I would have to respectfully disagree with some of the persectives in the previous post. I feel a number of these comments about CZ’s are misleading. Here are a few supporting points about some of the options for parts, support, sights, holsters for CZ’s, etc., just so anyone reading the thread and unfamiliar with CZ’s can hear another view.
“There’s no aftermarket support”
Compared to say a Glock, it’s true that support for CZ’s is perhaps less universally available. However it seems misleading to say there’s none. In CONUS, and on CZ forums, I hear of mostly positive instances where CZ owners have gotten support, in fact most speak highly of CZ-USA’s warranty support and are quite pleased with it. I have 2 good experiences with CZ support myself from the factory, with quick turnaround and paid shipping. My father had an incident where it took awhile, but they paid shipping both ways and completely fixed his issue. Dan Wesson 1911 customers also speak very highly of their service (DW is now part of CZ). And not only is CZ-USA very good about support on warranty issues, but there are a number of smiths and 3rd party shops who do great work on CZ’s. If someone needs a list of shops for CZ support besides CZ-USA, PM me. There are plenty of places that will work on them throughout the US.
“Few holster options”.
How many holsters do you need for 1 gun? If there are 10 well known holster makers who make them for CZ’s versus over a 100 for some other popular platform, true you have “fewer” options comparatively, but you still have quite a few options. There are a good number of popular holster makers who make holsters for CZ’s. To name just a few that are often referenced in this forum: Galco, Tucker Gun Leather, Blade Tech, Raven Concealment, and the Comp-Tac Minotaur. I’d be surprised if most folks couldn’t find a leather or Kydex CZ holster that they liked just within that group, and there are plenty of others. CZ forums has a good list.
“Zero sight options”
Hasn’t been my experience. Trijicon and Meprolight both offer reasonably priced aftermarket tritium night sight sets for CZ’s. Specialized competition-oriented FO sights are made by LPA. Also Champion sights makes an adjustable tritium rear for CZ-75 family pistols. XS Sight system also makes one of their “big dot” night sight sets for CZ’s. Again, if the point is that there aren’t 100 options for sights as there are for say, a Glock, that is true. But it’s definitely misleading to suggest there are “zero” sight options. I’ve always been able to find satisfactory sight setups for my CZ’s, although I do wish Heinie would start making a set for CZ’s!
“Only one place in the country to get parts”:
Not what I’ve found. Besides CZ-USA, you can get parts from a number of other places, including CZ-Custom.com, Miossi Gun Works, the CZ-zone, JNPGunsprings.com, and other small shops or smiths who work on CZ’s. The parts are definitely not in every local gunshop and every online retailer like Glock parts would be, but they are definitely out there and stocked by multiple places. And unlike the Springfield XD and most Ruger guns, you can acquire virtually EVERY PART for a CZ to work on it yourself, if so inclined.
“DA/SA triggers are dismal at best”:
This seems more like a statement of personal preference, which is fine. But many shooters do not share this view. If you check around a bit, you’ll find there are a lot of shooters who prefer the CZ platform precisely because of its smooth and consistent (if somewhat long) trigger pull. You can read all over the place where shooters rave about the quality of a tuned CZ trigger, and even a stock CZ trigger after a good break-in. IMHO, CZ triggers are one of their greatest assets, and a tuned CZ trigger is really topped only by a tuned 1911 trigger (and some would argue, also by a tuned Hi Power). Though I like my M&P’s and especially my M&P Pro with the improved trigger pull, it does not come close to the tuned trigger on my CZ-85 combat.
