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I am so pleased with the quality and choice of woods in my new custom grips by Christian Bond (Custom CZAK Grips by Himmel Jr.?). The grip flats are African Padauk with the backstrap in Purpleheart. The grips arrived nicely sanded, but unfinished as requested, and the fit to the pistol was excellent...

Hey, guys, haven't you heard? "Bad TV" is a redundant phrase! ;D Seriously, what is your worst scenario? God forbid, but if I needed to use deadly force it probably would be out-of-state, in unfamiliar surroundings (to the advantage of the criminal element, of course) against at least two ...

Abwehr, it may be that the "A" on the left side (Re: Bartos) may be given greater weight that a second modification has been made rather than looking at the hammer type during 1971-73. I have have codified some P-64 data below after sifting thru the major gun internet sites as well as our ...

I am pulling back this early thread for reference: Bartosz gave us a post describing the three variations of P-64s. The 1973 - 77 models normally have the triangular hammer Chipsndukes, under "Polish collection for sale", describes his recent purchase, a 1974 with a ROUND hammer - are we s...

Space, that's good shooting! You should try Bartosz's Polish Drill #1. Someone on this forum needs to shoot a 50 and you look like the person to do it! For details see the thread called "competition". His bullseye is essentially a 4" dia circle (25 meters) and you are in there. Are yo...

Butch50, a good question about civil action data resulting from "SD" shootings. I believe Arizona has one of the best CCW training programs and they require a two hr refresher at renewal to cover any changes in the state laws. Here is a website that provides actual case examples that start...

First, I want to say I enjoy this forum, the members' comments and, of course, shooting my two CZAKs. This has become a serious thread and ignorance does not have a place in the realm of CCW - it can cost you your livelyhood for the rest of your days. Florida came to its senses last year. It enacted...

jbailey, I know you have been working on recoil spring mods, but I think some relief with the DA trigger stacking, as you have corrected to a noticable degree, could relieve some pressure to resort to much lighter main springs. Actually the dynamics of the original DA trigger pull, i.e., severe stac...

Very informative thread and thanks, jbailey, for the springs comparison data. Most of my comments on this forum has been based upon shooting this fun little pistol at the range. My two CZAKs definitely handle the S&B ball better than the Fiocchi ball ammo, i.e., the Fiochhi is ~ 100 fps hotter t...

Marktx - you are right to be concerned about the lighter springs. Dry firing is not an adequate comparison to shooting your modified P-64 under outside range conditions. There were three variations of the CZAK during its production and I have noticed DA/SA differences on the range between my 1968 an...

Tried the single hand Polish Drill again at 27 meters using my new 1968 CZAK with the original hammer spring. Windy today at the range and 42 degrees - used fingerless gloves and my top score was 42, 3 points under my best. The gun was unissued and stiff and the safety dropped twice during the first...

b52stan helped me out on this problem - place and hold the new spring assembly/mag release back in place, cock the hammer back and the tooling hole (see Garybuck's input) shows up again and you can slip in the paper clip; therefore no compression needed (I did the same thing and got sore fingers too...

Well, forum guys, I now have 2 P-64s with 4 mags that do not match the pistol serial numbers. There was an effort to wipe them out, but I can read them using a good light and verifying with a magnifying glass. What I have are as follows: 00713 08617 09718 04982 I am willing to exchange if you have a...

Welcome, infamous1, As far as trigger pull is concerned, you have somehow lucked out, but overall it seems the DA trigger is, as our moderator says, 24-25# as per specs. However, after switching out the main spring for a 20# PPK spring, the trigger pull on my 1975 CZAK is now like an unchanged 1968 ...

Thanks, abwehr, for the info on heat treating and bluing effects. Hopefully, my purchase yesterday will only have harder, not more brittle, parts and just becomes a pretty variant and not a defective pistol - only time at the range will find out. I only shoot the 95 grain ball, so I won't be pushing...