On the right, the now-rarely-seen CZ 75 SP-01 Tactical, with a diploma that shows that employee who administered the final exam might have hit the beer-vending machine in the lunch room a bit too much, first. No problemo, it leaves me with an achievable goal to "shoot for". :)
On the left, a bit of a mystery, but with great credentials. Both are all-steel, the SP-01 in .40, the Police in 9mm. Both got welcome-to-America grips fancier than the black rubber or plastic ones they arrived with. They may yet acquire some high-tech grips.
The basic model, "75 BD" is, according to the catalog, an ordinary variation, and part of their regular product line (if you can ever find one). Value-conscious shooters tend to snap up CZ products so quickly that most don't stay in stores for long. It's almost a cult item, with not enough for even the hard-core to just walk into a country (never urban) Wally World and get rung up.
What makes this one a mystery, outside the factory, is the combination of features that appear (or not) on different sub-models. All-steel frame, loaded chamber indicator, bright stainless trigger, can be found in different permutations on other models, but not all together on one. Especially the slide stamping POLICE, which isn't documented anywhere. To the CZ "enthusiast", it adds a hint of mystery to what already is a fine weapon that can be made even finer with the proper skills.
