CZ 75 History - Part 1: The story of a wonder nine [4K]
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Hi folks, thanks for stopping by. In today's video we will discuss the history of our beloved CZ75 pistol. You may know a lot about it but there has been a book recently published on the development of the gun and it gives us so much more details. If you wonder why this wonder nine was developed, what made it such a nice shooting pistol, or what other 9mm handgun was an inspiration for the designer - check the video out. Subscribe, Like, Comment - as always - you know this Algorithm Holy Trinity already :)
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I hope that the CZ 75 book will be available in English at some point. Sounds like a very informative book.
I just bought a CZ75 here in Canada, it was former Israeli police surplus made in 1993, one of those weird transitional "pre B" models with design features from both old and new. I love my CZ, I could literally fall asleep holding onto it because it's that comfortable to hold, like you said it fits the hand so well. Good grips aside its worth owning one simply because it is a legendary pistol.
yup, and yours have some service history, that counts too...!!!
I'm a Chicagoan weaned on the 1911 Sidearm, Designed by Patron Saint; John Moses Browning. My Neighbor and Vietnam Vet Anthony introduced me to the CZ75, and it's turned into a Lifetime Love Affair.
very interesting video. thanks for taking the time to make it and translate that book so us english speakers can learn about the cz pistols that we carry everyday
Coffee? Check.
Cinnamon roll? Check.
CGS video? Czech.
Looking forward to seeing what CZ can bring to the table in acquiring Colt. Thoughts?
Coffee and cinnamon roll? I like that combo!! Well it is a big topic in the community here. I hope both will benefit from it. Perhaps become stronger. Colt has so much to offer to CZ and vice versa :) which leads me to another interesting topic for a video - Colt Z40 :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this- really appreciate your efforts!
From Minnesota USA. True story, was in the market for a 9mm, had narrowed search to a Ruger and a Baretta. Gun Guru, I asked advised against, he said Glock (too light for my taste) or Sig (too expensive for my pocketbook). I researched and found the CZ75 referred to poor mans Sig. Bought it, and a CZ97 - love them both
The CZ75 is an amazing design. I’m also a big fan of CZ rifles, their build quality, reliability and accuracy is always top notch. 🇺🇸🇨🇿
Excellent video. Just got my first CZ recently, a new to me CZ75B. At first I did not like its aesthetics and found it to be quite odd looking, but I'm used to American designs. However, it has grown substantially on me, and I love it. Amazing firearm. My good buddy carries a P-01, and I had been secretly eyeballing one of those, too. Finally got one, and the P-01 is just remarkable. Absolutely a CZ guy moving forward, and never thought I would be.
haha I know that feeling... you try it once and suddenly you are in for much more :D
just got a cz75 shadow 1 on few days ago and I've literally shot it everyday from i got it. Perfect Gun
Great video and information. I have the PO1 Omega and love it.
Thank you for this series, much appreciated!
I am the proud owner of a first model CZ75, made in 1978, serial № 14xxx, bought in 1979 and a VZ58V, converted to semi auto by KSK.
As a Brno and CZ 'fan' I always find your videos very interesting. Thank you!
Very good and educational content as always! Thank you!
Very interesting and entertaining video, thank you!
Excellent presentation of the history and development of this fantastic pistol.
thank you sir :)
The CZ 75 is an awesome gun!
The CZ-75 is the greatest pistol design ever made in my opinion... no matter what purpose you could ever desire, there's a 100% chance that the CZ-75 can be adapted into that role with a variant of it or even simple customization! My father from Persia introduced me to CZ over a year ago, but I'm the one who's a CZ-Cultist!
Dumb question, with the accent you have, I would presume you are indeed from the Czech Republic, right? Sometimes I think "Man, I need to go see what's there..."
Hey, correct you are, I am Czech :) glad to hear you are a part of CZ family now! Btw. you indeed should come over... lot's of interesting stuff here, guns too :D
@@CzechoslovakGunStories I wanna move there whenever possible… just so I can grab all the CZs I want! I do have a couple questions though, how many Czechs speak English? I heard somewhere it’s usually the younger people (below 40-50) who speak it more often.
I love firearm history videos. Thank you for making these. Awesome.
Thank you, each and every such comment pushes me forward :)
Locking system wise, it is totally Browning in origin. That is totally a good thing, and why a lot of pistol people in the US love the CZ. Yeah, the inverted rails and the double action trigger aren't American, but they are great things.
Great video!
Thank you for both your well spoken English and your very comprehensive explanation.
thank you George :)
Hello from France ! I own 3 CZs firearms (22lr 455 Thumbolt bolt action carbine, 1985's CZ 75B and a P07) and would thank you for your channel. CZs firearms rule !
Another excellent video. Even better because this is probably my favorite gun. They need to translate the book into english. It would sell like crazy here in America. Cheers from Florida!!
Very interesting. I always thought it was originally a military design.
