Older CZ-75,s, CZ Kadets and .22 slide conversions for the CZ-75 9mm questions

[DennisT]

More time now to return to my old CZ interests.  Perhaps some of you current users can quickly answer some questions I have please:
1.  Does CZ still make a .22 "Kadet," clone in the image, feel, weight of the CZ-75?  Or any Kadet at all?
2.  It seems to me years ago if one had a Kadet, it was not practical to find a CZ-75 9mm frame, etc., ets., such that One could go, "backwards," to have a 9mm + .22 combination.  Is this still true?
3.  Since the Kadet appears to have been for training recruits before they took hold of the bigger 9mm brother, is there a current production CZ-75 that still mimics the original idea of this whole thing?  (Or have models changed away from that old, earlier version)

[kabong57]

My limited knowledge;

CZ stopped offering a complete " Kadet" pistol in 22LR on a 75 series frame.
 They offered a Kadet 22LR conversion that replaced the barrel and slide on most 75 variants.

That was replaced by a Kadet II conversion that fit more  75 models including Omega series.  These are now discontinued.

All of these conversions are "blow-back " design and the slide does not move.

There are conversions available for the P-07/09 series and the Shadow series of pistols. These are more of a conventional design just like the standard pistols.

[DennisT]

kabong:  Thank you for your comments.  So....
Might we be saying then, that a 20+/- year old full steel, pure Kadet is worth a bit  ....   ?  And, in them, the slide does move on each shot, but it's a, "skinny," sliver of a slide that moves.  And does that say that the conversions operate WITHOUT that movement? 

Leaving your Shadow period conversions as going back to a moving slide? 

Dennis

[kabong57]

Watching on Firearm sites, Original Kadet pistols seem to bring a premium. On those pistols and any 75 series Kadet conversions, the thin Silver piece would be the Bolt moving away from a fixed barrel.

The P series and Shadow 2 series operate in a conventional manner with the slide moving.