Browing Hi power of CZ 75B?

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Thinking of getting another 9mm and would like one with small hand friendly grip size, and all metal construction. I have shot the Hi Power before and the grip is nice, but I also hear the CZ-75b has one of the nicest feeling grips out there. I want the High power since its a classic and available from Browning in a very nice polished Blue, but the CZ is more modern and has a nicer trigger from what I hear and no magazine disconnect.

Anyone have any input on the matter? Any pro's or cons on each? Pics would be nice as well.

Thanks.
 
Never shot a Hi-Power but I can tell you that my CZ Shadowline is one of my best handguns. Can't go wrong with it.

Gilbert
 
I have shot but not owned the CZ-75b and liked it, comfortable to shoot / handle and accurate to boot.

Having said that, the first centerfire handgun I bought was a new Browning Hi-Power back in the 1960s and I really liked it.
Unfortunately, being the fool that I am it was swapped away years ago and I have been looking for a 60s vintage BHP ever since..
 
The cZ 75 has a very comfortable grip, for me anyway. The HP grip is a bit smaller than the cZ and the trigger reach is a bit shorter. Both are fine pistols and you will not be disappointed with either.
 
You won't be disappointed with either one. I have a CZ75 and love it. But with the Hi Power you have a piece of history, John Browning's final hand gun design. I've been looking for a MKI for almost 2 years now and haven't found the right one for me yet, but a Hi Power is on my must have list.
 
Not sure if it is "modern" anymore. It is only 40 years younger than the Hipower and a 40 year old design itself.

Honestly not much has changed drastically in pistol designs in the last half century.

Really, if you can afford both, get both. Neither will let you down.
 
I have both...

If I had to choose, Browning Hi Power.

Just something about the polished blued finish, the history and nostalgia behind it.

I could pick it up and enjoy looking at it longer than the CZ.

And maybe it's just me, I shoot it better than my Shadowline.










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LeeEnfieldNo.4_mk1 said:
Thinking of getting another 9mm and would like one with small hand friendly grip size, and all metal construction. I have shot the Hi Power before and the grip is nice, but I also hear the CZ-75b has one of the nicest feeling grips out there. I want the High power since its a classic and available from Browning in a very nice polished Blue, but the CZ is more modern and has a nicer trigger from what I hear and no magazine disconnect.

Anyone have any input on the matter? Any pro's or cons on each? Pics would be nice as well.

Thanks.
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You can remove the HiPower's magazine disconnect and have the trigger worked on. Get the HiPower. Then if you can't afford the CZ as well, get the Norinco copy, apparently that's one of the ones Norinco got right. If you like that, upgrade it eventually with the real thing, the Norinco should sell for not much loss.

(You were wondering which of two guns to buy, I just showed you the way to buy three. Pretty Gunnutz, eh?.)
 
Have both, an 85 combat and a 1970s HP, once you have owned both you won't be able to live with out both!

M
 
Owned a HP years ago, have a Shadow now.
As said, both are fantastic.
If I was buying to look at, fondle and appreciate as an heirloom I'd take the HP,
If I was going to use it for a shooting sport (IPSC, etc...) I'd go with the CZ.
There's no wrong answer in this thread.
 
It might not be a big consideration for you but the HP is SA only where the CZ is DA/SA if you want to use it that way. So it'll affect what classes you can use the guns for in competitions.
 
CZ 75's do not fit small or short hands. Would have bought one when they first came here, 30 some years ago, if they did. Still tear up a bit over it. sniff. They came with a factory shot, test target, in the box. Every one of 'em would do an easy 2" group. No idea with what ammo or at what distance though.
BHP's do fit short hands. That daft mag safety was only put in because the pistol was going to be marketed to European police who required it. Wasn't in the original design.
 
sunray said:
CZ 75's do not fit small or short hands. Would have bought one when they first came here, 30 some years ago, if they did. Still tear up a bit over it. sniff. They came with a factory shot, test target, in the box. Every one of 'em would do an easy 2" group. No idea with what ammo or at what distance though.
BHP's do fit short hands. That daft mag safety was only put in because the pistol was going to be marketed to European police who required it. Wasn't in the original design.
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Actually, I believe the disconnect was in the original design. The BHP was designed in response to a French army request for a new sidearm. One of the requirements in the request for proposals was a magazine disconnect safety.

as to the OP's question.....I have both and while I slightly prefer the the HP they are both very good guns. Which is better for you will end up being a matter of personal preference.

Both guns are probably more accurate than most shooters. This is 20 rounds at 20 yards with my 1977 BHP. I'm sure many here could do far better but for what it's worth I find the Browning to be pretty easy to shoot.

 
Browning to look at, CZ to shoot the bejeepers out of it. I have a Shadow, its great, but I fondled a HP and a CZ Omega side by side, loved them both. Get a CZ 85 Combat!
 
To my eyes the CZ is basically an updated modernized HiPower... I believe a few parts interchange, but I could be wrong.

Both are high quality. And both have great reputations. Really you can't go wrong with either.

But.... in the hand, how it feels, is important to handgun users. You need to feel them in your hand, try shooting them in a side by side comparison.

One of those two does not agree with my hands. Doesn't matter to you which one, because you may not feel things the same way. The other feels natural to me.
 
The FN Hi Power is nice to be sure but Sauve could not get around the Colt patient of the 1911 and as a result the trigger on a Hi-Power at best is pretty average considering what can be done to a CZ. Go with the CZ if you plan to play IPSC or IDPA. There is one for sale on EE now for $500. A steal by any definition.

Incidentally John Browning died in 1926 nine years before the Hi-Power we know today saw the light of day. Some of the design work of the earlier Browning designs found there way into the Hi-Power but Sauve was the chief designer for FN at the time and is generally given credit to the final design of the Hi-Power outside the US. The French wanted the mag disconnect to save on the cost of magazines. Apparently they remembered the mud of Flanders.

Take Care

Bob
 
Good to hear both are good pistols. I might just go with Both lol. But what to get first? I think I might go for the CZ since I have already experienced the Hi-power. But the New Hi-power with the nice blued finish just looks so nice. Decisions are hard.
 
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