CZ 75 Kadet .22LR Adapter Kit

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 8/11/20 | R Reed

[w1n1]

Conversion kit unit that gives CZ-75 owner two guns in one.
While there are many dedicated .22 LR pistols on the market, one of the best for everyday use is not a pistol in the pure sense, but instead is a conversion kit for the popular CZ-75 from the Czech Republic. And although this is not a new product, it remains one of the best of its kind on the market.

The CZ-75 Kadet (and the more recent Kadet II) .22 LR conversion kit is a CZ factory-made unit that allows a shooter to quickly and easily convert a CZ-75 series pistol from centerfire to rimfire ammunition (and back again). This gives the shooter a lighter recoiling gun, which shoots less expensive ammo, while retaining the same trigger, controls, and overall feel of the pistol.

The Kadet unit consists of a replacement slide assembly with a fixed .22 LR barrel. The rear sight is adjustable for both elevation and windage. The entire unit is made of steel and is coated with a durable black polycoat. A Kadet kit-equipped pistol closely replicates the weight and feel of a standard pistol. The kit includes two 10-round .22 LR magazines. The Kadet magazines are made with a .22 LR inner liner sleeved in a full-size centerfire metal magazine body. Read the rest of CZ 75 Kadet adapter kit.

[Magnum44]

I am not a fan of conversion kits. Its a great concept, but in practice you wind up with a bunch of parts that can get lost when you need them. And a conversion kit often costs almost as much as a new gun. I’d rather have the second complete gun.

[Trailerpark Badass]

It’s a complete slide and magazine. Very high quality. Had one, but sold it to my BIL.

[mylife]

I am a huge CZ fan but dont need no 22

[mylife]

The CZ 75 is a fine pistol, mine was 40 SW

[Magnum44]

I have no doubt as to the quality and that they work fine. I just dont want more parts to have to keep track of. I already have a basement full of rifle build parts and reloading tools/supplies. Somewhere at the bottom of a lake I have two safes full of guns I lost in that boat accident...Just too much for this ‘going on sixty’ old man to keep track of.

[FoxInSocks]

I enjoy firing cheap .22 from my P-01. The adapter works great.

[SirFishalot]

I have a CZ-75 Kadet, not the kit, the actual pistol. I love it, shoots like a dream and easy to clean. I’ve had some pretty great offers to sell it as well, as much as 4x what I bought it for. I paid $325 for it new, and with 3 mags. Heck, just the mags go for $80 now.

[lgjhn23]

We’ve had one for awhile now, both my wife and I love using it to practice with.
Quick/easy change out and fun to shoot.
I came with its own hard case and that’s where it’s kept when the 75s go back in 9mm mode.

[mylife]

I ordered a east German 22 conversion kit for a east German makarov, new in box, when it arrived it was a 15.7 lb package? I signed for it out of curiosity.

I was a west German 22 conversion kit for a G3 machine gun worth $750

Score!

[mylife]

It aint that big of a deal, I had a 22 conversion for my AR.
you swap out the bolt carrier and slap in a new mag

[Magnum44]

I take the same approach to my AR’s. I started out with a single lower and multiple uppers I would swap out. But that was because I lived in CA at the time and only wanted one lower registered with CA. Once out of CA I built lowers for less than $150 each in most cases for all my uppers (a little more if I put in really nice triggers). I just prefer to have complete rifles ready to shoot rather than swapping out.

[mylife]

bought my 1st guns in ca before the place got weird.
cash on the barrel head, sold..

[JD_UTDallas]

I have a Glock 17 22lr and a chipita m4 22lr AR upper both slide directly onto the corresponding platform and function flawlessly with 40gr round nose CCIs. The reason for the conversion kits is not only cost you are training with the actual firearm the trigger pull sight radius is identical to the full power round. The AR upper even weighs the same I had that weapon to people all the time and they can’t tell the difference from a full power Ar till they pull the trigger. The mags are fullsized AR mags as well. The G17 upper is a few ounces lighter but functionally identical to a full power G17. Train like you fight and fight loke you train.

4 cents a trigger pull vs 25 and 45 for 9mm and 556 unless you reload which I do but even with reloads 4 cents per round is not reachable, the primers alone are 1 or 2 cents and FMJ bullet a minimum of 10c for 9mm and 15 for 556. It’s nearly impossible for a home loader to beat cast lead 40gr in a disposable brass case made by the billions at the economics of scale.

[Magnum44]

I train with too many different platforms to worry about one having same feel or weight or trigger pull as another. I agree it’s a nice training option, but I’m not convinced for me it’s worth the money I could buy another gun or ammo with. And by the way, have you priced .22 these days? 4 cents a round is not presently obtainable. Try 10 cents and up. 2 cents per is the average primer rate. I reloaded and shot over 8000 rounds last year.