Retro CZ 75 or CPO Sig 226? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

BigBob68 · 06-02-2005, 09:51 AM

I can get a NIB Retro CZ 75 shipped for $390 and no tax or I could get a CPO Sig 226 shipped for $480 grade 1. I have always wanted both but that CZ is looking pretty good. Any advice is appreciated. I will be doing this soon and think I have already decided on the CZ. New vs. CPO?

Eager · 06-02-2005, 11:23 AM

I have both a SIG and a CZ. There both good but I prefer the CZ. The CZ feels and shoots better for me and I love it for that mostly. Based on the feedback I've seen, the SIG probably is better out of the box reliabilty wise. It apears to me that the CZ can have some (fixable) idiosyncrasies. Even so, I'd go CZ and deal with whatever potentially comes up and I think you'll have a better peice.

I'm not sure what the advantages/disadvantages are with the Retro though.

Brickboy240 · 06-02-2005, 12:40 PM

I'd go for the CZ. I have a Sig 220 and love it, but the 226's grip is NOWHERE near as comfortable as that of the CZ .Besides, the CZ is brand new and has a steel frame.

They're both d/a triggers, so neither scores points for better trigger pull, but the CZ wins out for the grip first, the steel frame second and the fact that it is brand new.

I had one of the earlier CZs (an original retro?) and stupidly sold it. It was an accurate and well made piece. The CZ-75 is arguably the 2nd best hi-cap 9mm out there, the FN Hi-Power is first (only because of its more crisp s/a trigger) with the Sig 226 a distant third.

-Brickboy240

manygunner · 06-02-2005, 01:38 PM

Get the CZ, cheaper and IMO the better gun (at least for me). THe sig is just too small and I got sliderail marks on the back of my hand when I fired it last.

manygunner · 06-02-2005, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Brickboy240

I'd go for the CZ. I have a Sig 220 and love it, but the 226's grip is NOWHERE near as comfortable as that of the CZ .Besides, the CZ is brand new and has a steel frame.

They're both d/a triggers, so neither scores points for better trigger pull, but the CZ wins out for the grip first, the steel frame second and the fact that it is brand new.

I had one of the earlier CZs (an original retro?) and stupidly sold it. It was an accurate and well made piece. The CZ-75 is arguably the 2nd best hi-cap 9mm out there, the FN Hi-Power is first (only because of its more crisp s/a trigger) with the Sig 226 a distant third.

-Brickboy240

The CZ-75 retro is not a DA gun. Meant to be used SA, DA is there so you can pull trigger again in case it fails to fire due to hard european military primers. Dropping the hammer on a loaded chamber in a gun without a decocker is not considered a safe practice or recomended to the casual shooter.

Brickboy240 · 06-02-2005, 03:29 PM

Then I'd go for the CZ first...my bet is that you can improve the trigger with some smithing and it will shoot circles around the Sig 226.

Hold a CZ-75 in your hand, then a 226, the grip alone ought to sell you the piece.

-Brickboy240

txpete · 06-02-2005, 06:14 PM

I have both a sig (225) and a pre-b cz 75.both are great pistols and I am a big CZ fan.I would spend the extra bucks and get the sig

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pete
sig 225

pre-B cz 75

ranburr · 06-02-2005, 06:53 PM

CZ.

ranburr

Bubbaman · 06-02-2005, 09:13 PM

Sig.

06-02-2005, 09:51 AM	#1
BigBob68 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 518	Retro CZ 75 or CPO Sig 226? I can get a NIB Retro CZ 75 shipped for $390 and no tax or I could get a CPO Sig 226 shipped for $480 grade 1. I have always wanted both but that CZ is looking pretty good. Any advice is appreciated. I will be doing this soon and think I have already decided on the CZ. New vs. CPO?

06-02-2005, 11:23 AM	#2
Eager XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kennewick, Washington Posts: 70	I have both a SIG and a CZ. There both good but I prefer the CZ. The CZ feels and shoots better for me and I love it for that mostly. Based on the feedback I've seen, the SIG probably is better out of the box reliabilty wise. It apears to me that the CZ can have some (fixable) idiosyncrasies. Even so, I'd go CZ and deal with whatever potentially comes up and I think you'll have a better peice. I'm not sure what the advantages/disadvantages are with the Retro though. __________________ I\'m not a real Croat. I just play one on the internet.

06-02-2005, 12:40 PM	#3
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,961	I'd go for the CZ. I have a Sig 220 and love it, but the 226's grip is NOWHERE near as comfortable as that of the CZ .Besides, the CZ is brand new and has a steel frame. They're both d/a triggers, so neither scores points for better trigger pull, but the CZ wins out for the grip first, the steel frame second and the fact that it is brand new. I had one of the earlier CZs (an original retro?) and stupidly sold it. It was an accurate and well made piece. The CZ-75 is arguably the 2nd best hi-cap 9mm out there, the FN Hi-Power is first (only because of its more crisp s/a trigger) with the Sig 226 a distant third. -Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

06-02-2005, 01:38 PM	#4
manygunner XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pacific North West Posts: 2,036	Get the CZ, cheaper and IMO the better gun (at least for me). THe sig is just too small and I got sliderail marks on the back of my hand when I fired it last. __________________ CZ-Kadet CZ-52 CZ-83 CZ-75B CZ-85 Combat CZ-452 HK USP Compact Walther P99 XD-9 Service XD-9 Tactical Glock 17 Taurus PT-92 AR Taurus .44 Mag Mossberg 500A Remington 870 AR-15 16\" fluted AMD-65 Dragunov SVD STG-58

06-02-2005, 03:29 PM	#6
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,961	Then I'd go for the CZ first...my bet is that you can improve the trigger with some smithing and it will shoot circles around the Sig 226. Hold a CZ-75 in your hand, then a 226, the grip alone ought to sell you the piece. -Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

06-02-2005, 06:14 PM	#7
txpete XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: texas Posts: 532	I have both a sig (225) and a pre-b cz 75.both are great pistols and I am a big CZ fan.I would spend the extra bucks and get the sig . pete sig 225 pre-B cz 75 __________________ You can all go to hell! I\'m going to Texas. -Davy Crockett

06-02-2005, 06:53 PM	#8
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06-02-2005, 09:13 PM	#9
Bubbaman XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 295	Sig. __________________ HK45 HK45c Kahr PM9 Stoeger Cougar .40 Kel-Tec P3AT Exo 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is His name. I'm an FFL dealer

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