[willy]

CZ has always had a good rep as far as durablity and overall design characteristics. There fit and finish has never been up to par with several other manufacturers pieces. They are of similar quality to Taurus Arms as far as overall production qualities, in fact Taurus as of the recent years has surpassed many of the other foreign made arms in overall quality.
That being said they make a fine durable arm that can often be bought at a reduced price. They are also often the basis for custom firearms and with those modifications can make a superior weapon for personal defense and/or competition.
Glock is a diffrent animal all together, like CB said they have had some minor issues in the distant past but were then a new firearm concept and first and foremost a military arm and serve extremely well in that capacity.
Over the past decade their weapons have improved dramaticaly to suit the police market of which they now are far and away the hands down major market share holder.
And it is not just because of price, their durability under adverse conditions is phenominal, there accuracy excellent and their durabilityand many designs have put the other manufactures on their heels.
I have spent thousands of rounds thru every manufactures weapons as the Range Master for our PD and as tester for both the county and our PD setting up trials for weapons procurement and have made the decisions for those purchases. Lives were always on the line.
Fifteen years ago Sig Sauer P226 and smaller variants for the diffrent uses in the PD's was far and away the weapon of choice. They were then and are today one of the best quality firearms you can purchase for any handgun purpose.
That being said there are numerous other weapons the past decade which provide as good if not better performance, Heckler and Koch, Glock in particular.
Personaly I carried for many years a Colt Government model which had some very competent work done to it to improve it for PD carry purposes. In the hands of a man that practices and who is well trained it is by far the best personal defense/close range anti personnel weapon available when selected in 45 Caliber. Today it is available as a stock weapon from the factory with unmatched capability from numerous makers.
But there is a caveat, these weapons are designed to be carried cocked and locked and unless you become intimate with this form of weapon carry it can be a safety nightmare and its image can be unnerving for the uninformed.
Today for a carry weapon I have one of the ten shot 45cal Glocks, it is small and easy to carry, incredibly accurate and reliable as a hammer. I removed the factory plastic sight which have always been problematic and installed a set of good three dot night sights and am very comfortable in meeting any close encounter with it. I highly recommend it. They are easy to work on and parts are available everywhere. In a good caliber 45 highly recommended for man sized shooters it is a very hard to surpass weapon and for the money a good deal.
I would recommend that in a close encounter situation for which I trained hundreds of officers for three decades, several of which had the misfortune to have had to apply those techniques, you spend the extra money on a good quality weapon from a major manufacturer in a good caliber with 9MM being the smallest exceptable, and practice practice practice practice. If you can afford to play and buy numerous handguns to play with God bless you, I have been very fortunate in that regard due to competition and desire to seek the ultimate by all means get the CZ and anything else that tickels your fancy, but alway remember the very tried and centuries old saying that is as true today as ever.
BEWARE THE MAN WITH ONE GUN