When I got my new combat a week or so ago, the SA trigger pull out of the box was running consistently between 5 and 5.5 pounds. This was measured with a Lyman digital gage, as the average of 10 pulls. Since then it's been nonstop rain, and I haven't even gotten to fire the new gun yet at the range(!), but I have done about 500 dry-firing pulls with snap caps. Tonight I took an average of the SA trigger pull again, and now it's running exactly 4.5 lbs. So, with 500 trigger pulls it's dropped over half a pound!
Overall, I really like the trigger on the 85 combat, better than any new-in-box pistol I've bought except for a nicer 1911. I love the wide, stainless blade, which is much better than most other CZ trigger blades I've tried. It's also an extremely smooth pull, and now at 4.5 lbs, it's also light enough to be perfect for self-defense and acceptable for range work. I would honestly say the ONLY thing lacking about this trigger is the rather long pull and reset distance.
Has anyone else has measured your unmodified trigger pull, and if so, what's normal for these pistols after some amount of wear and use? Also, if I had someone like Angus work on this gun, would it be possible to have the trigger travel and reset shortened considerably?