CZ Scorpion Micro Review

This is our CZ Scorpion Micro Review. We will be covering every detail (pun intended) of the gun in order to evaluate its capabilities as a casual-carry, sporting, and duty firearm.
The Scorpion is a very popular gun that has been featured several times in movies and video games. The CZ Scorpion Micro, a shorter version, is also available. Although it hasn’t received as much attention on the internet movie firearms databases as the larger model it is still a very attractive piece and one CZ’s best sellers.
This gun is not perfect. This gun has many positives, but also some drawbacks.
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What is the gun’s appeal? The gun’s appearance is my favorite asset. It looks futuristic. It could be used in any sci-fi movie, or modern thriller. It is the perfect look for anyone looking to face the evil in the latest Tom Clancy novel or Brad Thor novel. It’s also a great gun for home defense or range practice.
Many will argue that it can also be used for other purposes or carried in other ways (e.g. It can be carried in a backpack, although that seems a bit excessive. The gun is quite wide. The gun is almost two inches wide before you fold the brace. The gun will be approximately four inches wide once the brace is folded. It is a heavy firearm, especially for a 9mm pistol that has a barrel of four to five inches.
Let’s now look at the details to see if this is the right gun for you.
Table of contentsErgonomics SafetyPistol GripMag ReleasesMagazine WellBolt Release/Hold OpenCharging HandleHandguardTriggerBrace/StockMounting AccessoriesOpticsIronsLightsControl DevicesSlingShooting/ValueFinalRelated ArticlesCZ Scorpion Micro ProsScorpion Micro Cons
Ergonomics
When it comes to selecting a firearm, ergonomics can make or break your experience. The CZ Scorpion is no different.
Safety
My least favorite feature about the CZ Scorpion is its safety. Although it is similar to an AR-15 and an HK MP5, the safety itself is somewhere in between. It’s better than an AR-15-style safety, but it’s not as effective.
These large, sweeping levers are ambidextrous and the safeties themselves have them. This is great for your firing-hand thumb. But it’s not good for your trigger finger’s knuckle. It doesn’t matter how many times you remove the safety, it will impact the top of the trigger finger.
Do you think this is something you can get over? Yes. It is, however, as unnatural as it could get. Many people add safety-delete kit to the side of the firearm that they aren’t using. However, one of the benefits of an ambidextrous safety system is that you can use your trigger finger to reengage the gun or place it back on safe. It’s simple to modify the lever to make it more ergonomic. This could have been avoided.
This gun was built in 2000 and should have been updated to current standards. AR-15s were the standard design at the time, so it would have been better to make the firearm more ergonomic for the user.
Pistol Grip
Another area I was curious about is the pistol grip. It is designed for prone and QCB-style shooting. This is a 9mm pistol, so it makes no sense.
This gun is one you will be using to shoot up close, not to lay down shooting at 600-yard targets at Camp Perry. It’s just one aspect of the design. The good news is that you can remove the grip and that there are several aftermarket options. We’ll discuss them later.
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The grip is also huge and seems disproportional given the CZ Scorpion Micro’s size. I would have preferred to have seen something smaller. The gun grip is also very large and has no storage options. It would have been nice to have that option.
Mag Releases
This gun has a good magazine release. Anyone with medium-to-large hands will have no trouble dropping the magazine. The magazine will drop as long as it is straight up and down when the magazine release button is pressed.
The magazine release is a paddle-style release. It is completely ambidextrous, just like the grip. It’s something I love. It’s one my favorite magazines. It could also be an issue if someone has shorthands.
This magazine release makes it easy to perform a tactical-style, reload. You can use your support-hand thumb or your firing-hand finger for quick and easy magazine ripping.
This setup is perfect for both right- and left-handed shooters. You can modify the magazine release’s layout with a variety of options.
Magazine Well
The CZ Scorpion Micro magazine well is large enough and slightly beveled around its edges. Although it isn’t the fastest magazine weld load, it’s not slow. You won’t see any issues if you’re well-practiced. However, it’s not a competition-style mag.
Bolt Release/Hold open
The bolt release for the CZ Scorpion Micro can be found on the left-hand side. It is only intended to be used by a right-handed shooter. It’s an advantage for left-handed shooters if they want to use it to open the bolt. To hold the bolt back, a right-handed shooter must pull the bolt or the charging handle back and then place their thumb at an odd angle to engage the bolt release.
It’s not my favorite feature. I would rather they make it ambidextrous, than just put it on the left. It’s a good setup overall, but could do with some improvement.
Charging Handle
The CZ Scorpion Micro’s charging handle is one of its most impressive features. Especially if your favorite HK MP5 is nearby. The charging handle is completely ambidextrous. The charging handle can be installed on either the left or right side of the gun.
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It is set up on the left side for me as a right-handed shooter. The best feature is the folding of the charging handle to the Picatinny rail. It is very similar to the notch on HK MP5.
This allows you to attach the bolt to the CV Scorpion Micro. It’s a lot of fun. You won’t find a gun that’s not an HK MP5 or MP5 clone for three to four times the price of this gun. The CZ Scorpion Micro will give you that feeling. It’s a lot fun to stop that bolt. You feel like your inner child is letting out and you’re watching 80s action movies.
The charging system is a bit small in terms of its design. Depending on what accessories you attach to the rail, you’ll need to be careful.
Depending on how you manipulate the charging handle, your index or pinky fingers could impact accessories attached to the rail. This could cause skin damage and breakage. Given that the charging handle is non-reciprocating, I would have liked to see them slightly extend it.
