what pre b cz 75 was the bad one?
I read thru the history of posts concerning pre b cz 75's and its mentioned to avoid the early import models.
I found a montana bauska import for $475, is that a bad deal? Is that one to avoid?
I found a montana bauska import for $475, is that a bad deal? Is that one to avoid?
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None of the Czech made 75's were wanting as far as I am aware of. The Bauska imports were descent pistols, I regretted not buying one when they were on the market for a short time in the mid 80's. The one's you have to watch out for IMHO were the early Tanfoglio knock-offs. I had one assembled with Tanfoglio parts by a Swiss outfit, it was sold in the U.S. as the AT 84 by Action Arms. I was very very unhappy with this particular pistol, it was very inaccurate and the locking lug recesses in the slide deformed quickly. I believe because of this the slide wasn't heat treated correctly. 0 -
Price depends on condition, but I don't think $475 for any Czech CZ-75 in great shape would be a bad price.
As you've probably learned the "Pre-B" models tend to command a small premium on account of their scarcity.
As Rufe said, I've never heard anything bad about any Czech-made CZ-75 pistols, though I'm hardly an expert on these. You might have more luck taking this to the CZ-75 forum.
I can't tell you when it was imported but my Pre-B is dated '83, and I've put at least a few thousand rounds through it with zero malfunctions or issues.
As an aside, in response to Rufe, the Swiss company that made the poorly built AT-84 went defunct and was absorbed by the Swiss "Sphinx" company.
Sphinx upgraded the AT-84 gun into its own CZ-75 clones (called the Sphinx 2000 and later 3000), which are considered to be THE best production CZ-75 type guns made. If you're after the best possible CZ-75 you might look for one of these, though be prepared to pay for it (eg $2000+).0
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