Broke fp

[tacticalcity]

Sounds like the manufacturer stepped up. It is good to hear.

[1911su16b870]

Wow...I thought modern firearm FP breaks were nil! I would understand on a CZ52 but on your 75?

Good that the manufacturer stepped up!

[beretta929mm]

Cajun Gun Works

Thank you.

[Mossy Man]

Is cz FP breakage common?

Picking up a new cz 75d pcr soon and am curious to what to look out for

[schmeky]

Breakage with S-7 tool steel (material used by CGW) is extremely rare. In fact, this is the first report of a legitimate breakage we know if in 2015, out of around 4,000+ pins.

Leave it up to you California guys to break our parts. . . .

However, it is being replaced, with a new spring and retaining pin, just to be on the safe side.

And were doing so good . . . . . . .

[bsg]

great customer service.

[Steponmytoes]

I'd be curious to see if there were others just on Calguns. Sounds like great customer service though. Glad they stand by their products.

[schmeky]

Google "broken CGW firing pins". You won't get any hits. As I stated, extremely rare and not at all common.

The OEM firing pin and retaining pin has much higher failure rate.

[hambam105]

Hold on Minute!

You found the problem, broken firing pin, fine, fantastic.

Now you need to know the cause. Otherwise you might just break another firing pin.

Don't know who the custom parts maker is, and his parts may or may not be the issue. But if you don't know the cause of the breakage then just cross your fingers & hope your CZ will ignite the primers properly at the next...match.

I never encountered or heard 2nd hand of anyone with a broken factory installed firing pin on a CZ of any model. I don't get around much anymore I suppose.

[Kommiefornia Dreamin]

What kind of ammo/primers do you regularly use? I'm curious if this happened with standard American ammo or primers? Or have ran Wolf or other ammo known to have hard primers?

I use most blazer brass and American eagle. No reloads or steel cased ammo.

[Kommiefornia Dreamin]

Is cz FP breakage common?

Picking up a new cz 75d pcr soon and am curious to what to look out for

It's very common for the stock FP to break with a lot of dry fire. It's not a huge deal if you don't dry fire much, or put something in front of the hammer to cushion the FP.

[Old4eyes]

I would have thought that the roll pin that retains the firing pin would be the item that is subject to breakage in dry firing, more than the firing pin itself. This is a subject of debate on Springfield XD dry firing. CGW is touting their roll pin for usage in dry firing. I hope that snap caps are the solution to the CZ problem as it is for the XD, I do a lot of dry firing on all my guns, with snap caps or laserlyte cartridge.

[Tok36]

It's very common for the stock FP to break with a lot of dry fire. It's not a huge deal if you don't dry fire much, or put something in front of the hammer to cushion the FP.

Glad you got things worked out. As was mentioned above installing an O-ring into the hammer notch in the slide is a good option for high volume dry fire. While it is not required it can only extend the life of high wear parts. Good luck in you next competition.

[durandal]

i had the same breakage, i thought it was a fluke and couldn't possibly have happened to anyone else.

Edit: CGW is replacing the firing pin -- so, additional confirmation that yes, CGW is still awesome.

Apparently mine is an older design that has since been upgraded.

[Kommiefornia Dreamin]

Glad you got things worked out. As was mentioned above installing an O-ring into the hammer notch in the slide is a good option for high volume dry fire. While it is not required it can only extend the life of high wear parts. Good luck in you next competition.

What size is the o-ring?