Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this ULTRA SCARCE DAO semi-auto pistol today for a penny start auction, this is the Ceská Zbrojovka (CZ) made Colt Model Z40!
The Colt Z40 was ONLY manufactured in 1998-1999 by CZ as a Colt subcontract! Only approximately 750-800 pieces were manufactured but never shipped. As a result, VERY FEW made it into the U.S. to date from the Czech Republic and are FEVERISHLY SOUGHT AFTER by collectors around the world!
The Colt Z40 was ONLY manufactured in 1998-1999 by CZ as a Colt subcontract! Only approximately 750-800 pieces were manufactured but never shipped. As a result, VERY FEW made it into the U.S. to date from the Czech Republic and are FEVERISHLY SOUGHT AFTER by collectors around the world!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Colt
Model: Z40
Serial: A0583
Date of Manufacture: 1999
Caliber: .40 S&W
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 4"
Optics/Sights: Drift Adjustable 3-Dot Night Sights
Stock/Grips: Fully Checkered Black Synthetic
Action: DAO Semi-Auto
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
This example is in PRISTINE condition showing no evidence of regular consumer use or handling that we can see! Additionally, it will ship with the factory-labeled box and all contents pictured above! The owner states this example remains new old stock and we see no evidence to indicate otherwise!
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.
Model: Z40
Serial: A0583
Date of Manufacture: 1999
Caliber: .40 S&W
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 4"
Optics/Sights: Drift Adjustable 3-Dot Night Sights
Stock/Grips: Fully Checkered Black Synthetic
Action: DAO Semi-Auto
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Back in the mid—1990’s Colt was looking for a new design that would pick up the threads of the good old M1911 which was starting to become obsolete for service purposes. Its low capacity, single-action-only trigger, and quite heavy all-steel construction, forced Colt to start looking for a more modern solution. After all, the US Army replaced the M1911 with the Beretta M9 just one decade ago.
The development of a brand-new design is quite expensive and time-consuming though. So, what do you do? Indeed! You approach a manufacturer that already produces a modern gun and offer to partner with them. Colt, therefore, chose Ceská Zbrojovka (CZ), which was still a rather mysterious firearms manufacturer for some US customers at that time. Many of them had heard of the CZ 75, with its impressive accuracy, ergonomics, and easy-to-shoot characteristics. However, not many had the opportunity to actually shoot it.
Since it was only a couple of years after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, which led to the country’s independence from the Soviet Union, CZ did not have enough time to fully develop its sales channels overseas. The opportunity to work with such a renowned manufacturer as COLT, on the other hand, was very interesting for Czechs. The deal was therefore closed, and CZ immediately started working on the prototype.
Contents:The requirement was to take a top of the CZ 75 with its famous inverted slide rails design and the distinctive smooth trigger pull and combine it with a grip inspired especially from the angle perspective by the Colt 1911 to suit the preferences of the US customers. The new gun was supposed to have a 10 round magazine capacity. Due to the gun only holding 10 rounds, it was decided that they might as well chamber it for a bigger and hotter cartridge than the ordinary 9mm Luger. For this purpose, the emerging 40 S&W cartridge was chosen. A further requirement was to use a DAO trigger system, as the gun was meant to be used especially by Law Enforcement officers, many of whom were transitioning from double-action revolvers. Therefore, this gun would have been easier to use for them. The gun was supposed to use an alloy frame to reduce weight, and unlike the good old CZ 75, the new Colt Z 40 was using a simplified version of the Browning locked breech where the massive lug above the chamber locked into the cut-out section of the slide of the gun. This, after all, is a gold standard of the majority of 9 millimeters today.
The first prototype prepared by the CZ’s talented designer Radek Hauerland was presented to Colt in 1997 under the name CZUB 40 BROD. Later prototypes were supposed to be called “Colt 2011” but as we all know, this name was already taken by a different manufacturer so in the end the gun was named Colt Z 40. The two capital letters “C” and “Z” expressed cooperation between COLT and CZ, while the “40” referred to the caliber of the handgun.
After successfully passing exhausting testing which comprised of firing 11,000 rounds without any major issues the designer worked on reinforcing selected components to withstand the pressures of the hot 40 S&W cartridge.
In January 1998, the gun was ready for serial production, which was less than one year after the contract was signed between COLT, CZ and their subsidiary CZ-USA. Unfortunately, the partnership ended soon afterward, and no others were produced leaving these very few already manufactured examples to become one of the most coveted and collected Colt semi auto pistols ever produced.
This example is in PRISTINE condition showing no evidence of regular consumer use or handling that we can see! Additionally, it will ship with the factory-labeled box and all contents pictured above! The owner states this example remains new old stock and we see no evidence to indicate otherwise!
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.
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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.
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