Browning/FN Hi Power and CZ-75: Are They Related?

[Talyn]

Some have claimed the Hi-Power and CZ-75 are related. S.A. Camp looked at these two pistols and see where they share common traits and where they don't in order to see just how true their being "family" is…or is not.

Hi Power and CZ-75: Are They Related?

 

[HansGruber]

I would agree with those assessments…while it uses some design elements, it’s its own design.

Let’s face it—there’s a lot of handguns that use the BHP system, but are not BHP’s.

 

[Talyn]

I would agree with those assessments…while it uses some design elements, it’s its own design.

Let’s face it—there’s a lot of handguns that use the BHP system, but are not BHP’s.

Most handgun designs over the last 120 years are "cousins" in one way or another.

 

[Snake45]

I recently bought a replica CO2/BB CZ75 because they don't make a replica P35 and I thought the CZ was as close as I could get. When it came, I measured both (P35 and CZ replica) with dial calipers. The critical dimensions of grip width and trigger reach were amazingly close, but the CZ feels noticeably fatter in my hand. I don't know why. (Overall length and height are also very, very similar.)

The CZ's grip has a few more degrees of angle than the P35's, as is evident from the above picture.

The CZ's slide, from the front of the frame back, is a lot fatter than the wonderfully slim P35 slide. Not as fat as a Glock's, of course, but fat enough that it won't go into the old Bianchi M66 holster I keep my P35 in. (The M66 was made primarily for the 1911 but holds the P35 quite nicely as well.)

I enjoy shooting the BB C75, but it's not an exact understudy for the P35, as my CO2 1911 and M1 carbine are.

 

[SimonRL]

Thanks for the very informative article. I’ve often wondered this. I have a CZ75B Omega and really like its “old school” looks. I wonder if anyone has done a side-by-side of these two guns at the range.

 

[Annihilator]

Good article Talyn, thanks.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Thanks for the very informative article. I’ve often wondered this. I have a CZ75B Omega and really like its “old school” looks. I wonder if anyone has done a side-by-side of these two guns at the range.

We can make that happen next range session

 

[SimonRL]

We can make that happen next range session

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