CZ Shadow Single Action Trigger Problem - drops into Half #### & Double Action

@relliot, I'm a little concerned about the chip on the upper left leg of the hammer too. I just checked it by marking up with a black sharpie and another 20 trigger pulls. It does look like both legs are making contact with the sear, so I'm just going to leave it alone for now.

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Not to derail, but what is the difference between the omega trigger and the standard trigger? What if anything makes it better or worse?
 
Good job dude, hadn't seen David's pic before. And yeah Angus knows his ####.
 
@relliot, I'm a little concerned about the chip on the upper left leg of the hammer too. I just checked it by marking up with a black sharpie and another 20 trigger pulls. It does look like both legs are making contact with the sear, so I'm just going to leave it alone for now.
Yeah, that photo looks better. The chip shouldn't cause a problem so long as engagement is occurring across the whole face, as it looks to be in this shot.
 
Thanks ChromeArty, I get so much out of reading these forums, I thought it's time I started contributing a little back. I actually bought a Norc 1911 to learn on because I didn't want to mess with the triggers on my STI Trojan and TargetMaster (those triggers are just great anyhow). I was almost tempted to buy a Norc copy of the CZ75 to learn on, but may just end up buying another Shadow or a Shadow Mate to keep this one company.

A good read :)

... This inspired me to do some trigger work one day :) think I'll start on a Norc though!

VanMan, great pictures and grammar! Made everything so easy to follow! Thank you
 
Hi folks, I have ~2,000 rounds through my CZ SP01 Shadow, and just recently noticed a trigger problem. I had just mounted a laser sight on my Shadow and was working on very slow and smooth single action trigger pulls - my focus was not to have the laser dot move on the target. I started to notice that if I pulled too slowly, the hammer would release, but into double action mode. If I released the trigger, the hammer would follow it down to the half #### position. I could continue to pull the trigger in double action mode and the hammer would drop fine.

My Shadow is all stock, still using all the springs it came with. I have field stripped and cleaned after each range trip, but have never done a detail strip to clean the trigger parts. The only modifications I have ever done were replacing front and rear sights.

Have attached a quick video of the problem. You can see single action and double action works fine if I do a quick trigger pull. If I do a very slow trigger pull, the problem starts.

Has anyone encountered this problem before and if yes, how did you fix it? I've done trigger jobs on my Ruger 22/45's, Glocks and 1911's, but never done any trigger work on a CZ yet. Would it be drop in parts like for the 22/45 and Glocks or does it require more fitting/tuning like the 1911 trigger?


You may not believe but I have a Shadow and an SP-01 and both had the same prob. The culprit was just the need to adjust tighten the screw for the Magazine spring tensioner. It also happened to two of my friends' CZ SHadow and the same solution worked. Try it.
 
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