I've never owned a CZ-75 or one of its clones but I have fired several that belonged to shooting buddies. I also am not a fan of the small gripping area of the inside-the-frame slides, especially on those with nut-cracker capable recoil springs. For me, it's a combination of a loss of grip strength as I rocket along toward 80 trips around the sun, and not enough surface area to apply the strength I've got left.

I like the Hi-Power very much, but not as much as the 1911. The 1911 feels better in my hand than the Hi-Power and I prefer its sliding trigger to that of any gun with a trigger hinged at the top. If I'd never discovered the 1911, I'd probably be carrying a Hi-Power.

All that said, I really did like the accuracy of the CZs I shot and I found the trigger on a shooting buddy's tricked-out competition CZ pistol very nice.