leadslinger wrote:
Don't get me wrong. I love the BHP and it paved the way for the future. But you can make a CZ75 grip thinner than a single stack 1911.. And nice grip = better shooting. My 1911 width with standard grip panels are 1.3" wide. My CZ 75 with thin grips is 1.13" and it is a double stack magazine.
And biggest issue with the BHP is the safety. The standard safety is near impossible to operate with gloves, or if your hands are slippery. I have not shot a MK3 that has extended controls. The CZ75 is inspired by the BHP. With CZ being super popular in the shooting world, you will never have a shortage of CZ parts.
Slide release was rather small also, and that magazine safety horrible. I bought my FN, with adjustable sights back in the very early 80's. The first thing I tried was polishing the surface of that safety and area on magazines that it contacted, That helped a little, then I found a reference on how to remove it and wonders be, a tremendous difference, no gritty feeling. Later I got a Cylinder and Slide wide trigger which is not made to accomadate that safety. and finally went for again a C&S extended safety, cnc milled sear, hammer, and a Bar Sto match barrel. That all took about 15 years, but it is one fine shooting handgun now.