Always loved the CZ 75 SA.the sign p210 influence with Browning Hi Power inspired frame.
Love your presentations 👍🇨🇿
Make a coffee, a glass of wine, or a Corona beer and relax listening to CZ goodness👍👍 your English is excellent, no music, just professional calm delivery👍
CD in New Hampshire 🇺🇲
CZ 75 1993 ser # M8894
with CZ Kadet 2 .22lr kit
Great video! Very informative. My maternal grandmother was from Bardejov so I have an affinity for CZ pistols.
thank you :)
I own with proud CZ 75 and CZ P10C. CZ Bren is my desire now ;) Yes, Czechs are well know for great: Beer, Engeneering, heavy industry, Science since medieval times (Of course as Bohemia)!
Great video! Have a CZ-75 P-01 Omega, and it's absolutely amazing. I would have no hesitation staking my life on it, and it's sexy as hell too!
Someday I'll visit Czech Republic and see where these incredible firearms are made. Also, castles lol
Got a shadow duo tone and a 97B, just love these guns
Excellent video! It was a pleasure to listen to you! 😊 Would you post something about Brno 2 and revolver ZKR 551? I think they are also a piece of Czechoslovakian history.
Thank you, sure thing, Brno rifles will have a dedicated episode too! :)
The French M1935a had normal rails, like the ones used in a 1911. The inspiration for the inverted slide rails for the Sig P210 was the Luger, which the Swiss military had used previously.
Should be getting some shuteye for work tomorrow but this is more important
I have a used CZ-85 bought 2.5 years ago. I was at the range last month shooting 124gr PMC ammo when the slide couldn't fully recoil. I took it apart to find that the slide cracked a the rear bottom of the ejection port. I've asked a few places but no luck with a replacement slide. Some have said that a slide from CZ-75 will function as the only difference is that the CZ-85 has ambidextrous controls.
"You've probably never heard of the CZ-75."
Gunsmith Cats...any Anime/Manga fan of the 1990's knows about the CZ-75. One of the primary characters uses CZ-75s as their primary arm through the whole series.
Gunsmith Cats is the reason I traded up my unreliable Springfield 1911 “Loaded” over to my CZ 75B which I have shot and carried ever since 2003.
Basically a P210 with some subtle influences from the Hi Power. When I think of a souped up Hi Power, I think of the SIG 226.
I don't know a lot about the Pre-B 75's, though I like them. Any idea when the polycoat finish was added to the design and where the idea of using it came from? Was it there from the beginning?
sure thing, the changes of the design will be a subject of the next video :) I was surprised myself how much has changed over the years
Wow
Great little history lesson on my favorite pistol. I even learned a few new details.
And thanks for the book suggestion. I don't speak Czech, but I'm working my way through some books (David Pazdera, Jan Skramoušský, Jiří Fencl) with Google Translate, and it works astoundingly well from Czech into German. Sadly, a few of the older books have become really rare (e.g. "Československe Pistole 1918-1985").
Anyway, do you happen to know how many of the first CZ 75s were produced?
To my knowledge, CZ has never released any exact numbers. All I can find ist that it was produced from "1975" (76/77, although some parts were already marked with the 75 stamp before they actually assembled the guns, as far as I know) up to 1980, and about 25,000 were made as per the serial numbers of pistols found all over the world.
I'm just super curious, because mine is dated 1980 with the number 25551, which makes it the youngest of the first series I've ever seen, and also probably one of the last ones ever built.
I believe the first batch was less than 16k guns, give or take.... :) pretty rare species these days I guess... your seems to be very young then :) It is actually hard to say when the first series ended exactly, if the first series and second series were on the production line together for some time etc. because many of the records and data are yet to be revealed :) Just recently I found one 1st series CZ75 in a gunshop near Aachen, but it was gone in the blink of an eye :/
@@CzechoslovakGunStories
Every now and then there is one up for auction or on the used market here in Austria. I come across maybe one or two per year.
Just recently there was another 1980, serial number 251xx sold off in excellent condition for around €700.-. The Dorotheum in Vienna had a 75, serial number 1019 which had some trigger work done, that went under the hammer for about 800.-. And I saw one on eGun that went for €1,200.-, dated 75, factory new in its original box, including cleaning rod, instruction manual and inspection sheet/target.
I'm not going to tell what I bought mine for 3 years ago, but prices have drastically increased since then.
I'll have to take trip to the museum in Prague (?) to visit number 0001. 😁
I think a gun store in a nearby city still has one.
@@ShootAUT Haha that one which was sold there for 700 EUR is now up for sale here in the CZ..... it was a two tone with custom trigger guard, mag pad and few other tweaks right? :) as for the gun store in Prague I think you mean Beareka... yeah the chaps there have some nice collection... they also have Vz. 38 pistol which I would need for a video :)
@@CzechoslovakGunStories Nope, the CZ 75 was in its original setup.
