Tonight's project: Fitting a pistol barrel

[alamo5000]

I have a CZ75B that I finally decided to give a go as a secondary suppressor host. About a year ago I bought a threaded replacement barrel directly from CZ. Believe me... it was a pain in the ass because for whatever reason because those specific threaded barrels aren't in stock very often (or at least weren't)... I had to get on a waitlist for quite a while to pick one up.

Well this evening to my dismay I dropped the barrel in but the slide would not lock forward. After examining and looking and comparing with a known barrel I finally figured out that my barrel wasn't seating all the way in the slide itself.

Anyway after more hunting and examining and looking I finally figured out where and how it was binding. Anyway long story short I took to google and this is one of the things I found:



After about an hour worth of work with a file and a whet stone I can say for sure that my barrel now fits. The slide goes forward into full battery and the interference points are all gone. Everything seems perfect. Tomorrow I will do the final step which is to test fire it but all indications are good to go.

I will let you guys know if a CZ 75B is a decent suppressor host tomorrow.

Anyway that's a quick rundown on my first ever fitting of a pistol barrel. Every other time I just dropped it in and it ran like a champ... but this time I had to make it fit. I guess CZ has their reasons why their replacement barrels aren't truly 'drop in' but it's good information to know that it's all fixable.

[SINNER]

All CZ75 barrels require fitting. Some require much more work than others. I have two with the factory threaded barrels I installed. I have also had a 6" factory barrel cut and threaded. The thin .50 barrel diameter and lack of a shoulder caused issues with a AAC can that threaded down so far it pushed the slide out of battery. They make excellent supressor hosts but no where near as say as a Glock barrel swap.

[alamo5000]

I have always liked that gun but this is the first time I have ever had to fit a barrel on one. It was quite simple to do but it was still a project. If everyone else can make barrels that drop right in without having to go through all that, why can't CZ? I guess they are still using 1975 technology to produce them?

For back then it would have been considered 'excellent' but for right now it just is what it is I guess.

Are there any other models of handguns from CZ that require this or is it limited to the 75 line? What about other brands of guns?

[SINNER]

Um, any decent 1911...

[UWone77]

Um, any decent 1911...

Doesn't even have to be decent!

If you want a project build yourself a 1911. Rivals an AR as far as options available.

[alamo5000]

Range report:

The CZ functioned FLAWLESSLY. In a lot of ways it rivals my 226 for a suppressor host.

All I know is I enjoy shooting both and now I have two suppressor hosts that I really like both.

As for a 'project' to build a 1911... I think that would be absolutely awesome. Someday maybe... building a gun from scratch seems to me that it would be very rewarding.

[Pyzik]

Sounds fun... NOT.
I was just asking ATEi about fitting an APEX barrel for my fullsize M&P. After about 15 seconds of him explaining to me I just said "nevermind you can do it". I now my limits and somethings are better left for someone else to do. ha.

[alamo5000]

Sounds fun... NOT.
I was just asking ATEi about fitting an APEX barrel for my fullsize M&P. After about 15 seconds of him explaining to me I just said "nevermind you can do it". I now my limits and somethings are better left for someone else to do. ha.

For some reason I like gunsmithing to some degree. I am slowly learning a bit of practical stuff here and there. Mechanical things I can work with. Artistic stuff, different story. I am sure I could pull off a basic cerakote job or something like that but anything requiring 'artistic ability' probably is better left to an expert. LOL