75 B Mil in 2001. 'Nuff said. I've talked about this one ad infinitum, if you are able to see all of the old posts. I walked into Whittaker's to buy a BHP, and I left with that pistol, a case of 9x19mm S&B, Lee 9x19mm reloading dies, and a case of WSP primers. I had plenty of Alliant Unique and IMR SR 4756. I may have also bought a pound of Alliant Power Pistol on that occasion, but I think that was my next trip. I came back in 2-3 weeks and bought a 97 B. Up until then, my only handguns had been a S&W 64, an FEG PA-63, and an FEG GKK. (My old user name was FEG.)
Before CZ, I used to reload .38 Special, .45 ACP, and 12 ga., but not much else (occasional .308, etc.) Believe it or not, that 75 B Mil got me into handloading in a big way, because it performed RADICALLY differently with 124 gr. bullets at 1,100 -1,200 fps. To clarify, you could buy a box of 9x19 115 gr FMJ for $5.00 or less, all day long at that time! (In case quantities, $85-$90 before shipping wasn't that big of a deal for good "foreign" brass-cased 9mm, like S&B, PMP, etc.) NO ONE was reloading 9x19mm. I still don't know why, but that CZ got me interested in the actual potential and limitations of handloading 9mm.
As anyone who knows me can tell you, the 9x19mm cartridge is my real passion. I love me some CZs, but I have owned a lot of other 9mm pistols over the years. OTOH, the only 9mms I own today are not only all CZs, but all various versions of the 75/85 series.
I am sort of mad, because I really wanted to pick up a Walther PPQ when they were still ridiculously cheap. Oh well...
