CZ 75B SA: First Impressions

[Rhyyke]

Picked this guy up a couple weeks ago but haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. Thought I'd throw up some initial impressions anyway.

first thing I noticed was that I really hated the sights. They are almost GI 1911 bad. Grabbed the tactical rear and fiber optic front from CZ Custom and installed them myself. I will admit, I dinged up the slide a little bit, but that's what comes with the territory I guess. However the sight picture is worlds better now, so no complaints.

Dry fire has revealed limited impressions to me. Grip feels a little chunky but not a big deal, actually fits my 1911-loving hands really well. It feels "pointable", very natural feeling. The trigger is extremely light right out of the box, but the pull is kind of long. The reset is a little long too, but overall I'm impressed with the stock trigger. It is cleaner than my stock Springfield 9mm Target 1911, long but less squishy than a stock Glock trigger (apples to oranges I know but still). Doesn't have the positive break of a good 1911, but very smooth on the pull.

Anyway, a real fair impression will come after I've had a chance to shoot it. For now, enjoy the 'tater pic

[Rhyyke]

Range Report

Thought it was going to be another range-free weekend, but at the last minute Sunday I freed up. Raced home to grab the gear and off to Burro Canyon I went, CZ, 1911 and girlfriend in tow!

Ammo: 200 rounds Blazer Brass.

Whatever I thought of the trigger before, the qualities of it were only further accentuated when actually shooting vs dry fire. Even compared to my Guncrafter No Name, the adjustable CZ trigger was an absolute joy. My girlfriend who is used to shooting my Glock 19 commented that the CZ's trigger hardly moved at all. At the same time, I tried simulating a AD (with the gun pointed downrange of course), but to no results. The pull is rock solid but at the same time light, so not the "breath too hard and it fires" of a revolver's single action pull. The reset is also spectacular, this was the first time I was doing double taps within 100 rounds of first picking up a gun.

Accuracy was pretty good so far as I could tell. Had a bumpy road at first getting used to the feel and grip, but by the second box I was putting together decent groups at 10 yards.

I do kind of regret going with 1.5mm over the 1mm fiber optic rod in the front sight. The green circle is a little too huge, I could definitely have been fine with the smaller one. Not a big deal though, if it really bothers me I will change it out.

Overall extremely pleased with this gun, though 200 is much fewer rounds than I normally do with a new handgun. Was going to go a comparison between the SA 1911 9mm and the CZ, but I was busy torturing my NN with 500 rounds of old handloads I found lying around at my parents' place so the 9mm faceoff will have to wait.

[BEE]

Congrats! The SA is a pretty decent shooter out of the box. I smoothed out the action, did away with the FPB, and slapped on a CZC flat trigger. With just those mods was a hug improvement. I'll most likely change out the sights and the barrel bushing.

[Tok36]

You should see what i did to the first set of sights i installed. Waite...... no, im never showing anyone!

I never did learn to get along with stock CZ sights. I envy those who can shoot consistently with them because replacement sights aint cheep.

Gratz on the SA may it shoot well.

[Rhyyke]

BEE, how complicated is doing away with the FPB?

Thanks Tok, good to know that even the greats started somewhere lol.

[btm]

The trigger is extremely light right out of the box, but the pull is kind of long. The reset is a little long too, but overall I'm impressed with the stock trigger. It is cleaner than my stock Springfield 9mm Target 1911, long but less squishy than a stock Glock trigger (apples to oranges I know but still). Doesn't have the positive break of a good 1911, but very smooth on the pull.

I highly recommend a hammer and adjustable billet sear from cajungunworks.com, you an put them in yourself and thank me later

[BEE]

Not complicated at all; tapping out a few pings, remove the FPB, FPB spring, and lifter arm. Then installing a spacer in place of the lifter arm.

[Rhyyke]

I highly recommend a hammer and adjustable billet sear from cajungunworks.com, you an put them in yourself and thank me later

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that, but it's weird that I can't cock the hammer with the new sight in place. Eventually this guy will be finding it's way back to CZ Custom or to CGW for a tune up, so I'm not sure how much I want to work on myself. I'm a tinkerer, and tinkering always leads to more tinkering.

[bubbala]

The stock rear sights are so easy to drill with a 1/16 bit. I just put small lengths of fibre optic rod in them. With the cz fibre optic replacements it's just what my 60 year old eyes need.

[Rhyyke]

Not complicated at all; tapping out a few pings, remove the FPB, FPB spring, and lifter arm. Then installing a spacer in place of the lifter arm.

will check it out, thanks for the tip.

[railroader]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that, but it's weird that I can't cock the hammer with the new sight in place. Eventually this guy will be finding it's way back to CZ Custom or to CGW for a tune up, so I'm not sure how much I want to work on myself. I'm a tinkerer, and tinkering always leads to more tinkering.

If you add a cz custom competition hammer you can cock the gun. If you go that route order the cajun gun works adjustable sear to go with it. Here's my gun with the comp hammer.

[trigger945]

Very nice preliminary report. I hope you enjoy shooting it!

[customiiguy]

Im digging the look of the 75sa

[CAGLS]

For a SAO CZ the CGW sear is not needed only if you convert it to DA/SA would you benifit with that sear. Your better off getting a comp hammer. CZC sells a that trigger modified with a pre-travel adjustment screw or the CZ straight trigger.

[Rhyyke]

So here's what I got:

https://cajungunworks.com/product/s-spacer-sear-spacer/ (Thanks BEE!)

https://cajungunworks.com/product/production-legal-czc-competition-hammer/

https://cajungunworks.com/product/straight-single-action-aluminum-trigger/

Would I benefit from this? Just read the description and I guess I can't use this as I am disabling the FPB.

https://cajungunworks.com/product/srs-1-short-reset-system/

And do I need this or any other tools/extra parts?

https://cajungunworks.com/product/sp-forged-steel-starter-punch/

I heard that the back end of a CZ contains more parts than an entire Glock combined... that is terrifying and enthralling.