CZ 75 grip vs BHP Grip.

So i have yet to hold a full size CZ 75. I did hold a compact version which fit my medium sized hands very very well, though it was a little undersized. Also held a full size BHP and it might be the most comfortable handgun i've held to date. More so than a 1911 or an M&P of which i both love the feel.

My question is how much bigger is the full size CZ grip? Anyone that has a BHP and a CZ 75 could you snap a picture to compare?
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The CZ 75 is slightly bigger, I could wrap a string around them and measure if you like. My CZ 85B was sold to me by someone with small hands. He had bought it thinking it would work for him, but after 50 rounds he concluded his hands were too small as he had to adjust his grip to operate the safety or slide lock.

My hand, measured from base of palm to tip of longest finger is 8".

Why not get the Browning Hi Power? You have held it and liked it? Just asking.

Let me repeat a story I have told a few times. I have always owned firearms but didn't shoot them much because I couldn't afford it and was working night and day. Well, time passes and I have earned a better salary and I can now get by on 40 hour weeks (but the down side is now I am old enough my eyes are giving me grief) I started shooting more about four years ago. I bought a very popular brand and would shoot it, but the groups were always huge. I just figured I had "lost it" over the years. Finally the firearm was jamming so much and I was so mad that I left the range and went back into the shop. My Dad had raised us on Browning, I still have my first .22LR SA Belgium that my Dad gave me when I was around 8.

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I saw two BHP's on the shelf. They had been there for at least a couple of months. I had become friends with the guys there and they looked it up and those two BHPs had been bought to stock the store when they opened and had been there three years. So I traded the jam-o-matic for one on the spot. I lost money and was in "one of those moods" and didn't care. I didn't loose a lot. :-) I took that BHP into the range and first shot was right where I aimed. I paused. I smiled inside and probably outside too. :D I hadn't lost it, I just didn't remember where I had put it. :p

The date is wrong on the report, that is the day I went and got out my old targets to log them.

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I then took all of the firearms from that "other" manufacturer and traded them off, and I got the other BHP from the shelf in the process. That was literally the happiest firearm day of my life.

Then I read Stephen camp's web pages about BHPs.

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/

I even emailed him some questions and he quickly responded. Shortly there after he passed away. I felt I had lost a friend.

Through his research I learned about the CZ 75 family and when I found one locally I bought it.

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I can't say which I like the most, I like the BHPs and the CZ. I shoot the CZ more, but that is because I have become somewhat protective of the beautiful bluing my BHPs have.

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As for trigger differences, I don't care if they are different, I only care if the trigger affects my ability to shoot. I can adapt with two or three shots to most any trigger if I put my mind to it.

Good luck with your "hunt". Find a full size and hold it. Buy a BHP or the CZ, I will never get rid of mine.
 
Did some digging and like others said the frame on the compact 75 other than length is the same dimensions as the full. I can't say it was as comfortable as the high power but it was very comfortable, more so than any 1911 i've held and i enjoy those. Regarding the frame size i saw more people mentioning that they wear medium and small size gloves the cz 75 full size fit them adequately. I'm not too concerned. I mean yeah my hands are small, but i really am not worried about the trigger length on the DA pull. I only plan on shooting in SA. Whether i convert it or not.

The reason i don't have my sights set on the high power is cost, truth be told i prefer the aesthetics of the 75 for what'd i'd be doing. If i got a BHP i would want it nice and clean like yours above and it would probably never see the range that much.

My hand measured from base to tip of my middle finger is right at 7"

Think i'm going to wait on the shadow for 880$. Hopefully they'll come back in stock.
 
Lol the SP01 is coming first and foremost. Then i would probably look to the TS in the future, distant future though because it's going to require some work to slim down. Then maybe a Pro Tek 2-M from the custom shop for carry :o Though yeah wouldn't mind a BHP either. I just got a new job so...needless to say i will have a good bit of spending money made this year. I more than likely add some handguns to my collection and finish my two rifles i set out on last summer.

I want the whole set. Hell if they would just make a standard SP01 40 with a safety i would jump on it, i've shot limited with my M&P40 don't necessarily need a huge 5.4" gun to shoot with like the TS though it would be nice. Whatever i go i want to stick with the same controls. Safeties all around, no decocker. Thought i might like the decocker since i'm used to not having a safety with my striker fired guns but i like shooting in single action and that would be pretty dangerous IMO.
 
If you can handle a 75SA(same frame as standard shadow) and a Sp-01 before you decide. It doesn't look like it but the grip on the two guns feels different. The non rail shadows feel better and balance better than the sp-01 for me. Now you could be different.
 
Here is a picture of my hands on our glock 21 I know the 75 isn't that large. Was actually trying to get to a gun store today but most of them were closed.
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