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Piney,

It is nothing but a plastic ring that fits on the recoil spring guide; the plastic is soft enough to absorb some energy of recoil.

Recoil springs tend to take a "set" with a lot of use, so they need to be refreshed periodically.

As I said, I'm not "bad mouthing" the CZ75B - if I was disenchanted with it, I'd carry something else. I just feel it is necessary for "full disclosure" to tell the bad with the good.

I broke the hammer strut on a Browning Hipower a few years ago. Bought used, shot a lot, finally the "hinge" where the hammer strut is pinned to the hammer let go. The new part was cheap enough, and I was supremely happy it broke at the range, not in a "real life" self-defense situation.

The point is, I would never bad-mouth the Highpower - too many of them out there, used to good effect for too many years, for one broken part to make me say something bad about them.

So - I mentioned the broken slide stops on the CZ75 not to "warn" anyone that the pistol is unreliable, because it is *not* unreliable! I just felt the need to tell about the worst trouble I had with mine, while at the same time jumping on the bandwagon and saying what a great pistol it is.

Please don't take what I wrote the wrong way. If you get a CZ I think you will be very, very happy with it - I am with mine! Everyone I know who has one is happy with theirs. Just know that everything has a finite fatigue life; nothing lasts forever. If you shoot it a lot, you will wear out springs and may break a small part or so - just look it over carefully when you clean - and that goes for any firearm, carburetor, circular saw, chainsaw, transmission, or whatever manufactured article you want to mention.

The CZ75 / 85 is a great pistol. If you get one, you will have fun!

Regards,
Andrew

JLaw,

It took quite a while - couple years anyway. The range is on my way home from work and I used to be there every afternoon for an hour or so.

I shoot a lot of .22 (in the Kadet top end as well as another .22 pistol) but I would shoot the 9mm top end on the CZ anywhere from one mag, just to keep my hand in, to 100-150 rounds when I felt I needed practice (often).

These days I still shoot it some, but I'm trying to learn to shoot the .45 so that gets most rounds (Springfield - base model; I don't know why people bad-mouth them, it has been very reliable). I put the shock-buff in the CZ before shooting, and take it out when I clean before re-holstering for the trip home.

Anyway, I agree it is a great pistol. I always mention whatever "bad" thing there might be, just to be balanced - most firearms I've had have been trouble-free and a pleasure to shoot.

Regards,
Andrew

My carry gun is a CZ75B. It is very accurate and has been reliable, except I have broken two slide stops - the first at about 15k rounds, the replacement after an additional 5k or so. Much of this was factory WWB and the handloads were not "hot" by any means.

The gunsmith (Mike Eagleshield) at CZ told me to keep a new Wolf recoil spring in it, and a shock-buff. I put the shock-buff in at the range but take it out for carry - don't need a possible source of malfunction. I keep a spare slide stop on hand; the part costs about $35, which is roughly 10% of the cost of the pistol.

With this one glitch taken into account, I strongly agree that the CZ75 is a very good choice. If the breakages had soured me on it, I would carry a Highpower or .45 instead.

Regards,
Andrew