 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Think about it Thursday. What have I been thinking about? I just got back from Chacho. I spent one day at the show itself and One of my favorite stops is going to CZ. I always like to see what they have new what I could show you guys a lot of Fans of CZ. I've been a fan of CZ. I still am for years and years and years, but I noticed something I noticed even last year that many of the people I used to know Not on a personal level, but enough to say hi. How are you doing? Know the names and everything they're gone And I also noticed that there were very few new offerings the TS2 and 9 millimeter Got discontinued in place for a TS2 and 40 Smith of Wesson, and I thought that's kind of weird Dan Wesson was there, but they still don't have an optics ready DWX and I talked to a former employee and what what he told me was rather devastating and then I got back Home and started to dig into it a little bit and realized that CZ discontinued well over 130 firearms Now the CZ P10C for example, they had that in Four or five different colors for all the colors are gone. They're all discontinued. We thought it was a big deal when they discontinued the 97 and 45 It's it's gone. They discontinued so much more than that Furthermore many of the US staff that worked for CZ. They're gone to including the CEO who built the company Incredibly well. I remember years ago. You could pick up a CZ 75 for 400 bucks. It wasn't a big deal. Yes, it had military throughout the world and law enforcement throughout the world Yes, it was still a great gun, but it just wasn't expensive. This is back when clocks were 500 bucks you could pay less for a CZ all that Turned around now and then we see CZ become a firearm dynasty where people were excited people were looking forward to their next CZ they're huge fans out there and this person did that after 27 years. They were let go Many disgruntled CZ employees and you say okay businesses business. Well, what does that have to do with me? Well, you're gonna see less CZs fewer CZs in the future and I truly believe this all the emphasis Seems to be with Colt. It's not that CZ acquired Colt in 2021 you would have thought that Colt acquired CZ. They got rid of all the people that built the company the innovation seems to be really low and Colt Came out with a blue Python this year for a hundred dollars more on the MSRP than the stainless They still have a whole bunch of 1911's as well as some military contracts and the very company that had the bankruptcy going on seems to be running the books and The financial decisions including who they're laying off came came from Colt and I find that rather strange and I've been thinking a lot about this and I dug deep into it now CZ struggled there. You have CZ on one side and Colt on the other very different business models and Then CZ got hurt by the war in Ukraine because they used to get parts of materials from Russia and that all ceased and you see Colt laying off people and not really putting much emphasis on CZ but they're on Colt and Colt has a whole bunch of 1911's and rifles and so forth, but it's just not as exciting as CZ because CZ would always come out with something new and then we would have something to look forward to and now we have Nothing as well as a whole bunch of disgruntled people and I noticed that the vibrancy Around that booth just wasn't the same and there they have new people there They're running around but it was just it was sort of like Glock booth. You know Glock you go there There's not a lot to see any they came out with some Gen 5 models. That's fine People may want to buy it but to go there and look and say wow This this Gen 5 is so much better than the Gen 4. It's just not that exciting and that's how I felt at the CZ booth It was like so I went over to Colt and find out what all the buzz is about a blue Python Like that's the best we have you got new G10 grips on a 1911 like that That's where we're at here and I'm afraid to report that I think it is where we are and To the people who love CZ's don't expect much in the future. I truly believe that they Did everything they could to decimate the company and yes in 2023 they had some better financial reports But to those of us who love CZ and want CZ's and we're looking forward to specific CZ's specifically for us it Probably is not going to happen. I view CZ in as in a very bad state right now Something that could take years to get out of if It even gets in that direction So we say well hang on CZ acquired Colt that meant CZ We're was going to be the ones to make all the financial decisions and it seems like it's the opposite It's Colt and all the emphasis is on Colt and we'll we'll see if anything comes out that's new I don't think it will I think it's just going to be we're gonna hold steady here We're gonna sell what sells and if it doesn't sell we'll just check it off the list and get rid of that as Well, but my goodness you can get a coal revolver or a Colt 1911 and we'll make some good ones for you you're gonna want to get those well perhaps so but most people want a CZ a newer CZ something that's new and exciting and it's my estimation that it just won't be there And I think that's gonna be the new reality for CZ USA If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe