CZ Compacts Shadow Line and PCR

[gunner01]

Need some advice on tuning my new CZ 75 Compact Shadowline.  I want to tune this gun to be as close to my Accu Shadows as possible and use it for IDPA CCP.  In hindsight, I should have bought the Custom Shadowline from CZC instead of the standard Shadowline, but I don't think they had them available when I bought my gun.

I have a Cajunized (by CGW) CZ 75D PCR.  Pro package which includes short reset and short reach.  This is obviously a decocker gun.  Thinking I can save some money since I don't plan to compete with the PCR,  I decided to take the trigger, trigger bar (nicely polished by CGW), Cajun race hammer, Cajun hybrid disco, and mainspring from the PCR and put them into the Shadowline.  Everything went in nicely but as it turns out I will need to "fit" the seer to get the safety to work.  Not a show stopper.

In the meantime, I tried to reassemble the PCR using the Shadowline parts and ran into a problem trying to get the seer cage into the gun.  Now I am fairly new to gunsmith work so I stopped at this point to evaluate my situation.  I know that the disco for the decocker guns only have one "ear" on them.  I am vaguely aware that the hammers for decocker guns may have some differences.  The one ear disco from my PCR seems to work fine in the Shadowline.  Is the two ear disco from the Shadowline not going to work in the PCR?  Similarly is there something about the hammer from the Shadowline (it's an unusual one special to the shadow line) that will make it unable to be used with the PCR decocker?

Maybe I should swap it all back and:

 

1. order parts needed to tune the Shadowline and do polishing while in there.  Especially want the short reset and short reach.

or

2. Sell the Shadowline and order a Custom Shadowline from CZC.

Thanks for any advice regarding the parts compatibility questions above.



 

[eerw]

the PCR is a decocker gun and as you see, the disconnector and hammer are different configuration than the Shadow parts.

the decocker parts will fit the Shadow but not vice versa unless you machine the parts to fit.

 

So you will want to get tuned parts for your Shadow. -short reset disconnector, competition hammer, firing pin, spring.

send me a msg and I can get you a list of parts you will want  or what we use in building the Shadow Compact Custom builds.

 

 

[gunner01]

Thank you.  Do you guys include your short reach kit in you Shadow Compact Custom build?  It looks like it is not included.  Is there any reason why it could not be included?

[eerw]

3 minutes ago, gunner01 said:

Thank you.  Do you guys include your short reach kit in you Shadow Compact Custom build?  It looks like it is not included.  Is there any reason why it could not be included?

 

just the short reset, but we can build one however you want.

 

[gunner01]

Ok so decided to put both guns back the way they  were and take Stuart's advice and buy the CZC parts to modify the Shadowline and leave the PCR Cajunized.

 

I am trying to get this gun ready for IDPA CCP division,  and I would like it to feel as close to my two Accu-shadows and my Shadow Custom as possible.

 

So I have a few questions for Stuart and anybody else who has the CZC Customized Shadowline compact.

 

1.does the customized shadow line compact from czc feel the same as the full size accu-shadows in terms of triggers.  Especially in regards to getting rid of all the trigger take-up in SA.

 

2.the trigger on the Shadowline is the old style 85c I think,  it is a little less curved and a little thicker than the triggers on my accu-shadows and shadow custom.  Do I need to consider replacing this trigger with the shadow trigger, I don't think that they replace the trigger when CZC does the custom work on the shadowline.

 

3.I know I said above that I am trying to be consistent with my other shadows, BUT I am considering putting the reach reduction on the compact as well.  What are the pros and cons of doing this?  Do I give up anything in terms of pull weight, reset length, reset crispness, pre travel etc?  I love my shadow triggers and compete with them and I want that for this new compact but I would like to try the shorter reach as well if it does not require me to give up anything in exchange.

 

Thanks