Why are CZ Kadet .22 so pricey?

I find ALL 22 chambered guns either priced high or tremendously ugly.

There seems to be a move in the industry to make 22 pistols that look more like their full sized counterpart, but the pricing has changed.

I'm caught right now between a $569 22LR, or a $469 9mm for my wife. She's new to the sport, but we already have a 22 CZ rifle and the price and weight makes me want to go 9mm for the restricted.
 
Ok, I was just curious. I figured it was a distribution thing, but in case I was missing out on some pinnacle of .22 pistol goodness, I had to know.
 
Ticketed said:
I find ALL 22 chambered guns either priced high or tremendously ugly.

There seems to be a move in the industry to make 22 pistols that look more like their full sized counterpart, but the pricing has changed.

I'm caught right now between a $569 22LR, or a $469 9mm for my wife. She's new to the sport, but we already have a 22 CZ rifle and the price and weight makes me want to go 9mm for the restricted.
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Combine those costs and get a 9mm G17 and an AA .22 cal kit and you have both!
 
mmattockx said:
Just out of curiosity, why should a quality rimfire pistol be any cheaper than a quality centerfire pistol?


Mark
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Probably a historical thing. Rimfire guns in general seem to be inexpensive compared to centre-fire counterparts.

I'm not sure that there is a good answer as to why. Maybe sell-through volume? Centre-fire pistols more desirable=more expensive? I dunno.
 
FastFord58 said:
Probably a historical thing. Rimfire guns in general seem to be inexpensive compared to centre-fire counterparts.

I'm not sure that there is a good answer as to why. Maybe sell-through volume? Centre-fire pistols more desirable=more expensive? I dunno.
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I can see some material issues that will raise the price of a centerfire, because the forces involved are higher and will require more material or higher grades of material be used, but that is not a huge difference overall.

I personally think it is just that the majority of shooters don't take rimfires seriously and only think of them as cheap plinkers or kids guns. This is the same mentality that says you only need a $50 4x scope for a rimfire rifle, regardless of what you are using it for.


Mark
 
I absolutely love my Kadet kit, but they are far between to find used (I was lucky I think).
Another full-size dedicated .22 is Sig P226 Classic. But Glock and AA would be hard to beat for a combination if doing more than .22.
 
They probably cost that much because they are worth it. I have had almost every .22 rimfire auto made and the Kadet is almost the only one I have kept. Just my two cents worth.

Graydog
 
The Kadet is all steel which is more expensive to machine and has adjustable target sights. It's well engineered and reliable. It takes some doing to make a .22 fire reliably in a platform for which it wasn't designed. They don't come up for sale often because people want to hang on to them. It's like the Marlin 39; been made for 100+ years but few reach the used market.
 
The CZ Kadet .22 is an awesome product.
But so is the CZ-75 in 9mm.

I really don't know why the .22 is $200 more expensive than the 9mm. I've always scratched my head over that one.
 
Dexter Morgan said:
The CZ Kadet .22 is an awesome product.
But so is the CZ-75 in 9mm.

I really don't know why the .22 is $200 more expensive than the 9mm. I've always scratched my head over that one.
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I think part of it would be the rear adjustable sight would be some of it. Also the slide is much more complicated so maybe that is the reason, who knows but as far as I am concerned it is worth it.

Graydog
 
Typical supply & demand.

22LR high end is a niche market.
9mm is the top seller with tons of choices.

Same machinery selling magnitudes more reduces cost. Build lots, sell lots equates to cheaper.

Typical example is at Home depot box of 3" framing nails was 20 bucks but I needed 2", guess what it was $32 bucks. So 60% more cost for 2/3 the material.
 
mmattockx said:
Just out of curiosity, why should a quality rimfire pistol be any cheaper than a quality centerfire pistol?


Mark
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Simply (but not necessarily correctly) I would use the example of a vehicle. A 4 cylinder, vs a 6 cylinder, vs an 8 cylinder would "typically" rise in price.

Now that's not always the case, but it is how I view basic pricing principal. I know that quality, options and manufacturing standards also reflect in the pricing.

Small swings wouldn't bother me, but a quality 22LR pistol that was going for $999, with only 1 mag didn't stand a chance against the M&P-9 with range kit for $669 that had 2 mags, speed loader and carry case.
 
mmattockx said:
Just out of curiosity, why should a quality rimfire pistol be any cheaper than a quality centerfire pistol?


Mark
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production costs are lower as there is no locking system to worry about and toleranceing is easier since all your doing is building a slide that runs back and forth on a spring. The production steps needed to complete any rimfire other then a full on target gun are much less numerous then in any non blow back centerfire. Plus many use a casting for slide/frame, especially the replicas, that only lower costs more.
 
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