I finally got that decocker spring reinstalled after trying the safety out. I think that might have been the most frustrating experience of my entire life. Thanks Sootch.
I was working that spring for 2 hours solid. Finally I figured that I can jam it up before the final click then turn it around to click it to the other side. I don’t know if anyone get what I’m saying 😅
Love your work and have relied on your info quite a bit. I have changed the decocker/manual safety a couple times to try different settings. Used your narrative quite a bit to help me out. I accidentally came across an easier way to fuss with the spring even tho I’m not mechanically inclined at all. Put the spring in first. Slide the left side lever first while putting the post thru the spring. Then, while turning the lever, catch the tip of the spring with the arm that is so frustrating to get around. Then line up the right side lever and slide it thru the hole while working the necessary levers and springs to get the two levers to click in place and then turn into its final position. I have no idea how I figured this out, but it saved tons of frustrating time trying to push the tip of the spring around that arm. Thx again for everything you do.
Very helpful video! Just bought one of these as my first handgun and I’m thinking of keeping it with the safety for a while until I’m comfortable, but it’s so nice to have the option to switch back and forth
Thank you so very much, found that spring going back in was a little challenging to get it behind the cam once the decocker was fully in, so I recommend getting the spring lined up while still lining with both side of the decocker with them still pointed upwards.
Fab video watched it when I bought the gun two years ago and finally did the safety to decocker today. Just one thing the spring. You can load that spring hook as you push the bar through. just over rotate the bar catch the spring rotate to correct orientation and push in all the way.
Now that was impressive changing out the safety and decocker on camera. You did such a fine job showing how to do this and the camera work was fantastic. Dang, I have got to get me a CZ P07.
I’m considering getting into IDPA. I couldn’t find any good videos about the basic rules and categories so I can choose a handgun. Do you have any good resource for beginners?
I really enjoy your shooting vids the only negative for me is the constant reminder that that us Canadians are not allowed to carry legally to protect ourselves,in fact in the north you will be charged carrying any weapon that can be used to protect ourselves.sad but true and you Americans should take the lesson to heart ,I will say there are a few of us Canucks that choose to arm ourselves damm the law ,I still believe in the old adage it,s better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6 ,keep up the good work.
@@tomparker8932 I live in Canada and someone just got robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of my apartment building, this January. So screw that delusional person claiming that nobody is trying to hurt you here. I don't see why our lives are worth less than Americans.
Thanks for the lesson sootch took my decocker off put it together into bag in case i ever wanna put it back on... never... cause the trigger like you said is much better. I also put my mag extensions on ...get two extra rounds in each clip... I found the gun at academy here in n/w arkansas last week for $479 they only had 1. Thanks again for the tutorials...helped me alot I also have a fn 509 and i have to say i like it alot but i love my cz p07.
I just installed an Mcarbo spring kit and I really struggled getting the decocker installed. Got a little frustrated and put it aside for the night. After watching your method I’m looking forward to getting home from work and finishing it up. Thanks for the great video!!
There’s a trick to getting the spring in that makes it very easy. Install spring first in the hole. Then completely install decocker lever through spring but leave it in the upright position. Then just use the lever to rotate the spring forward which brings the arm into place!!
I just purchased this pistol yesterday and I just can't wait to get to the range. I wasn't sure which back strap I had installed, so I decided to remove it and sit beside the others for size comparison. My PO 7 did not have the lanyard at the bottom which made removal of the back straps a real chore when doing alone. With a little help from my son, It's all back together. I just watched this video and I'm not sure what to do, leave the decocker or swap it out for the safety. I've got a Tangfoglio TZ-75 Series 88 that my mother purchased for me back in the 80's. I love it, It's got a polygonal barrel and is super accurate. But being all metal with the full size model, it is way too large and heavy to be an EDC weapon. So this PO 7 is much lighter and almost feels like a compact. I wore it last night with an IWB leather holster. One thing I learned is that this pistol is not very heavy until it has the additional heft of 15 rounds in the magazine. Other than being used to the light weight of the Glock 43 that was my previous EDC, after about 15-20 minutes, I didn't notice the size or the weight anymore. I'm pretty sure I made a good purchase. The one thing that made my decision for me was that Jeff Cooper (Look him up) founded the American Pistol Institute, which later became the Gunsite Academy. He said the only semi automatic 9 mm he would carry would be the CZ-75. That did it for me. I'm really looking forward to breaking this thing in next Monday with at least a couple of hundred rounds downrange. Love your channel.
Just bought a CZ 75B OMEGA Urban Gray Suppressor Ready yesterday and today 8/27/17 I swapped the decocker for the safety. Thank for this excellent video , it was very helpful. The bloopers are fun to watch also. YOU ROCK !!!!
