Anyone have a source for CZ75 pre-B magazines?

[noway]

I have three venerable pre-Bs that I would like to shoot more and do some other work on, but am leery of opening the magwell (as shown in another thread here). At one time Greg Cote seemed to have something in stock, but most of his stuff is sold out these days (and hard to identify which mags are pre-B compatible).

Any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated, TIA.

[bang bang]

welcome

fwiw, if you have any LGS or gun shows in your area you may want to take any/all of your Pre-Bs and try the various CZ/Aftermarktet mags.

i noticed that some of the MecGar high-cap mags work in my pre-bs.  Some do, some dont, but its just something you will need to test/try on each gun.

Also, make sure your grips arent adding to any interference too.

and last comments. there is a SEARCH feature on this boards and many other boards.  You may want to use it.

and CZ store at one time offered them FS too

good luck

[SI VIS PACEM PARRABELLUM]

There was a run of the pre-B mags some years back but I have not seen any in quite some time and it's not likely as things are now that anyone is going to produce any. Personally I would buy a couple regular 75B mags and carefully make whatever mods need done to allow them to function properly. The "B" mags are readily available and often at really great prices.
Greg Cote is a fine source and while some things may be out of stock he regularly gets them back in.
Last time he had "B" mags on sale I snagged a pile of them for my full size and compact CZ's.

[noway]

There was a run of the pre-B mags some years back but I have not seen any in quite some time and it's not likely as things are now that anyone is going to produce any. Personally I would buy a couple regular 75B mags and carefully make whatever mods need done to allow them to function properly. The "B" mags are readily available and often at really great prices.
Greg Cote is a fine source and while some things may be out of stock he regularly gets them back in.
Last time he had "B" mags on sale I snagged a pile of them for my full size and compact CZ's.

Thanks, good advice, and probably also a reason to pick up a CZ75B finally. (I do have a few B mags for my full-size Canik, but a few more can't hurt.)

I will probably keep my eyes peeled at gun shows, but more for fun than for a practical source.

I was thinking about Cajunizing the pre-Bs, but I'll probably finally retire them to the safe.

Maybe I shouldn't have bought so many P-mags the past few years, and focused on other guns/mags a bit more. 

[Psyop96]

Use a CZ branded 18 round SP-01 magazine for shooting your pre-Bs. They have fit and worked consistently in all the pre-Bs that I have shot. Also, use a current production slide stop in place of the original one as a precaution against it breaking during shooting and, if you have a good set of waffle grips, also replace those with modern types during shooting. In my opinion, the pre-Bs generally don’t need Cajunizing although some could use restoration (if you want to go that route on a poorly kept one).


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[noway]

Thanks, I'll give that a try as well!

I did have it cerakoted, to protect the metal (some light pitting). I believe it was an Israeli police turn in that had seen pretty heavy duty.

According to Greg Cote, the 18 rd. 11152 should work, although not specifically made for the pre-B.

My restored pre-B has a DA over 11 lbs. and SA over 5 lbs. Smooth though.

[CowboyIlija97]

from my experience with my 1990 Pre B I haven't really had issues with any magazines, stock CZs or Mecgar 16 rounders.

[steves2]

A 1990 pre-B is probably an interim model.  These often have a more 'modern' magazine profile.

[afultz075]

10 round mags with the short metal body and large plastic baseplate will also fit a pre-b