HELP!!! I need someone to “Learn Me”

[JohnSutton1980]

Howdy fellers! I just made a trade. Part of that trade was a Zastava cz99. It looks like a great little pistol. About the size of a Glock 19. Looks almost identical to an Sig p226. Other than trigger guard I dont see a difference. Maybe a clone? Any info on this pistol would be great. Thanks

Edited October 1, 2023 by JohnSutton1980
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[scatman]

It's a clone mix. Zastava made these in the 90's to replace the m57 for the Yugo military. The design mostly mirrors a p226 while also taking some notes from Walther's p88. That's just what I've been able to find through some googling. Not much about these pistols it seems.

[Gurn]

I don’t know anything about them but I do like the looks of this. 

[patrick37027]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zastava_CZ99#:~:text=The Zastava CZ99 is a,Zastava CZ99

[JustEd]

It's only as good as it shoots.

You've shot it right ???

[ken_mays]

Never owned one but about 10 years ago they were fairly commonly seen in the 'budget pistol' case in many shops.  Retail price at the time was $350-450.

I read a review in Dillon's Blue Press magazine and the one thing I remember was the accuracy was not good, like 4-5" at 10 yards. 

[JohnSutton1980]

Thanks guys. I’ve done several hours on these since the trade. Apparently they are more of a budget gun. Not really an issue personally. I’m weird though. I still swear my Taurus PT99 AFS shoots better than my M9 Beretta in the Army did. I have not shot the Zastava yet. I wanted to take it apart and make sure mechanically it’s safe. Clean it up and then let it rip. I just couldn’t find any assembly/disassembly in English! I may just field strip it and use good old spray cleaner and REM oil, a good wipe and let it rip. I may end up getting the frame cerakoted. It looks a bit beat up when the finish it wore off. I guess I will see how it goes. Probably not worth re-coating but I think looks are important. 
Also looks like Zastava made a CZ999 that seems to be a civilian or updated version of it.