Cajun hammers for CZs

[Ketsco101]

So I broke down and tried replacing the oem hammers on a P-07 and on a PCR. Both already had spring kits from MCarbo and I polished all the moving bits.  I was skeptical that changing hammers was going to make any real difference. I figured no way will it change anything, I mean, the dimensions have to be the same to be interchangeable, right? Well, i could not have been more wrong. I'm no machinist, so to my un-calibrated eye, the do, the look the same, but boy is there a massive difference in the SA trigger. There now is a proper crisp break instead of a spongy, dragging break with the original hammer. I don't know what kind of  voodoo/hoodoo/black magic those boys are playing with down there, but I'm glad they are. Installation was easy enough for me, and I think I'm gonna get plenty of practice now that I'm a believer. If you are kicking the idea around about trying it, I say go for it. You won't be disappointed. Unfortunately now that I've tried 'em, I'm looking at a small fortune to do hammers on the rest of my toys... can't wait to try one on my new P-09C.

[BigK]

35 minutes ago, Ketsco101 said:

So I broke down and tried replacing the oem hammers on a P-07 and on a PCR. Both already had spring kits from MCarbo and I polished all the moving bits.  I was skeptical that changing hammers was going to make any real difference. I figured no way will it change anything, I mean, the dimensions have to be the same to be interchangeable, right? Well, i could not have been more wrong. I'm no machinist, so to my un-calibrated eye, the do, the look the same, but boy is there a massive difference in the SA trigger. There now is a proper crisp break instead of a spongy, dragging break with the original hammer. I don't know what kind of  voodoo/hoodoo/black magic those boys are playing with down there, but I'm glad they are. Installation was easy enough for me, and I think I'm gonna get plenty of practice now that I'm a believer. If you are kicking the idea around about trying it, I say go for it. You won't be disappointed. Unfortunately now that I've tried 'em, I'm looking at a small fortune to do hammers on the rest of my toys... can't wait to try one on my new P-09C.

I put a CGW hammer on my SP-01 and was very pleased with the results too. I've upgraded to their springs on a couple of CZs too. You ain't kiddin' they know what they're doing down there. I got a P-09C  not long ago, so please let me know how yours turns out. I really love mine and can only imagine how sweet it'd be w/ some upgrades.

[TNman207]

I have changed hammers, triggers, springs, etc. on my PCR. Easy installation and the upgrades made a good pistol great. Since then I have upgraded my CZ 97and 75 compact. Any CZ I buy in the future will get similar modifications. 

[Ketsco101]

What did you do for a new trigger? A cajun or something else? Did you do it at the same time as all the other improvements? I've been trying g to do mine in steps so I can see each result separately, so I can prioritize them in the future. What did the new trigger do for you? I've done flat faced triggers on all my P10 variants, and I like them. Shorter reset, better feel, reduced felt pull weight, etc. 

[ken_mays]

The hammer hook geometry, I believe, is different on these versus the factory hammers.  The angle is set to allow the sear to simply release the hammer instead of slightly raising it (making it 'climb the hill' so to speak) before release.

This make the break more akin to how the 1911 sear/hook geometry is set up.

I find the best bang for the buck on CZs is a lighter mainspring.  That usually gets the trigger pull into the 'good' category instead of 'meh' from the factory.    Of course you can always upgrade the hammer, etc. if more is needed.

[BigK]

3 minutes ago, ken_mays said:

I find the best bang for the buck on CZs is a lighter mainspring.  That usually gets the trigger pull into the 'good' category instead of 'meh' from the factory.    Of course you can always upgrade the hammer, etc. if more is needed.

I've changed the mainspring on a couple, but unfortunately I changed a couple of other things at the same time, so I can't properly attribute the improvement to what change caused it. I have 3 unaltered CZs. I'll give this cheap fix a try alone to see how much it changes the trigger feel. Thanks