Man i know this video is years old so not sure if this will find you. But THANK YOU for this. I installed a new trigger kit last night and was following along the video from the kit company and when i got to re installing the decocker i gave up and went to bed. I watched this video during my lunch break and noticed you did two things different, sure enough i did those two things and was back up and running seconds after. Video totally saved the day
Great video. I knew the long end of the spring went into the roll pin but I didn't understand where to tuck the short end. Come to find out I had the spring in backwards. It was tough tucking the short end underneath the cam but I got it. Thanks again. Had the P-07 Duty years ago but I'd forgotten. I just picked up a new P-07 and it's good now. Mucho appreciato.
Hi mate, thank you for this👌. I watched your video a few times and attempted changing from a safety to decocker on my own, worked like a charm. All thanks to you 🙏. Bradley from South Africa 🇿🇦
thanks a BUNCH for this video! I've been thinking about this pistol and wondered how easy it actually was to switch to the the manual safety! because a manual safety in the 1911 fore mat is all I've shot now for 50 yrs.
I'm trying to do this now and you make putting the spring on the decocker arm to easy lol I've never done anything this frustrating in my life! Had to stop myself from throwing my gun after failing to do it so many times 😅
You can load that spring hook as you push the bar through. just over rotate the bar catch the spring rotate to correct orientation and push in all the way.
Safety can only be engaged when the hammer is back (all cz safeties operate this way). Double action (heavy) trigger pull is your safety when the hammer's down.
Thank you for this video. I looked at a few different ones before tackling the procedure. Your video really broke it down with closeups and audio tips.
There’s a trick to getting the spring in that makes it very easy. I literally just did mine in a matter of minutes!Install spring first in the hole. Then completely install decocker lever through spring but leave it in the upright position (so the arm is sitting over the spring that you usually have to bend down under tension) it won’t be snapped all the way together yet. Then just use the lever to rotate the spring forward which brings the whole thing into its proper position and then snap the decocker comdpletely together once it is in position.
Hey, sootch, I made a tool to make that last step of getting the spring arm under the cam easier. I took an old, small, flathead screwdriver & notched it with a file and it works great. Much easier and faster.
Thank you for this video and many others! switched to the safety on my p-07.. and figured out the 4 oz give or take lessen on the trigger pull isn't enough to give up the decock feature that I have grown to love. That damn spring was giving me trouble holding in place, But your instruction got me through! Sootch00 for 2016
Meanwhile it's just the ticket for me. I screwed up my trigger finger getting up close and personal with a table saw. Despite two surgeries the tendon for the tip of it couldn't be reattached and there is nerve damage in the finger. No matter how hard I try I do not have enough strength in the tip of the finger to activate any double action trigger but can handle about a 5 or 6 lb trigger pull. Having a pistol, such as this or any 911 style, in a cocked and locked condition is ideal for me. Oh, and yes, I've been practicing with my left hand also for the inevitable time when arthritis makes my right hand totally useless for even single action trigger pull.
A note on the docket interfering with the trigger, while going the Cajun gun works route with this particular firearm I found while fitting the decocker that a bit of quick work with a file, very light sanding, and polishing makes the difference between the two systems unnoticeable
This video was extremely helpful, thanks. Also, When I first got my P-07 I was a bit concerned that the ejector had so much vertical play in it, never planned on replacing it since the gun performed flawlessly (don't fix it if it ain't broke) but it still kinda bothered me. Turns out CZ has a good reason for this design...to change out the safety..duh lol. Thanks again.
"I'm using a pair of tweezers to get the spring..." "I'm using a pair of tweezers to..." "I'm using a pair of needle-nose pliers to reinstall the spring."
I bought the P-07 based on your recommendation. I tried to install the manual safety and it did not work, after looking at the parts list I noticed a small piece of plastic and spring that was not on my safety. I looked in the bag and found the piece of plastic bit no spring. I checked the unopened safety parts bag on a P-01 Omega I bought about about three months ago. Inside the bag was the safety lever, spring and piece of plastic that is part of the safety lever. Two brand new CZ's and parts not assembled or missing. Warranty department told me I have to send them both safeties for repairs at my expense. This is terrible Customer Service and Engineering. The piece of plastic that is spring tensioned is thinner than your fingernails. Customer Service representative told me this is common and people loose these parts regularly. I will not use the repaired safeties but sent them back to CZ because I paid for them and now shipping to repair them. I think the parts were just dropped in a bag thinking I would never install them. Two CZ's with defective manual safeties, what are the chances?
just looking at this video i can tell you that there is no spring on manual safety on this gun. the spring is for decocker and comes installed in the gun as default...
