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Ghettokracker71 wrote:
So I'm selling my CZ... I personally have a problem trusting a firearm that went from perfectly reliable, to completely unreliable jam-o-matic.
Don't give up on the CZ yet! I'm betting that the problem is in the magazines. Do you have factory mags? Stretching the springs actually makes them
more prone to failure, although it can be a very short-term (and free) solution if your life
doesn't depend on it. Have you by any chance changed the recoil spring lately? A lot of FTFs are caused by the mag spring not being able to keep up with the recoil spring. A newer or heavier recoil spring will provide quite a challenge for an old, worn-out mag spring. Personally, I would take them apart, clean them thoroughly (and look for rust), give them a light coating of oil, and then test it. Use your thumb to feel how much pressure is on the follower as you manually empty the magazine. Any decent manufacturer will take a defective magazine back for service or replacement.
If you're determined to sell the gun, might I suggest getting a new CZ-75 Compact to replace it? If you don't mind 9mm, the PCR is my personal favorite. They're all great guns; the 40P is the only CZ I've ever heard of developing FTF problems.
BTW, a lot of people are using newer 75 Compact mags on their 40Ps with great results.