Maker: Tokyo Marui
Model: No. 9
Release year: 1995
Model name: Cz75
Model type: High Grade Air Handgun w/ Hop-Up system
Model length: 206mm
Barrel length: ? mm
Model weight: 350g
Calibre: 6mm BBs (designed for 0.25g BBs)
Magazine capacity: 25 rounds
Muzzle velocity: ? m/s
Rate of fire: single-shot
Price: 2900 yen
Maker: Ceska Zbrojovka
Model number: Cz75
Gun type: semi-automatic handgun
Gun length: 203mm
Barrel length: 120mm
Gun weight: 930g (empty)
Calibre: 9x19mm Parabellum
Magazine capacity: 15 rounds
Muzzle velocity: 360 m/s
Rate of fire: semi-automatic
This is my second airsoft model, and also my first springer pistol. I've always liked the Cz75 for a few reasons: I like the look of the Eastern bloc weapons, it's a handsome gun in itself, and Rally Vincent uses it in the anime/manga series Gunsmith Cats. The design is the first model, a rare and expensive version since it's no longer in production (replaced by newer versions). The Cz75 was probably influenced by the super-reliable Browning High-Power, although the model 75 was highly copied itself by companies like IMI and Springfield.
I eagerly opened the box when it arrived. The box contains the usual: the pistol, a single magazine, 200 BBs (0.25g), red barrel plug, a Tokyo Marui catalog, 5 paper targets, an instruction manual and some safety manuals. There was one other addition, if you look under the BBs. There's this barrel replacement. It's black and it looks like you have to remove the silver barrel to attach this one. I don't know what it does, but it might be used to fit a sound suppressor. Unlikely, as this adapter doesn't have threading. If anyone knows what this thing is used for, please let me know.
For those who don't know, this pistol is not semi-automatic, meaning it won't fire a shot when you pull the trigger. What you must do is first pull back the slide (pull hard, the spring is strong), then you are ready to shoot. Aim, squeeze and fire. Repeat. Obviously, this is a slow method and not exactly the manipulation you want to be doing when facing off against automatic rifles. However, the system is reliable and fairly powerful, plus the gun itself is only about $30 retail (I got mine for $40 shipped on eBay). At a third or quarter the cost of a good gas blowback, a springer is always a trusty sidearm to carry.
I haven't skirmished with the pistol yet (and even if I did, what would be the odds I'd actually have to use it?), but I did some testing in my backyard. I used Excel 0.20 biodegradable BBs, and the gun definitely shoots high with the lighter ammunition. All Tokyo Marui springers with the Hop-Up (it's non-adjustable by the way) are meant to be used with 0.25g ammo, and I suppose if you used the heavier ammo your accuracy would be better but your velocity would drop. The accuracy isn't bad with 0.20g, just a few inches higher on target. On a man-sized target, you might hit someone in the neck if you aimed dead-center. So aim low if you use 0.20g BBs. I don't recommend 0.12g BBs because I don't know what they'll do. Chances are they'll fly way up into the air and you won't hit anything.
Onto the action of the pistol. Since this is my first spring pistol, I didn't expect the slide to be so hard to pull back. I'd say you'd have to pull the slide back with about ten to fifteen pounds of force for about one inch. Doing this repeatedly will put some strain on your cocking hand wrist. However, you should get used to this sort of force with time. Actually, what really hurts are your fingertips from scrapping against the grooves in the slide. The slide may be a bit small, at only a half-inch on gripping surface to pull back. Something like the Glock 17 (where the entire top of the gun is the slide) may be easier to cock.
Update: I did some more accuracy testing, and here's what I came up with. I did this all in my basement, so wind isn't a factor;
From a distance of 20 feet:
0.25g ammo is right on target.
0.20g ammo has a 1-4" deviance upward.
0.12g ammo will impact as high as 8" upward from the target point.
And if you turn the pistol sideways (gangsta-style), you will be shooting:
0.20g ammo will go as far as 5" to the left if you shoot right-handed
0.12 ammo will fly off as far as 10"
It's all non-scientific shooting. The optimal method would be to lock the gun into a vice and then shoot from that one position every time. From this data, I think either 0.25g BBs are optimal, but 0.20g BBs are nearly as good if you want that extra velocity from them. Just aim low.
I think the Marui Cz75 is an excellent springer pistol. It seems strong, it shoots well, it has a good magazine capacity, it looks great, and the only downside if the slide is takes some strength to rack. I recommend it to anyone who wants something different from the Glocks and 92F Berettas but still wants a reliable and accurate springer pistol.
Update: I had a chance to chronograph this gun recently and it was shooting pretty consistent at around 200 fps with Airsoft Elite 0.20g BBs. Not too bad for a simple spring pistol, eh?
Update: After playing with the gun endlessly, the pistol still shoots about 150fps with Excel 0.25g bio BBs. And actually using it in a short pistol-only game, I found I can lay down enough fire fast enough to keep the enemy's head down--not that they can't see the BB coming at them anyway. Of course I ruin my sight picture eveny time I recock the gun, but it will teach you acquire targets quickly using iron, err, plastic sights. Ah well, works well enough until I get my first GBB.
Update: Well, the spring pistol is broken... somewhat. It still fires, and I suppose around the same velocity as it did before (I hadn't a chance to chronograph it yet). The slide lubrication is all but gone, and since the pistol does not disassemble, I cannot lubricate it with any effectiveness again. Thus, when pulling the slide back and letting go, it does not always go all the way forward again. I fired it like this a few times and something cracked on the inside. When I shake the pistol, I hear a rattling noise. I suppose the tabs that were holding a metal plate in place which acted as a backing for the spring have broken off, but this doesn't seem to affect operation. Unlike another far more expensive pistol I could name, my trusty springer still works even when broken. I just have to pull the slide back and push it forward fully when cocking the weapon. I don't see that as a problem. This will probably be the final update, until the Cz75 finally kicks the bucket for good.