Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Co. is pleased to present this Italian-built evolution of the CZ-75 family, for a penny-start auction; this is the Armi Fratelli Tanfoglio / F.I.E. TZ 75 Series '88!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Armi Fratelli Tanfoglio / F.I.E.
Model: TZ 75 Series '88
Serial: H13529
Date of Manufacture: 1987 (According to the “AS” Date Code)
Caliber: 9mm Parabellum
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 4.72"
Optics/Sights: Integral Blade Front with Drift Adjustable White Outline Rear
Stock/Grips: Engraved Walnut Tanfoglio Grips
Action: Semi-Automatic Pistol
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Armi Fratelli Tanfoglio / F.I.E. TZ-75 Series ’88 is an Italian-built evolution of the CZ-75 family that blends the original Czech design’s excellent ergonomics and slide/frame geometry with a set of user-oriented safety and dimensional changes introduced in the late 1980s. Externally, the TZ-75 follows the low-bore-axis, all-steel construction and double-action/single-action controls that made the CZ-75 famous, but the Series ’88 revision specifically moved away from the earlier slide-mounted decocker/safety and adopted a frame-mounted sear-locking manual safety (allowing “cocked-and-locked” carry), added a Colt-style firing pin block for drop safety, softened and rounded trigger-guard contours, revised slide serrations, a bobbed hammer, an elongated combat-style slide stop, and an updated magazine release and removable rear sight. Those changes improved safety, serviceability, and shootability for a broader market while leaving the core lockup and barrel/slide fit—keys to the CZ pattern’s accuracy—intact. The Series ’88 pistols were imported and marketed under several names (including F.I.E., TA-90/Excam, and later EAA Witness designations), and the late-1980s re-engineering set the baseline for many of the later Tanfoglio/TA-95/Witness improvements. In practical use the TZ-75 Series ’88 proved to be a versatile handgun suited to duty, sport, and service-style shooting: the all-steel construction gives the pistol a solid, stable feel that contributes to manageable recoil and good inherent accuracy with typical 9×19mm loads, while the Series ’88 safety refinements and updated controls made it more user-friendly for American and export markets accustomed to frame safeties and firing-pin blocks. The platform was popular with competitive shooters in production and practical pistol circles because it was readily moddable—barrel, sights, trigger work, and magazines being commonly upgraded—and because the basic CZ geometry lends itself to excellent pointability and sight acquisition. Collectors and buyers today value Series ’88 pistols both as affordable, well-built CZ-pattern shooters and as historically interesting transitional models that link the early TZ/CZ-clone imports of the 1980s to the later Witness/TA lines; careful buyers should watch for parts-compatibility quirks across different import eras and for the typical wear points (decocker/sear parts on pre-88 guns, extractor and slide finishes), but mechanically the Series ’88 remains a robust, accurate, and practical handgun.
Contents:
Model: TZ 75 Series '88
Serial: H13529
Date of Manufacture: 1987 (According to the “AS” Date Code)
Caliber: 9mm Parabellum
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 4.72"
Optics/Sights: Integral Blade Front with Drift Adjustable White Outline Rear
Stock/Grips: Engraved Walnut Tanfoglio Grips
Action: Semi-Automatic Pistol
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Armi Fratelli Tanfoglio / F.I.E. TZ-75 Series ’88 is an Italian-built evolution of the CZ-75 family that blends the original Czech design’s excellent ergonomics and slide/frame geometry with a set of user-oriented safety and dimensional changes introduced in the late 1980s. Externally, the TZ-75 follows the low-bore-axis, all-steel construction and double-action/single-action controls that made the CZ-75 famous, but the Series ’88 revision specifically moved away from the earlier slide-mounted decocker/safety and adopted a frame-mounted sear-locking manual safety (allowing “cocked-and-locked” carry), added a Colt-style firing pin block for drop safety, softened and rounded trigger-guard contours, revised slide serrations, a bobbed hammer, an elongated combat-style slide stop, and an updated magazine release and removable rear sight. Those changes improved safety, serviceability, and shootability for a broader market while leaving the core lockup and barrel/slide fit—keys to the CZ pattern’s accuracy—intact. The Series ’88 pistols were imported and marketed under several names (including F.I.E., TA-90/Excam, and later EAA Witness designations), and the late-1980s re-engineering set the baseline for many of the later Tanfoglio/TA-95/Witness improvements. In practical use the TZ-75 Series ’88 proved to be a versatile handgun suited to duty, sport, and service-style shooting: the all-steel construction gives the pistol a solid, stable feel that contributes to manageable recoil and good inherent accuracy with typical 9×19mm loads, while the Series ’88 safety refinements and updated controls made it more user-friendly for American and export markets accustomed to frame safeties and firing-pin blocks. The platform was popular with competitive shooters in production and practical pistol circles because it was readily moddable—barrel, sights, trigger work, and magazines being commonly upgraded—and because the basic CZ geometry lends itself to excellent pointability and sight acquisition. Collectors and buyers today value Series ’88 pistols both as affordable, well-built CZ-pattern shooters and as historically interesting transitional models that link the early TZ/CZ-clone imports of the 1980s to the later Witness/TA lines; careful buyers should watch for parts-compatibility quirks across different import eras and for the typical wear points (decocker/sear parts on pre-88 guns, extractor and slide finishes), but mechanically the Series ’88 remains a robust, accurate, and practical handgun.
Contents:
This example will ship with a TZ 75 Series '88 box (non-matching serial) and all other contents as pictured above!
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Shipping Details
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Additional Details
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