Kadet II discontinued

[Fuzzy Sights]

Was on the CZ USA site today and looked for a Kadet Kit for an SP01 and ran across the Kadet II and there was a notice that it is being discontinued this year.   Very sad as this versatility of being able to shoot multiple calibers off a single frame is one of the reasons I like the CZs over other platforms. Hope they are coming out with a Kadet III that has polymer mags. 

JW

[Earl Keese]

This is beginning to look like the end of an era.

[DenStinett]

Very sad turn of events
Just visited CZ-USA "CZ Pistols"
Seems that every other listing was for some variation of the P-10
One has to wonder if Polymer isn't the direction they are going now

[tommiegun]

Is there a difference in the .22 LR conversion units between the Kadet and the Kadet II?  This is for the CZ75 pistol.  Thanks

[wagwan]

Is there a difference in the .22 LR conversion units between the Kadet and the Kadet II?  This is for the CZ75 pistol.  Thanks

Yes, the main difference is a wider groove on the underside of the Kadet II slide to accommodate the Omega trigger group.  The original Kadet will not work on Omega guns.

[tommiegun]

Thanks for the reply. 

Are the .22 LR magazines interchangeable between the Kadet and Kadet II?

[viking499]

Thanks for the reply. 

Are the .22 LR magazines interchangeable between the Kadet and Kadet II?

Yes

[Metal Wonder Nine Guy]

This is sad news considering that I've been looking for a kadet kit for a while now.

Man, CZ is cancelling a lot  of good pistols lately. SP-01 phantom, CZ-97 and now the Kadet kit. This is going to make the Kadet kit even more harder to find now, sadly.

[Psyop96]

During his Prague beer meet up, Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons interestingly mentioned in response to a question that CZ didn’t want him shooting video of some of their forge/casting operations because they felt it was outdated and in the process of being updated. I wonder if that is impacting production capacity and resulting in discontinuation of some less high-profile products. I do recall reading somewhere that CZ had record unit production during even the first year of the pandemic but that probably included a portion of the sizable military contract in early Spring.


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[Triax60]

Well this is a bummer, been awhile since I've come on this forum and I come to find out the Kadet has been discontinued. Blah! I ordered spare mags, springs and what I could find to maintain my Kadet. Thanks for the heads up.

[tommiegun]

Is there any big dollar difference between the Kadet and Kadet II .22 LR conversions units for the CZ 75? 

[bczrx]

Just got off phone with CZ USA. This is definitely true- Kadet II discontinued. However, he said the SP01 22 conversion kit was still in production. If that matters to you [it did for me].

[Atomic Punk]

Well this is a bummer, been awhile since I've come on this forum and I come to find out the Kadet has been discontinued. Blah! I ordered spare mags, springs and what I could find to maintain my Kadet. Thanks for the heads up.

I just picked up a couple of mags on gunbroker--spendy.

What else did you pick up...and where? I want to make sure I can keep it running too.

Thanks

[Dr_Static]

BUMMER!!!

I've been loving my Kadet II since I found it a year ago (??). Good to hear that the SP 01 .22 conversion is available. That may become the next quest. Regardless, I consider my 75B SA Kadet II a classic.

Cheers,
Peter

[Triax60]

Well this is a bummer, been awhile since I've come on this forum and I come to find out the Kadet has been discontinued. Blah! I ordered spare mags, springs and what I could find to maintain my Kadet. Thanks for the heads up.

I just picked up a couple of mags on gunbroker--spendy.

What else did you pick up...and where? I want to make sure I can keep it running too.

Thanks

I bought some recoil springs, two kadet magazine springs and a spare Kadet slide stop from Numrich Gun Parts but it looks like all that is sold out now.

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/search#query=cz%20kadet

Some extra mags and what I could find direct from CZ but that's cleared out as well.

https://shop.cz-usa.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=cz+kadet&product_list_limit=all

Bought an extra Kadet firing pin and some Kadet firing pin springs from CZ Custom.

https://czcustom.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=cz+kadet

As soon as I saw this post I bought what I could find and it looks like everyone else is doing the same.