Author Topic: After 3000 rds, going to do the ...shudder to even think it...rip apart the P-07  (Read 3803 times)

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Offline GRU7_Mike

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Lessons learned so far....Actual disassembly and parts removal are not as easy as videos make them appear.....Old eyes need more light than I have at my desk for gunsmith work.....70 year old with arthritis maybe should not attempt work on a CZ (Glock I can still handle).....That sear spring is a stronger than you think ....parts fly everywhere if you do not hold your hand over the area during removal ....of something or another, still do not know what caused the eruption , sear spring and other  little bitty pieces fly everywhere. Lost part count holding at 3...CZ custom fortunately had all in stock and on their way.  I put them on alert for 24 hour replacement of each item they have x5......over night shipping requires giving up first born....2 days shipping little cheaper...sorry, had to sacrifice a 2nd cousin.  Wife...helped me look for parts ...at least the first 3 times she did...grumbled and said something under her breath and never left the sofa the forth time.  Ok boys and girls...take care....film at 11:00!
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The only part I seriously launched out of my P-07 during one of my earlier detail strips was my ejector spring.  If you ease the ejector out of place carefully, you can avoid it, but yeah, a hand covering the top of it is not a bad idea.  I never launched the sear spring or any of that other stuff.

I ordered spare ejector springs, and the lost one turned up under the sofa cushions some months later.

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The only part I seriously launched out of my P-07 during one of my earlier detail strips was my ejector spring


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The only part I seriously launched out of my P-07 during one of my earlier detail strips was my ejector spring.  If you ease the ejector out of place carefully, you can avoid it, but yeah, a hand covering the top of it is not a bad idea.  I never launched the sear spring or any of that other stuff.

I ordered spare ejector springs, and the lost one turned up under the sofa cushions some months later.

Good news is I have found this part listed below!!!!! ;D  Don't have to worry about getting the correct size for timing issues now that I found it

 
TRIGGER BAR DISCONNECTOR OMEGA
SKU: 045000000675   1   $5.00
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The only part I seriously launched out of my P-07 during one of my earlier detail strips was my ejector spring


Are you sure ?

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the only one I launched into the unknown and had to order a replacement for.  I didn't realize it at the time, but I could have disassembled one of the uninstalled safeties I had and used the detent spring as a replacement.

https://shop.cz-usa.com/safety-detent-plunger-ejector-spring-omega0450000003.html


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That looks like an extractor spring, my friend.  ;D
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That looks like an extractor spring, my friend.  ;D

Haha, yes, maybe it does, although it looks a little longer and skinnier than the average extractor spring to me.

However, it is quite literally the ejector spring for an Omega series pistol.  I suppose most pistols don't have any such thing as an ejector spring, but Omega series CZ's have them.  Not that I'm an expert on which pistols have which springs.  My Sig doesn't have an ejector spring.  My Glocks didn't have them either.

Anyway, to remove the Omega series ejector, you have to tilt the ejector forward against the tension of the spring, then slide the ejector forward, to get it unhooked.  If you aren't careful, that spring goes flying as the ejector comes out.

I never launch extractor springs because my punch is holding the extractor in place after driving the pin out, so it's much easier to control.
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I vote for ejector spring  :)
And I'm 100% sure CCWLearner is right. However this spring cannot ejects by itself. It sits so deep in the frame, I'm surprised that you lost it... ::)

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I vote for ejector spring  :)
And I'm 100% sure CCWLearner is right. However this spring cannot ejects by itself. It sits so deep in the frame, I'm surprised that you lost it... ::)

Haha, yeah, I guess it takes a certain mastery of spring-launching to do what I did.  First, you remove the decocker.  Then, you are left with this ejector.  You have watched Joe L's videos and you think you know what you're doing.  So you push that ejector down and try to finesse it out.  It doesn't just easily slide out, so you mash it down harder and pull it out harder.  Then it miraculously pops out and that spring launches itself into the stratosphere.  I guess that's assuming its relatively clean and not glued into your frame with a thick layer of carbon and other GSR.  Then you have your wife and kids, on their hands and knees, searching around the floor for that ejector spring for 30 minutes to an hour.  Then you give up and log onto the CZ-USA and/or CGW website to order a replacement.  Then you see the spring is only 2 bucks but shipping is 6 or 8 bucks so you go ahead and order 2 or 3 of them to help balance that out.  Some months later, you find the original spring, clean all of the lint off of it, and stick it in a ziplok bag with it written what it was / is.


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Haha, yeah, I guess it takes a certain mastery of spring-launching to do what I did. 
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  back together and works great

Well I guess I do not have the picture post ability        ...still!
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Ok, I did the shoot it and wait thing long enough.....about 3000 rds.  My P-07 is my favorite firearm, but the trigger even though it has improved with a little fluff and buff things are not where I want it.  Need to knock the D/A weight down and a little off the S/A  I do not compete anymore but having done so for many years the fun just is not there unless the target has little holes smushed up in the center of the target only!  Need to change some springs....polish the heck out of the gritty parts and make it better.  Have taken my Glock , S&W and even my Kahr  down to nothing and back several times.....a CZ is a bit more complex though....Reading and watching videos and pictures in here ...well I think I got this.  Hold my beer....NO wait wrong thing to say!!!  Wish me luck ladies and gents.
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Saw the ejector in the picture...went into a panic....looks like the ejector is about to break in half when in reality after taking the slide off, it is just actually a slight nick in the thing...whewwwwww
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