Stock trigger on the 85 combat

[timlt]

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?

[Walt-Sherrill]

I've never found any weight-measuring devices (I've not tried the new digital units) that were consistent or truly accurate enough that I could cite a weight.  (They were effective in measuring relative differences between guns, but I would not have bet money on their accuracy in measuring absolutely accurate weights.)

The reset distance with the 85 Combat, which is slightly better than the stnadard 75B, is a function of the DA/SA design.  The only way to meaningfully shorten it is to convert it to SA... which can be done, and installing the SA two-way adjustable trigger, which will let you adjust takeup as well as overtravel.

I liked my 85 Combat, out of the box, too -- after I had my gunsmith cut the edges of that wide trigger with a Dremel.  (I've since learned how to do that sort of thing, myself.)

You can install a slightly lighter mainspring (from Wolff Springs -- get a calibration pack) and see your trigger improve a bit more.

It's my favorite CZ, and I've HAD A BUNCH over the years.