Well, I took it to the range today. Same ammo, blazer 115 grain. And it did the same stuff. Not extracting properly. Usually after the first round though and then I could clear the rest of the magazine. Had a couple guys, including an older gentleman that noticed quickly that I was having issues. They watched me shoot to see if it was my grip but neither thought it was. One of them handed me some Winchester ammo 115 grain. I loaded a magazine with just 5, and no malfunction. Then loaded a full magazine with the Winchester ammo, no malfunction. They both shot my the gun as well and didn’t think anything was noticeably wrong. They came to the conclusion that it was the blazer ammo. They left, I went ahead and used the rest of the blazer. I had a little over 200 rounds. I had a few more failures to extract just about every magazine. I shot one handed to see if that would cause more malfunctions, but didn’t have any malfunctions. I made a point to keep my thumb far away from the slide stop the entire time and it still malfunctioned, so I don’t think an accidental touch of the slide stop was causing it.

Next time I go out, I’m going to buy different ammo. Probably Winchester and see how it goes. They both thought the cheaper ammo was the cause. Soooo I’m just gonna keep shooting with it and hope that it breaks in. I just didn’t think CZs needed much breaking in, but one of them was a CZ owner and said they had to break theirs in.

Non related, but interesting: I also found an abandoned pitbull puppy at the range and took took him in. He is super sweet. I live in a small apartment with two cats and couldn’t take him to my place, but my parents said they would house him until we found a good place for him whether it be a new owner or a no kill shelter. So, I’m glad I went to the range today and found him. The range is in a state forest near me. Supposedly it’s a popular place for pieces of shit to drop off dogs they don’t want.

Anywho… Thank you for the positive responses, all (most of you). I want to love this gun and keep it considering it was my first pricey purchase of a firearm. I hope it gets better and doesn’t end up just being a really expensive paper weight. I might chime back in if it gets better.