Lothar
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From your original post ...
"The intended use of the gun is strictly for slow-fire bullseye target shooting. It will not be a home-defense or carry weapon. I don't compete, so it's just for personal fun. What's fun to me is getting the tightest possible groups on slow-fire targets, and occasional steel shooting."
If this is really what you want to do, then there are better choices than either the CZ75 SA Target or the STI Trojan. I would highly recommend the STI TargetMaster for this kind of activity. It has a 6" bull barrel and mine was impressively accurate if I did my job correctly.
Unless one takes the time to lock each gun up in a bench rest to test for accuracy, I think we're wandering into nit-picking land.
As for "reliability", I never had issues with my TargetMaster (nor have I had issues with my STI Sentry or the CZ). I presume you're concerned about alleged 9mm 1911's being "finicky". I'd venture to say that in fast-moving competition shooting, you might have a point. However a friend of mine who shoots IDPA is qualified as ESP Expert with a 9mm 1911. He's close to making Master. I would think he'd dispell the notion that 9mm 1911's are problematic.
Bottom line is try to handle and shoot both. Consider other options to match up better with your stated intention. Nobody wants to spend their money recklessly. Good for you in doing lots of research -- I did that and have not had any regrets.
Good luck!
Thanks for the comments, etaoin. Of course there's always a better option out there, for almost any gun, for somebody willing to spend the money. For me though at this point of my shooting "career," $1100 is about my max, and even that is pushing my limits. So I'm not looking for the best possible gun available for my intended shooting purpose, but rather the best that's available in my price range. When I'm ready to step it up a level, as I mentioned earlier, I'll probably go with a Sig X-Five or maybe even an X-Six Scandic. The latter is my dream gun, but prohibitively expensive.
I've been trying to get my hands on both of the pistols that I posted about in my OP for a couple of weeks now, to try them out, with no luck (mostly because the one place near me that would likely have them available for rent has been closed down for renovation). So this discussion is just sort of a stop-gap measure for me to try to learn more about them until I can try them out. If I like the feel of both of them equally, then I may be biased toward the one that seems to be getting the best comments here. If one feels and shoots better than the other to me, then that's the one I'll buy, regardless of what is being said here. I still appreciate hearing everybody's comments though either way.