CZ 75B (Not Nickel Plated After All)

[dlidster]

Sometimes I just can't help it. I'm not deliberately trying to collect different iterations of CZ 75Bs, but when I ran across this one in my twice-a-week-tour of Scheel's used guns department I had to take it home.

It's a pristine nickel-plated (correction -- bright stainless) CZ 75B made in 2008. So unused the rubber grips smell like a tire shop. One of the magazines appears never to have been loaded. And the manual, warranty, and computer-generated sample group appear unopened.

I already have my CGW order in for an extended FP and springs. I have a 97 trigger in my parts box waiting to be reshaped (as is my practice) to replace the recurved trigger that I dislike so much. By next week I hope to have it as slick and smooth as my LE and polycoat 75Bs.

It's only a matter of time before I run across a wonderfully priced polished blue 75B . . .

BTW, I paid $399.

Edit: When I initially made this post I believed this 75B was nickel plated. Inspection of the gun and comments from members of this forum have proved me wrong. I apologize if I misled anyone. FWIW, not being a collector, I prefer SS to nickel plating anyway. I'm even happier with my find now.

[rich63]

Congrats on the nice find.

rich63

[terry mc]

Fantastic,
I would have snatched it up at that price for sure.
Of course it would have been followed by apologizing to the wife, but you know what they say.
Better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.

[afultz075]

That's not a nickel plated gun. A nickel plated 75 will have black controls and a non-ambi safety.

You have a stainless 75B. You underpaid by at least $150 

Nice snag. I own both a polished and a brushed stainless 75B and I still would have picked that up for the price you paid.

[Towns]

Beautiful

Price is too.

[M1A4ME]

A deal either way.  I paid about $530 for the satin nickel 75 Compact I bought my wife.  It was used, too.

That is a nice looking pistol.

Now, how does it shoot?

[dlidster]

That's not a nickel plated gun. A nickel plated 75 will have black controls and a non-ambi safety.

You have a stainless 75B. You underpaid by at least $150 

Nice snag. I own both a polished and a brushed stainless 75B and I still would have picked that up for the price you paid.

Upon much closer examination I believe you're correct and I'm in error. Inside the frame and slide, on the rails, on the shaft of the slide stop, in the slide serrations, and in the grooves on the top rib there is what appears to be the copper plating that is usually the base for a nickel plate. I've never seen this before on a stainless gun. And the "feel" and "color" is different from my other stainless guns. I have several stainless handguns and several nickel-plated ones. I felt I was quite familiar with the differences, but perhaps I'm learning something new.

FWIW, I thought it was gloss stainless when I first saw it in the display case. It wasn't till after I had disassembled it that I convinced myself it was nickel-plated. With it's ambi safety, upswept beavertail, and deeply curved trigger the frame is essentially identical to my LE, which was made in 2009. As I said, this one was made in 2008. However, the slide serrations are considerably different from (and more aggressive than) the serrations in either my LE or polycoat.

Whatever it proves to be, I'm delighted with my find. Thanks for the corrections and comments.

BTW, it shoots well. But, I'd forgotten how a 75B begins as a diamond in the rough.

[afultz075]

That's not a nickel plated gun. A nickel plated 75 will have black controls and a non-ambi safety.

You have a stainless 75B. You underpaid by at least $150 

Nice snag. I own both a polished and a brushed stainless 75B and I still would have picked that up for the price you paid.

Upon much closer examination I believe you're correct and I'm in error. Inside the frame and slide, on the rails, on the shaft of the slide stop, in the slide serrations, and in the grooves on the top rib there is what appears to be the copper plating that is usually the base for a nickel plate. I've never seen this before on a stainless gun. And the "feel" and "color" is different from my other stainless guns. I have several stainless handguns and several nickel-plated ones. I felt I was quite familiar with the differences, but perhaps I'm learning something new.

FWIW, I thought it was gloss stainless when I first saw it in the display case. It wasn't till after I had disassembled it that I convinced myself it was nickel-plated. With it's ambi safety, upswept beavertail, and deeply curved trigger the frame is essentially identical to my LE, which was made in 2009. As I said, this one was made in 2008. However, the slide serrations are considerably different from (and more aggressive than) the serrations in either my LE or polycoat.

Whatever it proves to be, I'm delighted with my find. Thanks for the corrections and comments.

BTW, it shoots well. But, I'd forgotten how a 75B begins as a diamond in the rough.

The copper coloration on some areas of the inside of the slide/frame is completely normal. Both of my stainless guns have that coloration on the inside.

[Goldcomet]

I walk around with $5-600 on me to run into deals like this and never do. I thought it looked stainless too when I saw the pictures. You're lucky regardless of whichever finish it is to snag this. Btw when did the first stainless CZ's come out?

[berts]

Yep that's a Matte Stainless finish. I believe that is my favorite finish. I thought I  got a steal on mine at $500.
Great score

[Goldcomet]

I want a nickel CZ but they really break the bank on the places I've seen them on. Usually more than a used stainless and I think I'd rather have stainless for the price.