>>64123267
Part of the problem is that the pistol had originally been designed for 9mm Luger, and was then hurriedly adapted to 7.62mm Tokarev for Warsaw Pact compliance, more or less like a factory caliber conversion, so as far as the pistol is concerned it's like you're always running +P.
That doesn't exactly excuse the infamously brittle firing pin, or the too literal decocker (if you were to Mexican Carry it), but it's one of the reasons for its problems.

And yeah, it's like the polar opposite of the CZ75, a really good pistol everyone likes. Always had this fantasy in my head of a CZ75 variant in 7.62mm Tokarev, or hell, some kind of weird hybrid of the CZ52 and CZ75.
Picture a double-stack frame with a DA/SA trigger and inverted slide rails, but then a roller-locked short-recoil action with that same kind of stylish angular slide. Either 9mm or 7.62mm, it'd be cool in either.

Oh yeah, and speaking of rollers, here's the H&K P9, which was their roller-delayed 9mm pistol.