What's wrong with my CZ82?

[cruzans]

I have had my CZ82 for a little while now and love it. It is very accurate and I've never had a mis-fire, mis-feed, etc.. I am having one problem though. I rack the slide and it is ready to go, but after the first shot, it will not go single action, rather stays double action. Then randomly it will go single action, then back to double action - very annoying ! I thought maybe the recoil spring so I changed it out with a 16 lb and same thing. Went back to a 14.5 lb and no difference. What else can cause this ? I am thinking maybe ammo? I have only used Silver Bear 120 grain hp's so far - could ammo cause this ? Any help would be appreciated !

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[Little Cloud]

I have had my CZ82 for a little while now and love it. It is very accurate and I've never had a mis-fire, mis-feed, etc.. I am having one problem though. I rack the slide and it is ready to go, but after the first shot, it will not go single action, rather stays double action. Then randomly it will go single action, then back to double action - very annoying ! I thought maybe the recoil spring so I changed it out with a 16 lb and same thing. Went back to a 14.5 lb and no difference. What else can cause this ? I am thinking maybe ammo? I have only used Silver Bear 120 grain hp's so far - could ammo cause this ? Any help would be appreciated !

Does the double action only occur without the slide or just when firing?

[JoeyBones]

I don't see how this is likely to be an ammo-related issue?

Without being intimately familiar with the innards of the CZ-82, I would guess that it's something wrong w/ the hammer/sear interface, no?

Regards,

Bones

[cruzans]

Does the double action only occur without the slide or just when firing?

Not sure I understand. When firing, it's a crap shoot wether it returns to single action or double action. Just not sure what would cause this.

[cruzans]

I don't see how this is likely to be an ammo-related issue?

Without being intimately familiar with the innards of the CZ-82, I would guess that it's something wrong w/ the hammer/sear interface, no?

Regards,

Bones

Yeah, I honestly doubt it's the ammo, just not sure what would cause an automatic to do this?

[normanvin]

Does this happen when you dry fir it?

[cruzans]

Does this happen when you dry fir it?

Not home at the moment but pardon my ignorance but how would you check to see if it cycles correctly dry firing - wouldnt it need to fire to produce the blowback to do that?

[JoeyBones]

Not home at the moment but pardon my ignorance but how would you check to see if it cycles correctly dry firing - wouldnt it need to fire to produce the blowback to do that?

Dry fire it (try it while starting out from both a SA and from a DA pull), but after you pull the trigger, keep holding the trigger the the rear while cycling the slide.

Let us know if the hammer "follows" the slide forward (thus reverting back to DA).

Regards,

Bones

[cruzans]

Dry fire it (try it while starting out from both a SA and from a DA pull), but after you pull the trigger, keep holding the trigger the the rear while cycling the slide.

Let us know if the hammer "follows" the slide forward (thus reverting back to DA).

Regards,

Bones

No matter what I do when I dry fire, it returns to single action. If i rack the slide, it goes single action. If I pull the trigger in double action, hold the trigger back and rack the slide, it goes single action. Everything works perfectly. But when I start live firing, it shoots a few and returns to double action, then returns one or two to single action, then goes back to double action, etc.. Thanks !