Watch-It on CZ Pistols!

[Clarke123]

"Failure-To-Fire" is among my top concerns with any firearm that I might depend my life upon!

The CZ's have a roll pin that retains the firing pin. The factory cautions that "Dry Firing" the pistol without snap-caps will damage this roll pin and the results can be "Failures-To-Fire".

I recently bought one NIB from a dealer ... and got first hand experience with 2 Failures-To-Fire on the very first magazine!. I contacted CZ and they said that many dealers sell their pistols after they have been "shown" for several months ... likely experiencing many "Dry-Fires" without snap-caps. They sent me a pre-paid RMA after I refused to accept parts to fix the problem myself. Oh, and there is little (to no) indication that there is a problem until it occurs.

Yes, there were no marks on the primer after the FTF and the problem was intermittent!

Oh, and the CZ representative told me that replacing the factory spec roll pin with a more robust pin could lead to a broken firing pin.

So, DO NOT DRY-FIRE YOUR CZ Pistols without a good snap-cap in place!!!!

UPDATE:

Their "Short Chamber" is the other known problem causing enough of a failure to feed to result in a failure to fire! CZ Warranty people sent me a prepaid RMA and I sent it in for a complete inspection and fix under Warranty. To their credit, that's exactly what they did! Yesterday I took it to the range and fired 38 flawless and accurate rounds through it and am now thoroughly pleased with its function and accuracy!

 

[Deleted member 79987]

That’s not very encouraging. I’ve heard about problems with CZs in the distant past — but this is a new model you just got?

 

[chucklenut]

huh weird

my cz75s have never had this problem. same with the p07, p09, etc.

the only ones i knew of this issue were particulrly the cz52 and possibly their .32 autos

 

[Clarke123]

That’s not very encouraging. I’ve heard about problems with CZs in the distant past — but this is a new model you just got?

P-09

 

[RiverBend]

had a few on CZ75 during its first match, been in safe since those embarrassing time vacuums, New Sig P320 X5 run like the proverbial sewing machine last match.

 

[Moe_Fugga]

I put an o-ring in front of the hammer when dry firing for said reason.

 

[bulletpaluza]

It's an easy serviceable part. This isnt news to anyone. I dry fire the crap out my CZ's and I have experienced a similar problem. 3 minutes later pistols is back up and running. Hell CZ dry fires each pistol 1500 times before it leaves the factory and I don't see any snap caps in the video I saw. It's really a none issue when the roll pin wears out it's time for all new springs anyway. Basic maintenance.

 

[Burdy]

Very interesting. My P10C has had a gazillion dry fires, with no caps. I wonder if it doesn't affect this particular pistol?

 

[6Bones]

@mshaw you've got a story to tell on this one too!

 

[jpm2953]

Very interesting. My P10C has had a gazillion dry fires, with no caps. I wonder if it doesn't affect this particular pistol?

yours is striker fired. This issue is only with DA/SA non shadow CZ’s.

This is well known to people who dry fire regularly and shoot lots of rounds through CZ’s. It’s a maintenance part. Super easy to change. I buy them(roll pins) from a local hardware store for about .05 each.