CZs are nice , but aren't we forgetting someting???
I think that it is great that so many people love their CZs, but I'd like to point out that while they are going to be awesome for some people, they will not be the best fit for everyone. I've shot a CZ 75 and felt that it was pretty nice, but there are several other pistols that fit me a lot better. I agree with one of the earlier posts about the Beretta 92fs. I agree that the 92fs is a better pistol.
With factory or even mecgar magazines, it is one of the most reliable autoloaders ever produced. A lot of people feel that the 92fs grips are too big. Well, for people with smaller hands the Beretta 90two is a great alternative to the 92fs. The 90two is the next step in the evolution of the 92fs. People complained about how big the grips are for the 92fs, so Beretta improved the ergonomics with the 90two. They addressed a lot of other concerns that people had about the 92fs as well, but I'm not going to list all of the improvements here. I'll just list a few and get back to work.
The trigger reach on the Beretta 90two, with the standard grips, is less than the glock 19. Don't believe me? Go read the review on chuckhawks.com. If you don't want to pay $5 for a membership, go to a gun shop with a tape measurer. If my memory serves me right, the reviewer said that that the trigger reach on a Glock 19 was 3" and the trigger reach on the 90two was 2 15/16". For those people that still think the standard 90two grips are too thick, they can order the smaller grips directly from Beretta and swap them out. Yes, the 90two has interchangable grips.
Another issue that some people always seem to bitch about is the locking block on the 92fs. I really don't get this. The 92fs has got to be the most unjustly criticized gun of all time. People constantly parrot what they here from other people on forums without realizing that some of these problems existed 10 to 20 years ago, but were fixed a long time ago. During the military's famous pistol trials in the 80s, Sig had their fair share of problems as well, but you never hear people railing on Sigs. The locking blocks on the newer 92fs models are good for at least 20,000 rounds. The Beretta frames are good for at least 30,000 rounds (the round count that frame testing stops in military hand gun trials). There are folks at te beretta forum that have pistols with round counts of over 75,000 with the original locking blocks. If you are paranoid about having that part replaced, go with the 90two. The 90two has a recoil buffer that should extend the life of the locking block and frame well beyond the expected life of a 92fs.
I'm sorry for hijacking this thread, but I believe that the Beretta pistols are better quality than CZs. The Beretta 92 series also fits me better than any other autoloader out there that I've ever shot. That is not to say that they'll fit everyone, but they are really great guns and super values. You asked why people love CZs. It is because those guns fit these people very well. Find out what fits you best and never look back.