Okay! I am one of the luckiest guys in the USA!

[Virginia Jake]

My wife wanted me to go Christmas shopping with her last Saturday.  Okay!  That is not so bad.  She knew that there was a Gun Show in town Saturday and Sunday.  She asked me if I wanted to go.  (Are you kidding?  Does a kid want to go to a toy store?  Come on!  Give me a break!)

Ofcourse I answered that I wanted to go.  I had seen some pictures of red dot sights on Team CZUB race guns, and I wanted to see if I could find one that was simular.  I am always looking for good deals on magazines and holsters too.

Long story short.  We got inside and after about two hours of wondering around, visiting with old friends, fighting the crowd, peering over the sholders of guys that were "belly up" to the tables; we found a used CZ 40B.  No box.  No papers.  No spare magazine.  Just a nice looking pistol laying on the corner of the table.

The price looked good, but I thought that I would ask if the seller would possibly take less.  He said make me an offer.

Long story short.  I made him an offer.  He counter offered.  Then my wife steps in and makes a counter offer.  After some thought, the seller makes another counter offer.  The price was now sixty five dollars less that his asking price!

I looked at my wife.  She looked at me and said, this is your Christmas present!  I'll pay for it but you don't get to play with it until Christmas Day!  I was floored!  I could not believe my good fortune!

We were on our way out, and my wife asked me if I want anything else.  I told here that I could use a couple of extra magazines.  She says sure thing.  

We found a magazine vendor that had MecGar, CZ 75, 40 S&W marked magazines for $25.00 out the door.  So we bought one.  Anorther vendor had a forty round Pakistani, HK MP 5 magazine that I could use too.  So we bought these two magazines.

I convinced my wife that I need to try the magazines in their correct weapons, just to make sure that they fit.  I convinced my wife that I needed to field strip the CZ 40B and take a look inside and oil the pistol before we put it up for a month.

The magazines fit both guns just fine.  The CZ 40B was clean as a pin inside, plus I found that the CZ 40B had a stainless steel, two dimension guide rod in it.  This is the first one that I have ever seen.  (I bet that I could turn these things on my lathe!)

Oh well!  I am one lucky boy!

yours,
Bob T.

[MADDOG521]

You are a lucky man Jake! You should go Christmas shopping more often.

[srebough]

Sounds like you've got a good woman who knows how to make her man happy!

You are indeed a lucky man!  

[Dos]

found out they are rubber


V. Jake does the CZ40B come stock with rubber or plastic grips?    Have your wife call mine before Christmas please..

[Jeff Bergquist]

It comes stock with rubber grips. Early on a few were released with nice rosewood grips as well as the rubber ones.

[Virginia Jake]

Dos,

You know, I think that the grips on my new to me CZ 40B are plastic.  At least I don't think that they are rubber.  I do know the difference of course, but I was so flabbergasted to actually have my wife purchase this pistol as a gift for me, I really did not take a real close look at the grips!

I have rubber grips on my PCR and also on my CZ 75B SA.  I like them alot!

You know, I'll just have to ask my wife if I can get my Christmas present back out of the safe and take a look at the grips to make sure that I don't have a very rare and possibly, very expensive, one of a kind, highly collectable, CZ 40B P.  ("P" stands for plastic.)

I don't think that she will fall for that one again!

Yours,
Bob Troxell.

[Walt-Sherrill]

The 40Bs I've owned or handled all had a thick, heavy hard rubber grip.

[Virginia Jake]

That safe is still locked tight as a girl's knees on a first date!

My wife did not buy my excuse to fondle my new CZ 40B!  I guess that I will have to wait another 18 days to finally solve the mystery of the grip material!

Yours,
Bob Troxell.

[Dos]

Well VJ, you know what they say..... "good things come to those who wait"...
Myself??..I'll be "fondling" one this afternoon, as it delivers today...ahhhhh..The Firczt Daycz of Czhristmas

[gunzrfunz]

I am almost positive they are rubber. I don't know of any that ever came in anything but. Either way, get rid of em and buy yourself some custom wood grips. I got mine from Hakan Pek, he has links around this board somewhere. I already posted a pic of mine, but since I'm so darn proud of em..

the colors are actually more similar then they appear in the pic, one side does have the character mark in the wood, which I love. They are desert ironwood with half and half.

[Dos]

Definitely some EYE CANDY there gunzrfunz...and half and half stippling...Nice...        and yes, rubber grips are stock.

[Virginia Jake]

Hakan does do some excellent work!  Thank you for posting those pictures of your CZ 40B with those beautiful grips!  I know that you must enjoy them!

Yours,
Bob Troxell.

[SELFDEFENSE2]

Nice shopping trip indeed. A couple of years ago I got a 40B from Dark Sun for $260. Best buy ever.

[Virginia Jake]

Okay!  I sneeked a peak and a feel.  My CZ 40B definately has rubber grips!  Please don't tell Mrs. Santa that I peaked!

Yours,
Bob Troxell.

[Virginia Jake]

I have made several purchases from Dark Sun!  I probably saw your pistol before you bought it!  I always check out their table!  It is one of my first stops when I arrive at the show!

Yours,
Bob Troxell.