If you join the CZ forum, people post sightings, which dealers have stock, etc.
see if you can find what is 'wrong' with my CZ 75 BD.
Correct! Confirmed with the factory - serial #s all match - build sheet does show it as a 75BD. I offered to send it back if they would send me the latest and greatest CZ 75 but they said it was not that uncommon.
They may had a bunch of them a couple of weeks ago. Mine is an Israeli import from a different seller and I briefly flirted with the idea of getting one from CDI, too.I posted earlier, but I didn't have a picture of my CZ 75. Just pulled it out of the safe today, and snapped a couple of quick pics with the iPhone. As I said, this is one of the Israelis that were imported by CDI, and they very discreetly import matk them on the barrel, so unless the slide is retracted, you cannot see the mark. This has always irritated me, disfiguring firearms for some obscure bureaucratic purpose, which accomplishes nothing in the long run.....sorry, rant over, back to the CZ. In this photo, it looks like there are some dings, and there are, but the photo makes them appear much more pronounced than in person.
I had wanted to get an early gun, I'm not a fan of rails, and I also wanted one that had the early round trigger gaurd, as well as one made in Czechoslovakia rather than the Czech Republic. This one was made in 1991, and Czechoslovakia ceased to exist at the end of 1992, and divided into two countries at the beginning of 1993.
I have visited there in the 1990s, and have a weakness for the products of this interesting country. (Beer, crystal, and firearms are some of the things that they excel in the manufacture of!!.....The "real" Budweiser was first made there, and is still made ther, I have toured the brewery....).
I'm not sure if these guns are still available, but they represent a great value, as far as I'm concerned, and allowed me to find one of the older versions in excellent shape, and at a bargain price. Bore is like a mirror!! Very little wear, and those nicks that you see are just storage and handling type marks.
One thing about the old sights...the color had been scrubbed out of the machined recesses in the front and rear sights, and I used a toothpick and some white fingernail polish to dab on just enough for my old eyes to see the sights again.
They don't look perfectly lined up in the photo, but try holding a gun in your left hand, and an iPhone in the other, then snap the pic at exactly the right second!!
Of course, it scrubs off when throughly cleaning the gun, but only takes a second to put back on again. Use a toothpick instead of the brush that comes with the nail polish. I always keep a bottle of black, clear, white, and international orange fingernail polish on the workbench. Cheap and I use it for all kinds of little jobs.
Edit: Boy, I'm glad I bought this when I did. CDI had bunches to choose from, in all different conditions. Just checked their GB site, and they don't have any listed now. I know that I have read some posts here in the past where some of us have bought these Israeli surplus guns before, but looks like they are dried up at least for the present.
Best Regards, Les
The pre-Bs are elegant, graceful guns, and mine remains my favorite, no matter what else I've added.I posted earlier, but I didn't have a picture of my CZ 75. Just pulled it out of the safe today, and snapped a couple of quick pics with the iPhone. As I said, this is one of the Israelis that were imported by CDI, and they very discreetly import matk them on the barrel, so unless the slide is retracted, you cannot see the mark. This has always irritated me, disfiguring firearms for some obscure bureaucratic purpose, which accomplishes nothing in the long run.....sorry, rant over, back to the CZ. In this photo, it looks like there are some dings, and there are, but the photo makes them appear much more pronounced than in person.
I had wanted to get an early gun, I'm not a fan of rails, and I also wanted one that had the early round trigger gaurd, as well as one made in Czechoslovakia rather than the Czech Republic. This one was made in 1991, and Czechoslovakia ceased to exist at the end of 1992, and divided into two countries at the beginning of 1993.
I have visited there in the 1990s, and have a weakness for the products of this interesting country. (Beer, crystal, and firearms are some of the things that they excel in the manufacture of!!.....The "real" Budweiser was first made there, and is still made ther, I have toured the brewery....).
I'm not sure if these guns are still available, (see edit below) but they represent a great value, as far as I'm concerned, and allowed me to find one of the older versions in excellent shape, and at a bargain price. Bore is like a mirror!! Very little wear, and those nicks that you see are just storage and handling type marks.
One thing about the old sights...the color had been scrubbed out of the machined recesses in the front and rear sights, and I used a toothpick and some white fingernail polish to dab on just enough for my old eyes to see the sights again.
They don't look perfectly lined up in the photo, but try holding a gun in your left hand, and an iPhone in the other, then snap the pic at exactly the right second!!
Of course, it scrubs off when throughly cleaning the gun, but only takes a second to put back on again. Use a toothpick instead of the brush that comes with the nail polish. I always keep a bottle of black, clear, white, and international orange fingernail polish on the workbench. Cheap and I use it for all kinds of little jobs.
Edit: Boy, I'm glad I bought this when I did. CDI had bunches to choose from, in all different conditions. Just checked their GB site, and they don't have any listed now. I know that I have read some posts here in the past where some of us have bought these Israeli surplus guns before, but looks like they are dried up at least for the present.
Best Regards, Les
