Okay, I bought something new - a CZ-75 Pcr. It's part of my seemingly unending attempt to get a house-and-carry 9mm semi-auto. It's harder than I thought; sometimes I think it's as hard as finding the holy grail...
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I'll function test it for a couple of hundred rounds Tuesday, then order and try putting in some parts from Cajun Gunworks - reduced reach trigger, lighter hammer spring, slightly lighter trigger return spring, and maybe a couple of others. This is kind of a big strep for me, since, before the Glock, I'd never had an automatic whose parts I might be willing to replace - there's a fair chance I'll be taking them to a gunsmith in a sack...
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The CZ75 Pcr is close to the size of a Browning Hi-Power, and since I like the Browning, I thought I'd give it a try. (I don't want to carry the Browning for a couple of unrelated reasons.) It was kind of an accident - I was talking to CZ Customer Service and happened to mention I was retired military and the guy mentioned I was eligible for a military/police special purchase. So, anyone who's in those categories can talk to CZ about the purchase of the models they're interested in - I'll withhold the purchase price and let you get it from them, but it's a significant savings.
My hands are broad, but my fingers are short, and the factory springs on the CZ are plenty stout - I wouldn't be able to carry it in this factory condition, unless I fired the double action stroke with my middle finger. Other than that, it's a nice piece. The grind lines are straight on both the aluminum alloy frame and the steel slide. I had read to expect internal machining that resembled dremelwork, but that's not true - it's nice and smooth. The grips are rubber-like and have a nice ledge to rest my shooting thumb on. The DA stroke I estimate to be somewhere above 15 pounds, the SA is a little draggy but acceptable, and I estimate it to be about six pounds.
Now, since I never believe a gun review unless it has some dimensions not mentioned in the press release, here are a few:
Trigger reach -
1. Half-cock, relaxed at full extension - 3.043" (surprising me - I'd read 3.0");
2. Half-cock with slack out before starting firing pressure - 2.78";
3. Another measure of trigger reach at half cock, using a tape measure around the backstrap and trigger relaxed - 7-9/16";
4. Tape measure around the trigger and backstrap at half cock with take-up slack removed - 7";
Height -
5. Slide to lanyard ring - 5.026";
6. Sight to lanyard ring - 5.254"; (I generally measure to the slide, since that's the height figure constraint that determines how the grips conceal, as the sight itself isn't in my leather holster.)
Length -
7. Beavertail to recoil spring rod - 7-5/16".
There you have it, so far. Just don't expect me to post pics of my group sizes...
I'll function test it for a couple of hundred rounds Tuesday, then order and try putting in some parts from Cajun Gunworks - reduced reach trigger, lighter hammer spring, slightly lighter trigger return spring, and maybe a couple of others. This is kind of a big strep for me, since, before the Glock, I'd never had an automatic whose parts I might be willing to replace - there's a fair chance I'll be taking them to a gunsmith in a sack...
The CZ75 Pcr is close to the size of a Browning Hi-Power, and since I like the Browning, I thought I'd give it a try. (I don't want to carry the Browning for a couple of unrelated reasons.) It was kind of an accident - I was talking to CZ Customer Service and happened to mention I was retired military and the guy mentioned I was eligible for a military/police special purchase. So, anyone who's in those categories can talk to CZ about the purchase of the models they're interested in - I'll withhold the purchase price and let you get it from them, but it's a significant savings.
My hands are broad, but my fingers are short, and the factory springs on the CZ are plenty stout - I wouldn't be able to carry it in this factory condition, unless I fired the double action stroke with my middle finger. Other than that, it's a nice piece. The grind lines are straight on both the aluminum alloy frame and the steel slide. I had read to expect internal machining that resembled dremelwork, but that's not true - it's nice and smooth. The grips are rubber-like and have a nice ledge to rest my shooting thumb on. The DA stroke I estimate to be somewhere above 15 pounds, the SA is a little draggy but acceptable, and I estimate it to be about six pounds.
Now, since I never believe a gun review unless it has some dimensions not mentioned in the press release, here are a few:
Trigger reach -
1. Half-cock, relaxed at full extension - 3.043" (surprising me - I'd read 3.0");
2. Half-cock with slack out before starting firing pressure - 2.78";
3. Another measure of trigger reach at half cock, using a tape measure around the backstrap and trigger relaxed - 7-9/16";
4. Tape measure around the trigger and backstrap at half cock with take-up slack removed - 7";
Height -
5. Slide to lanyard ring - 5.026";
6. Sight to lanyard ring - 5.254"; (I generally measure to the slide, since that's the height figure constraint that determines how the grips conceal, as the sight itself isn't in my leather holster.)
Length -
7. Beavertail to recoil spring rod - 7-5/16".
There you have it, so far. Just don't expect me to post pics of my group sizes...
