I have the savage with the plain stock and thin barrel because that's all that's offered in a left hand version. As it is, off sand bags, it's a sub 1" gun at 100 yds with the cheap CCI Walmart HPs. I can hunt it at night in crappy conditions and not worry about dinging it up. For me it works just fine.
Never shot a CZ so can't comment on them. I do like the looks of them though.