Hey,
I think I've found my forum. I just bought a CZ 85. I first bought a CZ 75 BD Police new, but the uptake action clicked and the decocker was a bear. I was allowed to return it.
So I went with my second choice (gun show) which was the 85, pre-b of course, with 3 hi-cap mags.
It went for 385. Don't know if that's good, but a dealer who is a friend of mine said "BUY it".
Will range test it asap, although I'm a newbie. I've fired a 75B for the first time last week and was able to get 2 inch groupings at 15 feet standing. Don't know if that's good, but for my first time, I was happy.
I am interested in knowing more about my 85. I ordered the only book available on the class of guns.
Mine is stamped "88", Made in Czechoslovakia. No import stamp. The serial is basically 098xx, all original parts. (well, the third hi-cap isn't). I don't know how to rate guns. This has an occasional chip in it's finish on an edge here or there, but doesn't looked like it was used very much.
The things I like about it over the 75B I shot was:
- Hammer shape
- Trigger guard shape
- Real screws for grips (no philips heads)
- no dots on sights
- grip is wave shaped, not flat
- It's ambi (I'm a lefty)
- No darn Firing Pin Block, much easier to disassemble the firing pin.
Does this make me a snob?
There is only one thing I wish it had.
A companion.
cz9091