Asghaad if you disassembled the manual safety there is a small spring that was not assembled. I contacted CZ and they told me to send the manual safety back to them on my P-07 and Omega P-01 at my expense. I did it immediately and when I got back from the Post Office after sending both manual safeties back for repair, CZ Customer Service called me and told me they would send me the two manual safeties. I explained I had already sent my safeties back at my expense and he apologized for the problems I had and sent out the two safeties the same day. Asghaad if you would go back and read my post again you would read that the spring had come out of both manual safeties. What do you think places tension on the manual safety. I did not make this up, CZ is well aware of this problem and took care of it. Thanks for reading my post as it gives me a chance to explain the poor Customer Service I got from CZ initially. I own the CZ P-01, P-07, P-97. P-01 Omega, P-01 Compact and the latest on is the CZ Scorpion Carbine so I think I know something about CZ's. Thank you.
@@hardcore4476 I prefer the safety better as a safety measure. I can't tell the difference in trigger when shooting. I'm not that experienced gunman though - so I guess that could be the reason. :)
It's much easier to finesse the spring around the lever as you put it back into the frame rather than push the spring onto the lever after it is already locked into the other side.
Thank you so much!!! I tried the safety, but for some reason I didn’t hear the “click” safety on/off sound.. even thou countless times trying to install… plus it made no sense the only way the safety works is in cocked and locked position so I quickly switch back to the decocker lol
I can't move the safety up or down after reinstalling . Any suggestions? Doing exactly what is in video. Put back the decocker with no problem but the safety is stuck
I always love your videos. I just got my CZP07 last night and I tested the trigger pole single action at 4 1/2 pounds so then I changed the D Cocker out and install the safety of the trigger pull is 5 pounds. I thought it was going to get lighter when I put in the safety. Do you have any experience with this?
Those of you with safeties, how do you like the lever? I'm a 1911 guy so I prefer safeties, but all of mine are extended so they're easy to "find" on the draw.
Muy bueno el video lo unico que no se ve es cuando colocas el resorte ahi no queda claro como lo colocas porque el deod molesta, pero estaria bueno explicarlo quisas afuera para ver donde entran y como el resorte
So I called folks at Cajun Gun Works to ask them how swapping the safety and decocking lever would lighten the trigger. They assured me that swapping out for the safety wouldn't make the trigger any lighter. Has this been you experience on different guns or just the one from the video?
Would have been a lot easier for you too put that spring in if you would have left your de cocker or saftey switches in the upward position put your spring behind the notch on the cam and then put them into the correct position. No screw driver needed.
Thank you for the video....but in my case i like the decoker function more than the safety.....will leave it alone...but it is nice to have a choice....
Awesome video as always Don! I have a late 2013 P07 Duty, do you know if the newer variety differs much from the more recent productions other than the hammer, slide serations and interchangeable backstraps?
Thnx Soochy! I put the 2 mag extensions, the bigger back-strap and changed from decocker leaver to normal safety on my new P07 in about 5 mins total, thnx in part to you. Great little kit piece of kit, can't wait to shoot it for the first time tomorrow at the range. Is it gonna snap too hard like the Glock 19? I wanna find out so bad.
the whole decocker setup with the weird lose spring seems a bit questionable in terms of safety and reliability, but if you tell me that the gun is still running perfectly with the decocked setup then I am inclined to believe you
+Will Strickler That's a great point. Decockers might as well be ambidextrous IMO as they don't add appreciable width, but an ambi safety can be accidentally flipped to "fire" while being carried.
hello mister Sootch i watched your great video again i have question when i chance decocker to safty coversion itt doesn't click like yur video show it doesn't fire safty works but doenst make click sound and i do exacly you do please repons thanks again mehmet i have also cz p09 9 mm and one oyher question is i have also cz tt45 pv you know this gun it shoot great maybe you shoot one time
Sootch... Thanks for another great video 👍🏽🇺🇸..... I do not own a czp07 yet but want someone to tell me if safety still works if hammer is in down position or does it only work in cocked and locked position like 1911? No one has yet explained this on RU-vid yet? Or I haven’t seen it on safe in down position... ? Thanks 😎
Near the beginning of the video you eluded to the de-cocker interfering with the trigger and at the end you measured the different pull weights with and without the de-cocker. Is the the only difference or are there other downsides to running this gun with the de-cocker?
Mine just won't come out. And yes, I pressed down the ejector. It releases and pops out about 1-2mm and then will go no further. It is brand new, so maybe stuff need to wear in a little, who knows. But everything I have seen looks like it should just pop out with a lettle gentle prying once yoy push down the ejector. 😢
