I haven’t been able to find much about this gun, so that in itself may be a “clue”, but I thought I’d ask anyway.
I handled one of them in Cabelas, and liked it quite a bit. I thought I’d see if anyone knew about them on here.
I have one with 1K rounds thru it without issue.
Can you elaborate?
Pros?
Cons?
Accuracy?
Trigger?
Handles and shoots well. Accurate as any other CZ. Trigger is good. Don’t care for the plastic sights or guide rod. It goes bang every time I pull the trigger. Can’t really say much more until I get 10K thru it and see how it holds up.
One of our local competitors broke a trigger return spring in his P07 during a match. CZCustom (Angus Hobdell’s shop) sells a replacement spring that’s supposed to address the CZ TRS breakage issue.
Other than that, the only issues I’m aware of with CZs are the slide stop and needing the extractor/recess cleaned at ~5k maintenance intervals.
Even if relatively uncommon, you may consider replacing the TRS just because it’s an easy fix. Slide stop breakage, AFAIK, involves shearing off at the lug. The one first-hand report I’ve read where this happened the guy didn’t even notice it until the end of the stage at ‘unload and show clear.’ Extractor breakage is not common any more than any other design, but it does need to be cleaned.
If you treat it like a 1911, it should be fine. If you treat it like a Glock, you’re asking for trouble.
Is it easy to get the extractor out, or is there roll pins and such?
There’s a roll pin. I haven’t removed mine yet. Just got my 85C and test fired it. It’s currently waiting to go Angus’ shop and have some action work / sights.
edit: Video here. The extractor bit is at 4:06.
I am playing with one, shot a few hundred rounds with it so far.
It’s a very early model so it has most of the issues reported for the series, like the frame bulge, mags not dropping free and trigger reset issues during rapid fire.
The frame bulge is a noticeable separation of the polymer frame from the locking block/front slide rail block. Appears to be cosmetic so far and no reports of breakage from my research. Drop free issues were solved with judicious sanding of the magazine well. Have not really looked into the trigger reset problem yet.
As mentioned sights are plastic and so-so. Hard to find night sights for these, and Ive heard that night sights for this model are plastic also. This plus the above issues preclude it from serious use for me at this time.
Too bad as its a pretty sweet shooter with a decent DA/SA trigger, about the same size as a compact Glock with one more round capacity, and a slimmer grip. IIRC the slide is also QPQ/“Tennifer” finished just like a Glock.
Ok. I assume its a single use roll pin, so ya gotta get another before you do it, right?
I think I’ve read that the HKs use a single use roll pin too
I always re-use my roll pins in HKs (extractor and firing pin pins) and never had a problem. Actually it never slipped my mind that those can be single use.
I just looked at mine and it’s a solid pin not a roll pin. My bad.
Either way, though, it’s a $3 part. I wouldn’t call it a deal breaker.
I am a huge fan of CZ pistols. I have had Glocks, HK, Sig, etc but I do not shoot any of them as well as I do CZ. With that being said if I were to get a CZ it would a metal framed one. The P07 feels and points well for me, but CZ’s strength in pistols is the 75s
Ok, thanks for the info 
That’s one thing I liked about the P99 slide disassembly - no rill pins. And, with the Beretta frame - same thing
One other question, is it good to go for cocked & locked carry? I understand they come with a second safety lever that you can use to replace the decocker.
Yup. I have a CZ75B Omega, which uses the same trigger components. The P07 comes equipped with a decocker, but removing and replacing it with the safety is fairly easy. I carry my 75B at half cock with the safety on.
I picked one up this weekend and it is a surprisingly good shooter.
Pros:
Incredibly accurate
Nice SA trigger
Tough to chamber- some with kids may appreciate that
Shoots as flat as a Glock 19, despite a slightly higher bore axis.
Nice beavertail that really allows you to get up on it
Good grip angle/feel
Con:
Ugly trigger guard
Action spring isn’t captive- PITA to reassemble
Not as many holsters available as Glock, M&P, etc
Trigger reset is a bit long so it will take some getting used to if you’re a Glock or 1911 shooter
At the range today a LEO who carries a G22 shot it and was very impressed. I shot it after my M&P 9mm and G19, and the P-07 trounced them in accuracy.
I was going to pick one up to play with but the frame bulge issues scared me. I’m interested to see how they hold up with some usage.
What am I missing on these? the P07 is longer, wider, and taller than the P01 and only 0.05 lbs, or 0.8 oz., lighter. It would appear that it holds two more rounds, but does that also in turn mean it uses proprietary P07 magazines?
AFAIK it is lighter because of polymer frame. It uses standard 15rd CZ75/85 magazines. SP-01 uses shorter 13rd “compact” magazines.
See, this I don’t understand. What you say sounds like it makes sense, but it doesn’t match up with the specs of the guns I see online. I made a chart to try to figure it out.
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