Handguard
The CZ Scorpion Micro’s handguard is as sweet as candy. I am six feet tall and have decently long arms. They aren’t too long. It is awkward and uncomfortable for me to hold the gun in my usual grip.
I would like to reach more towards the magazine well, and use it as an angled foregrip. Although the gun is very small, it looks great. However, this gun has some ergonomic challenges. If this is something that worries you, you might consider buying a full-size CZ Scorpion gun or another gun altogether.
Trigger
My complaint begins at the trigger of the CZ Scorpion micro. You’ll feel a lot of spring take-up when you first fill the trigger. Then it will get to the point that you feel a lot of creep before it finally stops rolling in a rolling fashion and resets at the beginning of the heavy creep.
It has a very authoritative reset which is good. However, the reset is authoritative because it is heavy as hell. I don’t care about how heavy this trigger feels. I’m not a trigger snob. I shoot almost all guns with stock triggers. But this gun makes me want something lighter.
It is likely to be two to three times heavier than the standard AR-15 safety. You might want to look into aftermarket spring kits that can help improve the trigger.
Brace/Stock
The CZ Scorpion Micro comes equipped with an SB Tactical Brace, which folds to the right of the firearm. Although it appears to partially eject or block the ejection port it can still be accessed with the brace with the handle on either the left or right. However, it may get tighter towards the end of travel. The brace is not designed to be used with this gun, but it can be used in an emergency.
A 1913 rail adapter can be purchased to mount the gun’s rear and mount various braces and SBR. You can also add stock. The CZ Scorpion Micro has many options, and there are many aftermarket options.
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Mounting Accessories
This gun can be given the look you desire by accessorizing. Accessorizing this gun is not easy. Although many aftermarket parts can be used to modify the weapon and make it yours, there will still be some ergonomic issues that you need to address. We’ll discuss this in the mounting accessories section.
Optics
Mounting any optic for the CZ Scorpion Micro should be easy, provided that it is mounted towards the rear of your gun. Mounting an optic on the CZ Scorpion Micro can be complicated because of the charging handle.
If you have a broad item like an Eotech and you mount forward on your gun, your hand could affect the optic when you charge the weapon. This is a simple reminder. These issues will disappear if you mount your optic further back or use a Slimline optical like an Aimpoint Micro, a Holosun or a Holosun.
Irons
The CZ Scorpion Micro comes equipped with Magpul flip-up, iron sights. They don’t fit the gun and I have taken them off. They are decent sights, but they will not fit on an AR-15. I have irons that have no sights.
Instead of sticking with the CZ Scorpion Micro Micro, I would prefer to see this gun equipped with slim metal sights. The weapon is heavy and the Magpul on both ends makes it seem heavier.
Lights
It is difficult to mount a light on this gun. Mounting a light to this gun is difficult despite having multiple M-LOK attachments to each side and on the bottom of it, you will likely want to mount it off the top. Although you can mount one from the side, it will likely limit your ability to use the light with either your right or left hand.
It’s not possible to have an ambidextrous setup. I mounted a Modlite to a ModButton from the 12 o’clock Picatinny rail. It works well, but it is not the easiest light to reach with my thumb. If you don’t plan to have light at this gun, it is difficult to mount light to.
Control Devices
Control devices are easy to understand: they help you better control your gun. CZ placed a Magpul handstop in front of the firearm. It can be mounted in one or Picatinny slots. This is a great feature. It’s very short so make sure your hand does not go in front of it. You might lose a few fingers. Although the hand stop prevents this, you can always add an AFG or another item to this handguard. However, I don’t believe it’s suitable for that.
My favorite ergonomics are simply moving your hands back and using the magazine’s natural angle and handguard well, while keeping your front fingers pinned somewhere around the hand stop.
Sling
On both the left and right side of the gun, there is a sling for the CZ Scorpion Micro. That mount was used to attach a Parker Mountain Machine (a single-point sling) to the weapon’s rear. Two-point slings are my preference, but this gun doesn’t offer a good alternative.
You can mount a QD cup at any of the Picatinny rail slots, the top, or one of M-LOK slots on either side of the handguard. It isn’t ergonomic, though, as it can interfere with my gun’s grip. It’s not necessary to mount a QD cup to the top Picatinny Rail. Otherwise, it will be mounted quite far back. This still has the same characteristics as a one-pointed sling.
The gun is very short. I would like to see it addressed. However, I don’t see many people using this gun much. It is likely to be used for home defense and shooting at the range.
Shooting/Value
You’ll feel like you are shooting an MP5 when you first pick up your CZ Scorpion Micro. Although it feels different, it is still the same as the modern version. You can then slap the bolt home by bending the magwell.
You can aim the gun at the target by raising the safety lever. The safety lever will hit your knuckle. This is the beginning of a negative experience. You then start to feel the heavy trigger pulling and wonder “Man, is this ever going to happen?”
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The gun will produce a lot of recoil for 9mm handguns when it finally goes off. There are two ways to look at the recoil. The first is that it’s a fun gun to shoot and can be challenging. It’s not as fun or easy to shoot as a SIG Sauer MPX.
Final
It will all come down to you and your preference. The heavy recoil of CZ Scorpion Micro was something I enjoyed, but it wouldn’t be my go-to gun. If I choose a firearm to be my primary defensive weapon, I want it as easy as possible to aim on target.
Although the Scorpion Micro is a great gun, it has its flaws. It looks great, and you won’t find a better choice if that’s what your goal is. This gun is not the right choice if you are looking for something that excels in all categories. It is also not cheap. It retails at $1,100, and you have to wonder if other options are better.
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