A new service pistol from CZ does not come along every year, so the DUTY 4.0 deserves a close look from Mountain State handgun buyers. It is striker-fired, chambered in 9x19mm, and built on a serialized modular chassis inside a fiberglass-reinforced polymer frame. The slide is optics-ready by direct mount, the sights are fixed, and the 4-inch barrel is plain, not threaded.

Choose between the C compact, 15+1 rounds and 770 g, and the F full-size, 17+1 and 780 g; both are 7.4 inches long and 1.3 inches wide. MS models add a manual thumb safety. From Charleston and Huntington up to Morgantown, Fairmont and Clarksburg, and across to Martinsburg and Charles Town in the Eastern Panhandle, this is a house gun, a carry gun where allowed, and a range gun in one, with a 5.6-pound SFDA trigger that rewards practice.

Pick the F when the gun lives on a belt or in a bedside rather than under a T-shirt. Over the compact it adds two rounds (17+1 against 15+1), about 8 mm of grip and 10 g of weight, and nothing else changes.

CZ built the DUTY around a serialized chassis that the polymer grip module wraps around, the same idea that lets a owner change frame size without buying a new serialized gun. The trigger is a refined SFDA striker unit, 25 ± 4 N (5.6 ± 0.9 lbs) pull, 0.16 in (4 mm) reset, 9 ± 1 mm (0.4 ± 0.04 in) travel. The slide takes optics by direct mounting; CZ's product photos show Holosun, Aimpoint and Shield units in place. Sights are fixed, the four-inch barrel is not threaded.

A external safety is the one thing that separates this model from its sibling. It sits beside the three passive safeties, firing pin block, trigger safety and drawbar safety, and does not change the trigger pull.

Best fit: the belt, the bedside and the range; the version to buy if you rarely need to hide the gun. Shooters coming from a CZ 75 will recognize the grip angle; owners coming from any other striker gun will notice the trigger first.

Order the DUTY 4.0 and tell us which West Virginia dealer should receive it. West Virginia has no purchase permit and no waiting period; your dealer runs the NICS check at pickup and hands the pistol over once it clears. Ammo and gear come to your door direct. Price and availability are confirmed live when the order goes in, before you pay.

Questions buyers ask: Does West Virginia require a permit or a wait for a handgun? No purchase permit and no waiting period. Your dealer runs the NICS check when you pick the pistol up. What is the difference between the DUTY 4.0 C and F? The C is 135 mm tall with 15+1 rounds; the F is 143 mm tall with 17+1. Barrel, slide, trigger, length and width are the same. Is the CZ DUTY 4.0 F MS the same gun as the F? Yes, apart from the manual thumb safety. Chassis, trigger, slide and the 17+1 capacity are identical.