Well, I went down in flames today when a brother officer picked up his new PCR from the shop.
Went out to the range to try it out. The pcr would not function properly! This was a new gun!
whenever the trigger was pulled, the hammer fell to half-cock instead of all the way. This would happen when fired(attempted) in the dbl action mode. The weapon would only fire in the single action mode.
I broke down the pcr but could not figure out what was wrong with the dbl action hammer-fall. Everything looked identical to my pcr. The decock lever seemed to function correctly.
Further, when I pull the trigger dbl action and did not release it immediately, I found that if I release the trigger about an 1/8" forward, there would be an audible "click", squeezing the trigger back again(not allowing it to go fully forward to reset) would result in the hammer falling from the safety notch to the firing pin.
Needless to say, I lost a cz convert. He is going to return the pcr for a refund and get a springfield xd instead.
Any ideas on what the problem is or how it could had been fixed other than a ship back to cz-usa?
This is the 1st "problem cz" that I have came across in person. It also means I guess that when they supply a test target, they fire all shots from single action as it would not had left the factory if they had tried to fire the 1st round dbl action. I understand that from time to time a "bad" one can get out from any gun maker. But this one hits too close to home for me and counter-acts all of my cz bragging that I have been doing at my small dept which for now will still have only one cz shooter----me. This has also caused me to loose confidence in my own pcr. The thought of pulling the trigger and having it fall to the safety notch instead of firing is not a confidence builder. For now, the cz85 will remain top gun with me.