But it wouldn't surprise me to see something get sold and then turn up again a few weeks later, maybe even for a few €/Kč more. It happens sometimes, but I've only seen it personally with cheaper guns (e.g. Norinco 1911). 😁
@@ShootAUT yup, still a business and apparently very lucrative :)
The barrel cam probably goes back to the Browning 1911. Making sure that barrel goes fully back into alignment has to be one of the crucial parts of accuracy and with the weak pin, that's got to be a real problem. Would be interesting to see how, on the earlier production guns, accuracy over time changed. (As you worked your way up to that 5,000th round.) On the patents, that's another feature of communist governments, and particularly eastern European satellite states: *everything* was a State Secret! This is a gun I've taken some interest in lately but need to spend more time on before I go out to acquire one. Might be quite a job for me to actually locate a vintage edition of that gun since its such a popular design. You should consider dedicating a video to the various clones, "improved" copies, and perhaps even "inspired by" guns since there are just so many.
Yup I was thinking about covering that.... A LOT of different manufacturers took advantage of the design.
While interesting, it would have been nice if you had shown the first production CZ-75 pistol design and the second model that was made.
stick around, I may have some aces up my sleeve still :)
What model and year is the cz your holding. It's beautiful. I want one
thats one of the original tactical sport two tones. Discontinued
Love my CZ Customs Protek I
Does the book mention metallurgy? I have read Star (used to be a big Spanish maker) was consulted as expert in investment casting.
Hey Robert, it does not mention Star. It speaks only about company called Maquínas de Coser Alfa from Eibar. Btw. I quite like Star pistols, shame they vanished in gun history like majority of the Spanish gun companies
@@CzechoslovakGunStories I must have remembered wrong then.
I have an early cz75 . 1989 I believe. It’s in green coated color. I don’t see a lot of these. Does anyone know anything about this gun?
There were so many different versions and variants that I am sure no one has the overview :( I checked my resources but the green coating does not ring any bells.
if you got it second hand, it could be that a previous owner had a gunsmith "parkerize" the gun.
Cz75 shadow 2... one of the best pistol on the market: ergonomic, a joy to shoot and highly reliable.
It would be great to have a shadow 2 compact: 4 inches barrel, only SAO with positive manual safety, without firing pin safety (crap) for personal protection in condition 1.
Best regards Italy 🇮🇹
P.S: in conparison most modern polymer pistols are trash
Carry in condition 1? We are not living in the year 1911 anymore.
The D/A-Trigger is the best innovation for safe carry ever! Better then striker fired pistols and for sure better then SA triggers.
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A smart brand will cover both type of customers, making 2 different versions of a pistol is very easy for a big brand.
Me personally I don't like at all DA/SA pistols only SAO like most of top instructors here.
Old school pistols with external hammers are also more reliable in primers ingnition then striker fired (I had 2 Glocks, never again, unreliable, problematic cycling and poor materials).
Lol CZ read your mind and agreed.
I finally found you .
I’ll never understand why the Czechoslovak government at the time didn’t just ask for this to be made in 9x18 makarov for the army to use since we know it can be done since the Ukrainians use the fort 12 which is cz75 clone in 9x18 makarov
I believe it is because the army had different requirements. Look at Vz. 82 - significantly smaller gun. So it would have to be scaled down and that was probably too expensive and complicated. But that is just my opinion
@@CzechoslovakGunStories yeah you are probably right the eastern block governments were always penny pinching every little thing even if it would have been beneficial to the people it was meant for
@@jacobayers2391 agree 100%
@@CzechoslovakGunStories also one last question was there ever any Warsaw Pact cooperation between arms factories like for example would uherský brod work with say Radom in Poland or another factory outside of the country to develop something?
@@jacobayers2391 well yes there was. Not sure if in the case of small arms but for example, OT-64 SKOT - an APC was developed by the Czechoslovaks. Poles were assembling those APCs partially from polish and partially Czechoslovak parts...
15:01 Saying that CZ75 is not inspired by Browning hi power because the barrel cam is slightly different is the most retarded thing ive heard today. The look is definitely inspired - they look almost the same!
Probably a very interesting video, but since I can't really hear it (volume too low) and there are no captions...
Show me on the doll where the browning hi power touched you lol
So they kept the patent secret, but exported the product all over the world, thus killing a large revenue stream from licensing.
Incompetents!
this is how communism works. Incompetent idiots and masochists lead the rest of the nation.... :/
@@CzechoslovakGunStories
You are right.
And this is how capitalism works. Greedy idiots and liars lead the rest of the nation.... :/
Is there a better way?
@@happyundertaker6255 yep, there is no ideal way... :)
@@CzechoslovakGunStories We'll find out in America how communism works soon enough.
@@peepawhebert6479 yeah, sorry to see that guys, hope the republicans will manage to stop as much of the stuff as possible :)
I want to see guns not this guy