![]() Same as the grip panels which looked and felt identical to the checkered black rubber grips from the SP-01. Sights on this model were three white dots and perfectly imitated a typical 75’s sight picture. It would not surprise me if this was an adjustable feature. They also do not drop free, however upon further investigation there is what appears to be a hinged metal plate inside the back of the mag well which deliberately prevents them from falling completely out of the gun. These, too, have a solid steel construction aside from having polymer baseplates. Because they share the same physical dimension of a double stack 9mm mag there’s considerable bulk in the design, plus they lack a “cheater” or load assist tab. The magazines hold ten rounds but I found them kind of finicky to load. For the most part this held true, though it did surprise the heck out of me with my last two groups. I could tell that the Kadet would shoot better than I could. The barrel and sights are fixed into place with the rear sight being adjustable. Everything about this gun felt like it was solid steel. CZ’s website claims that it shares the same weight of a 75 and I believe their claim. It’s like trying to catch the side of a pencil! Fortunately the springs aren’t too strong, being a. The ‘slide’ in this case is notably thinner than the pad of my thumb. The Kadet takes this minimalist approach one step further, the entire top of the pistol where the sights are mounted is one fixed piece. Normal CZ 75’s don’t offer much to grab onto where the slide is concerned since the rails are inverted compared to most other semi autos. Speaking of the slide, this pistol is a little awkward in its build. There’s one on the barrel, one on the slide, one on the frame, and one more on the piece which would have been the slide on a normal 75. There were matching serial numbers galore. I have also seen references of a “Kadet 2” but as far as I can tell the “2” models are specific to the caliber conversion kits. The entire handgun save for the trigger has been given a black polycoat finish which had a quite pleasant feel and seemed to have held up well given that the pistol had come in as a used example and had been out of production for some time. The care which had gone into the fit and finish was immediately apparent, too. What this means is that the components fit much better than if you had purchased a separate kit and slapped it onto an existing pistol. 22 conversion kits for their line of 75 pistols but for a limited time they had produced dedicated. ![]() I couldn’t turn down the chance to get some range time with this sleek black pistol, and the results were quite extraordinary. 22 pistol which CZ had discontinued back in 2012. In this instance it had been a “Kadet” model, which is a full sized and full weight. ![]() It hadn’t been my intention to do another CZ 75 review a month after the SP-01 but sometimes good things come out of nowhere. ![]()
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