CZ75B or 357...Which is the safe home gun?

[billybob44_Jr]

Just wondering what you all thought about comparing the two as a ready to go 'protect your castle' type gun. I think you can't go wrong with the 357...but maybe you all have a different opinion? I'm open to thoughts, not looking to argue. I promise I won't check your phone records.

 

[billybob44_Jr]

Or your IRS information...

 

[Glock10MM]

Both.

 

[Bigtanker]

For the simple fact size really doesn't matter, I'd go with the CZ for this simple fact of capacity.

 

[billybob44_Jr]

@Bigtanker:I was thinking the same thing, but does it do damage to the pistol to leave it C&L for days and days? Maybe leave it with the hammer forward, but I don't want to leave the firing spring sitting back for a long time. I wonder if that is damaging to the pistol?

 

[billybob44_Jr]

@Glock10MM: I would sleep with both..but my wife won't let me pet them in the bed like our cats.

 

[kawtech87]

I agree with Bigtanker CZ75B on sheer capacity.

Also I have had a .357 set off right next to my left ear while I was not wearing ear protection. My brother when we were kids was not paying as close attention as he should have been at the range also my fault for taking off my ears at the firing line. I have partial hearing lose in that ear as a result. I would hate to set off a .357 inside with no ear protection.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

@Bigtanker:I was thinking the same thing, but does it do damage to the pistol to leave it C&L for days and days? Maybe leave it with the hammer forward, but I don't want to leave the firing spring sitting back for a long time. I wonder if that is damaging to the pistol?

Its not. Springs wear out from being flexed, not from sitting static.

The simple answer to your original question is, which do you shoot better in the conditions you'd likely encounter in a home defense situation (lighting, distance, etc.)? That's your answer.

 

[kawtech87]

@Bigtanker:I was thinking the same thing, but does it do damage to the pistol to leave it C&L for days and days? Maybe leave it with the hammer forward, but I don't want to leave the firing spring sitting back for a long time. I wonder if that is damaging to the pistol?

The gun was designed to be carried cocked and locked or hammer down DA/SA.

As has been discussed on here many times before in regards to mag springs in a loaded mag normally it is not constant compression or extension individually of a spring that causes wear but the constant expansion and compression simultaneously of a spring that wears it out. So in theory shooting the gun does more damage to the springs than leaving it cocked and locked.

 

[billybob44_Jr]

Good advice kawtech87, I haven't thought about it that way. I would hope that we will never have to use anything to protect our home, but if we had to, I would sure as hell want to make sure we don't cancel our hearing when it happens. Thanks for the advice!

 

[throttletony]

CZ75B with some +p loads. For me that covers enough of the ballistic difference and then gives the advantage to the capacity of the CZ.
Of course, with JHP loads to minimize over-penetration.

Or, why not one of each.

 

[billybob44_Jr]

I shoot better with the CZ. Thanks for the answers on the spring.

 

[kawtech87]

Good advice kawtech87, I haven't thought about it that way. I would hope that we will never have to use anything to protect our home, but if we had to, I would sure as hell want to make sure we don't cancel our hearing when it happens. Thanks for the advice!

No problem. My pain is your gain in this regard. No reason to damage your hearing needlessly.

Not that a 9mm set off inside will not be very loud, but I doubt it would cause permanent hearing damage.

 

[Sticky]

I'd be comfy with either one. I always keep some "valved" ear plugs handy, JIC.

 

[JTinIN]

Friend as assorted semi and full auto guns, his only wheel gun is a K frame S&W in the night stand ... simple controls that anyone can run more or less ... even his wife ;-).

Now that is not to way there is nothing else around ;-)

 

[lucky4034]

@Bigtanker:I was thinking the same thing, but does it do damage to the pistol to leave it C&L for days and days? Maybe leave it with the hammer forward, but I don't want to leave the firing spring sitting back for a long time. I wonder if that is damaging to the pistol?

Just get one that is DA/SA and leave the hammer down

 

[88E30M50]

I agree with Bigtanker CZ75B on sheer capacity.

Also I have had a .357 set off right next to my left ear while I was not wearing ear protection. My brother when we were kids was not paying as close attention as he should have been at the range also my fault for taking off my ears at the firing line. I have partial hearing lose in that ear as a result. I would hate to set off a .357 inside with no ear protection.

That's a pretty good point that does not get discussed much. In a home defense situation, going with too powerful a gun could cause needless hearing loss when compared to something that is adequate, but not as powerful. The goal of home defense is to come out of that situation completely intact, not partially deaf.

That also makes a great case for buying a gun that can be suppressed for home defense.

 

[Birds Away]

Just get one that is DA/SA and leave the hammer down

The CZ 75B is DA/SA. You can carry it hammer down, at half cock or cocked and locked as you please.