CZ 100 | |
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Type | Double actionsemi-automatic handgun |
Place of origin | Czech Republic |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Česka Zbrojovka |
Produced | 1995–present |
Variants | CZ 110 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 645g (1.42lb) w/empty magazine 680g (1.44lb) w/loaded magazine |
Length | 177 mm (6.96 in) |
Barrel length | 96 mm (3.78 in) |
Cartridge | 13 + 1 rounds (9mm), 10 + 1 rounds (.40 S&W) |
Caliber | 9 mm Parabellum,.40 S&W |
Action | semi-automatic,recoil-operated, locked breech |
Feed system | Detachable Box |
Sights | 3-dot Sight |
TheCZ 100 is a semi-automatic handgun, introduced in 1995 byČeská Zbrojovka . It was the first of CZs weapons to use synthetic materials. It has a sister model,CZ 110, which has the same magazine capacity.
The "CZ100" was reintroduced in 2000 and called the "CZ100B". It is identical in most ways, except for adjustable sights, trigger and firing mechanism work, and cleaner machining of the main slide and exterior steel.
The CZ 100 has a number of importanthandgun features. It is hammerless DAO (double action only), meaning that the firing system is under no tension unless the trigger is pulled. There is an automatic firing pin safety device. It is constructed for one-handed cocking, with a protrusion on the slide behind the ejection port intended for pushing against the edge of a fixed surface. The gun uses the usual Browning cam for action. The.40 S&W version has a simplecompensator. Thetactical rail allows for the attachment of alaser orlight, but only proprietary models.