Pre B CZ 75 worth pursuing?

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Hello all you nutz! A friend of mine has one, has no intention on keeping it so I was thinking I might take it off his hands. From the stamping, I gather that it is an '86 manufacture. The serial numbers on slide and frame don't match. I understand that I will be a lucky man if I find a current production mag that fits it, but it has two. Any advice for or against?
 
Solid gun. Very reliable and accurate, some would argue better trigger than modern. Mags can be hard to come by but not impossible. Believe Mec-Gar makes a version that can be made to fit. . My '86 CZ shoots better than the B versions I've shot..and as good or better than the Shadow.

Pay a reasonable amount it will be worth that as long as you own it.
 
It was my first pistol back in '91, and still one of my best shooters.

Yes, mags are a trick to come by. Apparently there is a modification that can be made inside the magwell to accommodate B mags, but I've not bothered.

I'd not hesitate if it's a decent price...
 
The magwell of Pre-B CZ75s are slightly tapered inwards, and pinch the newer mags before they seat. Apparently you can carefully file the inside of the magwell to fix this.
 
Buy it. 3 yrs ago, a fellow shooter sold his pre-b for $ 250, excellent condition, under 500 rds with 3 mags. For some reasons, I hesitated. Few minutes later, SOLD. The following week, he brought it and I dry-fired it few times. I was floored by the crisp trigger and the slide to frame fit. Not too many DIY upgrades though. And magazine might be a problem. Overall >>> JACKPOT, if you can still find one for a reasonable price. My first upgrade likely will be a Hard Chrome finish. Early 75s are not known for a good polycoat. I believe some are blued, correct me if I am wrong.
 
B as stated means having the firing pin block which is added safety. You will find few who complain about any CZ pistol old or new. I have an 85 combat and its not only dead accurate out of the box but has adjustable sights, ambi controls, and drop free mag and ideally set up should I want to try IPSC.--Dieseldog!
 
My own pre b is a fantastic gun. But it was fixed up by a previous owner so it's got the mag well mod and sports a more modern competition "ring" hammer. Lucky for me it was fixed up as it means I can use all my modern CZ mags.

I don't know if I'd call the finish on it blued. More like parkerized. It's more of a dull dark coating. But it's certainly not the resin style finish on the current CZ guns.
 
There are a lot of "tropical" (poly coat) CZ 75's in Canada, thanks to Lever Arms. There are also quite a few pre-B CZ85's with matte blue finishes. These guns were rumored to be produced for Indonesia and shipped through Lever. Generally great guns, especially if the mag break is removed to allow mags to fall free. The triggers are absolutely first class and require nothing, the sights kind of suck, but that is fixable.
 
The fit in the hands is pure CZ. If you've held any of the 75 or 85 family CZ's it's the same. The ONLY downside is that the hard plastic grips tend to become slippery when it's hot out and my hands are sweating. I keep meaning to get the rubber grips from a Shadow or similar to replace the plastic shells to get around that.

The sights are compact combat style sights. So they don't leap out at a person like the bold sight on a Shadow. But they aren't bad sights even for my old guy eyes. Some sight picture discipline will be needed if you're shooting from a draw on the clock. But I do that anyway because I shoot such a variety of handguns in different events. So I don't feel like the combat sight slow me down at all.

For slow deliberate bullseye the sights are simply not an issue. Big and bold or small and crispy doesn't matter for slow and deliberate.... at least not until the front blade is skinny as a razor blade. Then the old guy eye thing comes into play once again.
 
Original cz mags will fit. I just bought some from prophet river and I think bullseye London sells them too. I just bought and installed a flat mag brake. If you don't have it in there is always a chance that you bend a mag if inserting rough and quick. My mags drop free when gun has empty chamber and slide is forward. Not so when slide back or when there is a chambered round. The rounds seem to touch the slide lock and I think I will need to "fit" the slide lock.

Overall decent quality firearm. Don't know how much you're going to pay for it so hard to tell you if it's a bargain. Drawback is finding reasonably priced parts for it, but they are reputed to be very solid pistols.
 
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