Victor- Wow, you remember an old post of mine? I'm honored!
I spent over two hours tuesday morning at a firearms instructor/dealer/collector that a friend at work recommended. He had an example of each pistol I was interested in as well as several others. The Cougar was eliminated due to the trigger pull being so far back to release the hammer. After trying the Cougar,two Sigs, a Smith 909, and a High Power, he then brought out a CZ with Hogue grips and boy oh boy that did it! The instant I picked it up it was like the designer had me in mind. I all along have liked the CZ trigger the best and now I had the grip comfort too. The gun I bought is the military version with the curves on the grip panels.
CZ USA has flat checkered grips and wood grips available also. Hogues are on order.