I have a '91 pre-B converted to SA only by Augus Hobdell. Now a match only gun, it must have 50,000 rounds through it now. No parts breakage save for a worn out sear.
Two CZ P-01’s.
I carry a CZ P-01 daily. My wife carries hers in the winter, she finds it a little too big for summer carry.
Hey Cazwell what model Emerson is that?
CZ owner here. I currently have a P-01 and an SP-01 Tactical .40 and have owned a few rifles as well. I love these guns!
At one time I had more CZ’s than now, and as noted above they make great rifles, I really liked their rimfire rifles as I owned a 452 American in .22lr and another in .17 HMR.
Currently I’ve been trying to simplify and consolidate my pistols a bit, trying to not have so many different calibers, platforms to learn, different mags, etc. I still like my CZ’s, but the M&P is now my main carry and defense pistol. I’m down to just 3 CZ’s: my old trusty 85 Combat, an SP01 Custom done by Angus, and a Kadet .22 conversion. And I will probably sell the SP01 when I can find a good home for it, it’s scary accurate and would make a great comps gun, but I am not using it much. Much as I like shooting the CZ’s at the range, the ones I like best are the full-size CZ’s in 9mm (the 75/85/Sp01 family pistols), and these are bulky and difficult to carry concealed. For me the CZ’s are awesome shooters, but have become used mostly for range and target work as I wanted to go to a more modern platform that had less parts, lighter weight, and preferably widespread adoption by the LE community in the U.S. Still, I’ll probably always keep at least one CZ 75/85 family pistol, plus a .22 conversion, on hand.
CZ 75BD 9mm and CZ40B .40 cal…both stolen five years ago…:mad:
Have you considered a RAMI or RAMI BD for your wife?
Good eye! It’s a CQC-11.
Hey, Canadian with a CZ SP-01 Shadow here.
I use it for IPSC/USPSA Production Division.
I like mine but had a heck of a time getting it to feed properly. Now, it runs like a top!
Just passing on an observation that I saw Sunday in Afghanistan that some Czech Repbulic soliders are still carrying vz82 pistols.
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I have CZ SP01, good gun.
I’ve got 4. CZ75 from 80s CZ85 from 90s (broke right side slide release) 2 CZ83 one blued,
other SS in 380 for summer CC in SE Ga./ Fl.
CZ75 shot so much could not guess how many rounds I’ve fired in it.
I’ve got a PCR and a 75b stainless.
The PCR has approximately 2000 rounds through it with no troubles. I love that gun.
Picked up the 75b stainless in january this year and have somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 rounds through it aswell, again no troubles.
For some reason the PCR seems more accurate than the 75b, but it’s splitting hairs to distinguish the difference.
I just noticed this and realized this may have been directed at me. Yes, we have considered the RAMI. Trying to find a shop that has them so she can see how they fit and just how small they are.
It’s hard for her to carry in the summer, shorts and a shirt doesn’t make it easy, and it’s hot here in Phoenix! As a result, she just doesn’t carry in the summer, she’ll put the gun under the seat or something.
She is thinking of getting that little Sig in .380, I think its the 238… We’ll see.
SP-01 Tactical in a .40. Great shooter!
Personally, I don’t prefer safetys on my carry weapons.
CZs have NSNs? What?
CZs are the first guns I ever loved.
CZ 50, CZ 52, CZ 75, Brno 601 and my sweetheart, a CZ 452 mannlicher .22
I can’t tell if your being a smart a$$ or if you are genuinely surprised, but yes, they do.
I don’t know that it means all that much really. I thought it did when I was first shopping, as the PR release of the torture test that went along with it was impressive, but I have since seen the test marginalized on some forums so I dunno.
I love them. The CZ 75 and 75 P-01 are the most ergonomical hand guns I have experienced.
I have a 3rd gen S&W .40 that I was carrying at the time. When I married my wife she wanted a handgun, so we started going to the range on ladies night and shooting whatever they had to rent. After lots of rounds through glocks, HK’s, XD’s, Barreta’s, Sigs and M&P’s she narrowed it down to the sig and the M&P.
She like the ergos on the M&P the best, but she liked the DA/SA with decocker of the sig. Mainly because she didn’t want a manual safety, and at the time, had a little nervousness associated with glock and m&p type triggers. We both carry A-IWB too, so the hammer is comforting.
Anyhow, we saw the CZ’s at a gun shop, and both handled them and thought they were significantly better than the sig in terms of ergos, and better (though more marginally) than the m&p. They fit the other criteria as well, and at the time, were much less money (we got our P-01’s 350 and 400). We tracked one down and shot it. I liked it so much I bought one for her and one for me with a bunch of mags.
All I found at the time regarding reviews and anecdotal evidence was very positive.
I still love it, and have about 1000 rounds through mine, and about 700 through hers. No problems whatsoever.
Since I bought them though, I have come across more negative info regarding their durability and reliability. The overall consensus on the net is positive, but once in a while I feel like maybe I should have gone with a more “known quantity” like the Sig or M&P for our primary carry guns. I do love shooting the CZ’s though, and I think I’ll put one of them through the 2000 round challenge and see how it does.
As a CZ owner, I’m curious what negative things you’ve heard/read about CZs. Also, were the negatives from reputable sources. I don’t want to trust my life to a “sub par” firearm. That being said, in all my research prior to purchasing my pistol, I saw nothing but positive reviews. I know the .40 cal Rami had a ton of problems when first introduced, but I couldn’t find any negative comments about their other offerings.
I don’t want to sound like a guy that’s ticked off because I own one. However, in all fairness, there’s no shortage of Glocks that have blown up and they’re considered God’s gift in handguns. I just want to make sure that all manufacturers are given the same scrutiny and or leeway.