hammer).

Some people change sights.  Some change grips.  Some do a lot of polishing of internal parts (bound to help some, but it is SAO).  Some change springs (but seen an improvement in SA isn't affected by spring changes in the same manner as DA.)  I have changed the trigger return spring and firing pin block springs, but not the recoil spring or the main spring (hammer spring) or the sear spring.

A competition hammer will give you a trigger pull so crisp you'll think it's lighter than it really is.