CZ-75 D Compact vs Glock 19

[owenv]

I'm in the market for a 9mm pistol. I like double actions w/decockers. But I am having a hard time deciding between the CZ and Glock. Any advice is appreciated.

[Sauermonkey]

Glocks are fine pistols I carried one as a LEO but I like the CZ75 compact all steel version better I find the grip more comfortable and recoil easier to control.
I find the CZ75 more accurate the frame rails are reversed like the super accurate SIG 210, but of course accuracy is subjective. If you have smaller hands you might like the CZ better they have lots of thin grip options available also.

[Gat Man]

If you’re looking for a double action manual decocker then the G19 or any other striker fired pistol is out. Due the roster, probably “limited” to CZ, Sig, Beretta, HK.

[static2126]

I am a glock shooter but a cz p01 is a wonderful gun.

Esp tuned by CGW

[1911aholic]

CZ P-01


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[SloChicken]

Glock is an utterly reliable block of plastic.

The cz75 is effectively every bit as reliable, and has one of the best in hand grip feels of any firearm made.

Hard to not like CZ, even if their machining can, at times, be pretty eastern european, to put it nicely.

Neither choice will be wrong.

Eta, you may want to also consider a witness compact in steel by tanfoglio. It is effectively a clone, but with better machining IMO.

[W.R.Buchanan]

My first Front Sight Pistol was a CZ40P It was Czech Police Pistol in .40 S&W that they made too many of, and they got sold off here by J&G sales.

It was a great gun, however if you are not that familiar with Pistol Shooting a Decocker is not the place to start.

There are too many manipulations you must make to run a Decocker. First you must Decock the gun every time you re-holster it or you risk shooting yourself in the leg. The trigger on CZ Decockers is around 3 lbs when cocked and is easy to catch when re-holstering.

Next you must cock the hammer manually when you want to do a chamber check or any manipulation requiring you to run the slide, other than charging an empty gun. This gets old fast, and you will forget it 90% of the time, only to fail..

Last and probably most important, there are two trigger pulls to master. No way around that, your first shot from the holster is always Double Action.

All these things add up to Mega Frustration.

With a Glock you can insert a magazine, run the slide, and pull the trigger, and that's it. So much easier to learn it is pathetic.

I sold my CZ40P for twice what I paid for it and bought a G35 which I took back to Front Sight and graduated with. I DG'd with My G21SF.

Any Decocker is simply too complicated to run for a new shooter or one who hasn't got exception Pistol Skills to begin with. Now if you learn all the basics on a Glock then you can add the other operations of the Decocker much easier. However after you use the Glock you will probably not want to deal with a Decocker, as there is not one IOTA of an advantage to using one over a Glock or other Striker Fired pistol, and plenty of disadvantages.

Now a CZ75B that you can run cocked and locked like a 1911 is a completely different story, and I wouldn't have sold mine if I had had that gun instead of the Decocker.

After ten years I still have the Pea Sized Callus on my right thumb from hitting the decocker on that pistol a few thousand times.

[Oldmandan]

I own a SP-01, P-01 and a PCR. SP-01 has a safety, the other 2 have decockers. I prefer the P-01 the most.

I choose not to own any Glocks, not that they’re bad or anything, just kind of boring in my opinion... grip feel is poor, plastic sights, they all warp in the front. They’re just not something I would spend $500-$550 on, when for $50 more you can get a CZ or something else that will holds its value 20 years from now

[owenv]

Thanks for all your help calguners. I have a Beretta PX4 Storm .40 witch I like a lot. What I really want is the Px4 Compact Carry but sadly..... they are an off roster gun.

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[M76]

Beretta M9 or 92FS is another option, both on roster

[calif 15-22]

I have G19s, G17s, and G34 MOS. Held a CZ 75D PCR and now in the hunt for one. The alloy frame feels great in my hand. Very nice looking gun

[stormvet]

Decocker DA/SA are so 1990’s but if it’s what you like. I stopped shooting and owning them many years ago, striker or SA on semi-auto pistols now.

So of course my vote goes to the Glock 19.

[Warehouse13]

Glocks are fine pistols I carried one as a LEO but I like the CZ75 compact all steel version better I find the grip more comfortable and recoil easier to control.
I find the CZ75 more accurate the frame rails are reversed like the super accurate SIG 210, but of course accuracy is subjective. If you have smaller hands you might like the CZ better they have lots of thin grip options available also.

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[rodralig]

I'm in the market for a 9mm pistol. I like double actions w/decockers. But I am having a hard time deciding between the CZ and Glock. Any advice is appreciated.

Maybe understand the use case first. - what kind of shooting are you looking at? Indoor range plinking, home defense, carry/self-defense, tacti-Cool classes, action shooting, Bullseye, etc.? Or simply for a collection?

My experience is that most people with no training just shoot their double action pistols in single action.

Reverse frame rails won't help 99. 9% of shooters with accuracy.

How a gun feels in the hand has little to do with how well you shoot it.

As always, words of wisdom!!!

It was a great gun, however if you are not that familiar with Pistol Shooting a Decocker is not the place to start.

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Last and probably most important, there are two trigger pulls to master. No way around that, your first shot from the holster is always Double Action.

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With a Glock you can insert a magazine, run the slide, and pull the trigger, and that's it. So much easier to learn it is pathetic.

All that is said and done - I don't see any problems with a Glock 19 Gen 3. Even stock and using factory ammo... Cheap, reliably boring, accurate, easy to maintain, etc. and most especially, gets the job done!


First time at Front Sight's 4DDHG - "Distinguished Graduate" with a "Snowman." This was in December of 2018. ... with a G19.3...



Recent classifier at IDPA in the compact pistol division, again, with a G19.3. Expert class (even if I rarely shoot the 19).



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[deadcoyote]

I left my last LE position a year and some change ago and transitioned into a gig where I had to supply my own weapon. I was initially looking at a Glock 19 and
considering a CZ 75 compact but ended up going with a sig sp2022 9mm. Great gun, about the size of a 19. I love it.