Tell me about the CZ 75 compact

[MrInox]

I'm taking a long hard look at these........never been a cz devotee but I'm rapidly warming up to the concept of a hi-cap 9mm that I can carry cocked and locked and this gun looks well proportioned and well built.....would be my first toe-dip into the world of CZ and id like to hear any expirences of how it carries/shoots....

[Dcowboyscr]

I love mine. Just bought it 4 months ago and installed a Cajun Gun Works Pro Package, Lok G10 Grips, Dawson Precision night sights, stainless recoil rod and magazine brake, and an extra power safety lever spring from DS Perman.

[TicTacticalTimmy]

If ambi safeties are important to you, you might consider a P01 Omega instead.

[David S.]

For cocked and locked, have you considered holding out for the DWX Compact?

[RevolverRob]

If you're used to the 1911-type thumb safety, the CZ is in a different position and feels different. I find the extended versions work much better for engaging/disengaging for my 1911-trained brain. The flipside is, those safeties are bigger and may require custom fitting with your holster maker.

That's not to say they aren't great guns or the problem can't be overcome, just something to bear in mind.

[Elwin]

It's less sexy, but, if I were in your shoes looking for a 14 or 15 round compact to carry cocked and locked that wasn't in the EDC X9 or DWX price ranges, I'd give some serious consideration to an M&P 2.0 Compact with manual safety, and maybe a trigger upgrade. Having handled those, they may be the winner for me due to how 1911-like the safety is - I'm not personally a fan of safety or decocker ergonomics on the 75 series. Completely hypothetical on my part since that's not the route I've taken, but I do really like a family member's safety-equipped M&P 2.0.

[falar]

If you want cocked and locked, the rare steel frame variant of the P-01 is currently available again after a long absence and comes with a safety. When this current batch is gone it may be years or never until we see them again.

The regular P-01s with the aluminum frame have decockers.

[1911Nut]

Revolver Rob's comments about the thumb safeties mirror my experience exactly.

The only experience I have with a CZ75 Compact is with a Compact Shadowline, which has the dual advantage (in my opinion) of no firing pin block and the frame is aluminum alloy.

My pistol has been extensively worked over by CZ Custom and was primarily intended as a carry pistol. But I have found that I can shoot it as well as I can a full size Shadow, and not only does the lighter weight makes it an excellent carry pistol, I don't feel like I am giving up much shooting it in IDPA matches.

Loaded with 14+1 rounds of 124 gr. JHP, it weighs less than a 1/2 more than a Dan Wesson alloy frame Guardian in caliber .45 loaded with 230 gr. JHP cartridges.

Not so certain I would be so enamored with a steel frame Compact, due to the added weight, but I really like the Shadowline and carry it frequently.

[Ichiban]

For cocked and locked, have you considered holding out for the DWX Compact?

Any movement on that front?

[David S.]

Not that I’m aware of.

[Duke]

I had Cajun gun works do a full SAO build a few years back on the rare steel frame p-01 compact.

He had to machine an ambi safety as the frame is a few thousands wider and thus zero holsters fit it.

Also though I love David Milam and the cgw crew, the execution of the part wasn’t to my expectation. The safety was mushy and non symmetric with the other side - which for me was Unsat. At the time I used my trigger finger to “on” safe due to the lower sized safety of the 75 vs a 1911

Anyway. I sold it without having ever shot it.

Maybe things have changed since then. As much as I love an SAO, (And my previous TDA sucks Sentiment still standing) a carried 75 is a decocker weapon In my ignorant opinion

[RevolverRob]

I too am thinking of holding out for a DWX Compact. It seems like it will solve the problems with the CZ safety (by using a 1911-type safety) and solve the problems of a double-stack 2011 (by using a locking/barrel system and magazine designed from the ground up to be a double-stack 9mm weapon).

[ReverendMeat]

If you want cocked and locked, the rare steel frame variant of the P-01 is currently available again after a long absence and comes with a safety. When this current batch is gone it may be years or never until we see them again.

The regular P-01s with the aluminum frame have decockers.

The CZ-75 compact has a steel frame and safety, I don't think those are going out of production

[falar]

The CZ-75 compact has a steel frame and safety, I don't think those are going out of production

Yes, but if you want a rail and steel best to act now.

[JAH 3rd]

I'm taking a long hard look at these........never been a cz devotee but I'm rapidly warming up to the concept of a hi-cap 9mm that I can carry cocked and locked and this gun looks well proportioned and well built.....would be my first toe-dip into the world of CZ and id like to hear any expirences of how it carries/shoots....

I had the same conversation with myself less than a year ago. Mine was over the purchase of my first CZ, a CZ 97 (45acp). It is a DA/SA pistol and mine is the decocker conversion. A stellar pistol! In fact I was at the range one day and one of our CZ lovers was there. He fired a couple of magazines through it and gave it his blessing. Don't think you can go wrong with the CZ. As always, if you can hold/shoot one before you buy, you will get a better idea of what you might be purchasing. Good luck!

[Quantrill]

I’ve owned a 85 Combat and a 75c. Both were great shooters but my thumb is too short to reliably use the safety. I even had CZ custom install the SA safety lever on the compact, still wasn’t enough for me. I sent them both down the road but I kept my P-01 because of the decocker.