Walt Sherrill
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The CZ-75 seemed to borrow heavily from the SIG P210 and a bit from the Hi-Power.
Having owned and detailed stripped all three, I can tell you that there's very little about the CZ that is similar to the SIG P-210 or BHP.
The BHP and SIG P-210 are both SA only models with vastly different internals (from each other and the CZ.)
About the only thing that the CZ shares with the P-210 is the slide within the frame (also found in a number of other guns, including Stars.) Whether that feature really contributes to accuracy is an unanswered question, as many top-notch bullseye guns don't have that feature. Many custom gun-makers and 'smiths also say that barrel to slide fit is far more important than slide to frame fit.
The only thing the CZ has in common with the BHP is the general ergonomics of the frame, but in the case of the CZ, its done with a DA/SA mechanism, rather than SA only, and has a greater round capacity. I have both, now, and find either a pleasure to shoot, and ergonomically superior to nearly all other guns.
The P-210 is superb, but the older models (like the P-210-6 I owned) have hard-to-use European-style mag releases, are limited to eight rounds in VERY expensive magazines, have a safety that can be difficult to release, and sights that have sharp edges that will sometimes require rounding (or result in blood-letting if you do a clearance drill.)
All three are well executed designs; the big advantage of the P-210 over the other two is the care with which it is built/fit and finished. Well-tuned versions of all three will generally perform better than the person using them.
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