We have at least one, maybe two, CZ topics active now in this forum. Please read those. I can only repeat here what I said there.
Note that I posted in one of those and in the Lounge about CZ pistols on the Australian TV show, "Sea Patrol." Click my link there to see a CZ-85 held by the cute medic on HMAS Hammersley. Hers has the spur shape hammer. Note the safety on the right; it is a CZ-85, not a CZ-75. The lettering on her cap is legible, so not a flipped transparency. You don't see a lot of CZ's in films and on TV, and I think that's hurt the brand's popularity.
My CZ-75B has never jammed and is very accurate. It 's certainly on par with my Beretta M-92FS and that's saying something. The gun fits the hand very well. My son is also impressed with the CZ, and he has several of the more publicized 9mm's, too. I like the stainless one, but most have that duck-tailed tang that I hate. The epoxy (?) finish has held up well on mine, the basic CZ-75B.
The main issue with the basic CZ without a hammer-dropping safety is that you must be VERY careful in lowering a hammer on a live round...as with Colt, Browning, Star, etc. SA pistols. (You can carry cocked and locked, if not preferring a DA carry.)
I think the best way to sell you a CZ-75, P-01, etc. is for you to pick it up and see how it feels. Shoot it, and you'll probably be hooked. You have been warned!
