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I have yet to figure out how to post pictures on this site even with detailed instructions and ...yeah... she's a beauty. CZ Customs out of Arizona.

Thank you. I think this is going to be a long term and fruitful relationship.

I look forward to continuing a relationship with Angus ,CZ Customs and perhaps owning another CZ firearm but all that is in the future... Quite frankly, I still need to learn to shoot yet.

Just returned from SS after running 250 rounds of USA Ammo and S&B 9mm through my new CZ75b. All I can attest to is that there is so much built in value and craftsmanship in this firearm that it really should have been my first handgun. A lot of this has been said already about this gun but I believe it's worth repeating from a novice's point of view. It's built like a tank,heavy at over 2 lbs but not so much as to be readily apparent,fit my rather small hands like a glove and the "combat" sights acquires the target well enough. Muzzle flip is minimal and I find I'm back on target almost immediately. Trigger is not as "Gritty" as I was led to believe out of the box but you still have some creep. It's a pretty gun in a old school sort of way,especially since I sprung for the cool Cocobolo wood grips and I see why the 1911 purists would have an affinity towards this gun, simply because it has a certain presents,unlike some of the "plastic" black guns that even I own.For those of us who are new to the shooting sports and especially handguns, I would highly recommend you shooting the CZ along with the rest and then decide what your first pistol will be. If you can't already tell....I love this gun. I also had the privilege of shooting Phil's new target Sig, P210 but I'm not worthy.......Yet. All in all, another good day at the range......

... yet another concise and compelling answer...

It took 4 months to get my FID and 2 PPP's the first time and while I didn't quite forget it, I read enough on this forum to prepare for the faithful day when I would have it in hand.I researched hand guns, calibers,ammo and prices,FFL'S,shooting ranges and clubs,training courses and started to accumulate gear. Bag,chems,cleaning kit, eye and hearing protection ect. I only called twice inquiring on the status of my FID but I kept so busy doing research that it didn't seem as long.

Like you I have 2 different calibers but only load HP ammo in the so called bedside gun which is a .357 but I load it and 1 speed loader with.38.

I believe you're correct, I've been looking around various CZ forums and chatrooms and that seems to be the popular consensus. I ordered several of the 15 round mags from CZ-USA and they are identical to the 2 that CZ Customs sent me with the gun. I must say that the 10 rounders felt flimsy and the spring rattled even when loaded to capacity.

I take it that most of these are "movie guns" or prop studies for film and game development.

From CZ Custom where Angus swapped the 2 10 rounders for 2 15's

I don't wish to by pass the many reputable and hard working gun brokers and FFL's affiliated with NJGF but as I indicated, I was in the market for the very same gun and was unable to find it in the caliber and mag capacity in NJ without spending quite a bit more than I wanted to. Finally I ordered it from CZ Customs in Arizona, who had all the popular models in stock and if asked will swap out the 2 standard 10 or 16 round mags for NJ legal 15 rounders.I try to have a minimum of 5 mags and 10 rounders just don't seem worth it if 15's are readily available .

That is a very popular gun right now, place an inquiry on this forum's Firearms Price Request and I know Shore Shot had some satin Stainless in stock last week . CZ-USA had the 15 round mags for sale for $24.99 each plus shipping. Good luck.

I think that to acquiesce to what amounts to a marginally legal request for the sake of expediency is a slippery slope. We have all but given up on the 30 day mandate and now consider ourselves lucky to receive permits in less than a year in some townships. What precedent for approval or denial will be set next ?Political affiliation,schooling,children in the household? I'm aware some will scoff and claim that they will never get away with it but how many said years ago that you would not be limited to what or how many firearms you would be allowed to buy? "That's unAmerican"

So in essence the answer is No? Yet again you elude to reading something, somewhere, about someone...... but even so ...it's just a matter of time before something,someone ,somewhere,in another state perhaps.......

That is a really cool graphic and I never imagined there were so many calibers.

Just received 4 15 round mags from CZ-USA on sale for $24.99 each with $9.21 FEDEX shipping.

I was in the same boat several weeks ago when searching for a CZ75b,It was pretty much sold out in the basic black 9mm around here but had great luck with CZ Customs in Arizona who now has the CZ85b advertized for $539.00 for the basic polycoat to $562.00 for the satin nickle in 9mm. If no one can offer you an option after inquiries, give them a shot.

I've ordered a few accessories from them but as indicated, the shipping costs tend to negate what ever savings that attracted you in the first place. The same goes for Midway, but I understand that they have just about everything you need if reloading.

Your frustration is quite palatable, as is mine. I have a real problem with sheep ,especially when in the process of following blindly who ever they have imprinted upon this week, bleat loudly of their eroding rights.

Welcome, I've been shooting less than a year and took delivery of my 3'rd handgun just this Saturday. It really gets under your skin and as Driver eluded to...it becomes an obsession.

I will ask the question again....do you have any documented incidents of a NJ resident being arrested,tried and convicted of haveing access to a loaded firearm simply by having a loaded mag,speed loader or half moon clip? This is the pertinent question that even you as a retired LEO cannot seem to definitively answer without resorting to rambling diatribes of unrelated incidents that may or may not have happened to yourself,the next door neighbor or the next door neighbor's third cousin on his mother's side. I don't mean to make light...or maybe I do ,but let's put aside the war stories and deal in facts .....as thin as they may be.

Please forgive my impertinence but if I understand correctly you have chosen to basically perpetuate a myth with second or third hand stories on the unlikely occurrence that one of your students meets up with an equally mythical "bad,uninformed" cop while abiding by the letter of the law? And by doing this, they in-turn pass along your conjectural opinions to their counterparts and them to theirs......there by perpetuating the myth even further. and you're OK with this?

I appreciate your integrity and commitment to your students but just one question.... Do you have any documented examples or instances of a NJ resident being arrested,tried and convicted of having a loaded firearm in reach based solely on a stop with a loaded mag,speed loader or half moon? I'll amend the question by asking for documented instances of just being arrested and acquitted?

To venture an answer... Just the fact that :1The pistol is not in the trunk,back seat,bed,tool box not within easy reach and proximity of ammo would mean you're screwed. 2 Just the mags unless over legal capacity,ammo boxes,loaded or not is not grounds to be arrested unless you're a disqualified person. I'm sure there are other opinions as there always are, but these basics is what I understand.I drive either a SUV or estate wagon both of which I have access to the cargo areas without opening a door or trunk so I transport my guns in a locked gun case and extra ammo and fully loaded mags in a range bag in the same cargo area as the locked guns. This I KNOW is legal and appropriate and not up for debate according to NJ state transport laws.

I have to agree. As a new shooter that has just begun to navigate the minefield that is NJ gun laws,I would appreciate the the bare facts of the letter of the laws, not the silted opinions of every yahoo who has handled a firearm in the past eon. I know there are grey areas and interpretations to said laws but I also believe that abiding by every nuance for the sake of time or possible trouble only succeeds to water it down even further, even for the LEO's just trying to do their jobs. The facts....just the facts and then let me ,as a thinking and reasoning entity make my own decisions.