Using DA on a DA/SA CZ-75

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Using DA on a DA/SA CZ-75

Posted: 2/26/2007 2:31:18 PM EDT

I'm just starting to look into the CZ-75s and I'm used to the HK USP and the Beretta 92. Those have a decocker so you can lower the hammer with a round in the chamber. The CZ seems to be unique in that it is a DA pistol, you can carry it cocked and locked, but it has no decocker lever. Is the DA feature just a second strike capability if the round fails to fire? Or is there a safe way to lower the hammer?

Thanks in advance.

Posted: 2/26/2007 2:46:57 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
is there a safe way to lower the hammer?

Absolutely.

With the thumb and forefinger.

carefully.

I enjoy it.

manual decocking

Posted: 2/26/2007 5:01:34 PM EDT

[#2]

Yep, unless you get the D model, which has no safety, you manually put the hammer down. No problem to do, and it is designed that way.

-Corn

Posted: 2/26/2007 5:40:48 PM EDT

[#3]

yes. if your concerned about decocking, get the 75-BD. it has the "decoker" but no thumb safety.

Posted: 2/26/2007 9:09:30 PM EDT

[#4]

I used to have a PCR--compact decocker. That decocks it only to the half-cock notch. Now I have a regular B compact. So if I want to carry it da/sa do I thumb down the hammer all the way or just to the half-cock notch? If the former, is there anything wrong with having it on the half-cock notch?

Posted: 2/26/2007 9:52:12 PM EDT

[#5]

I have a P01 that has a decocker but prefer the manual saftey version on my 75 because the trigger seems a little nicer and I have heard it is a lot esier to take the manual saftey pistols apart to do a trigger job and the decockers are a pain.

Posted: 2/27/2007 6:15:36 PM EDT

[#6]

You can carry it all the way down, or in the notch. With it in the notch the DA pull will be a bit shorter, and maybe a tad easier. I tried carry for a while with it in the notch, but the hammer bit into my side quite a bit in that position. Now I carry it all the way down.

-Corn

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Using DA on a DA/SA CZ-75

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