[Lurker]

Here's the review of the CZ I ordered. All in all I'm very pleased.

As always the opinions posted are mine, your mileage may vary, and any technical errors are mine and mine alone.

[OldDeckHand]

"Use ONLY 9X18 Makarov ammo in this pistol."

That can't be cheap.

[fso301]

Thanks for the Saturday evening gun porn.

[Dick Bachert]

Looks like a knock-off of the Walther PPK.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’m not partial to Commie pistols, you have to clean the neck hairs off the muzzle before using them.

[TonyInOhio]

Great review, I enjoyed reading it.

I'm partial to a different pistol chambered in 9x18:

That's a Polish P-64. Close in size to a Walther PPK but slimmer, the double action/single action trigger with decocker makes it a safe CCW pistol. And, it's even cheaper than the CZ-82 - you can find them online for less than $150.00 in good shooting condition.

A couple of caveats about the P-64, though - the recoil is sharp, so you really need to hang on, and the stock DA trigger pull must be something like 20 pounds. :) Fortunately, replacing the recoil and mainsprings with a new set from Wolff is easy and makes the trigger much more manageable.

[Uri’el-2012]

The CZ Model 82 is the finest variant of the Makarov 9x18 platform.

• The recoil is the most manageable of all variants.
• It has the highest capacity 13 rounds.
• The barrel is hammer forged polygonal rifling.
• Fixed barrel is extremely accurate.

With a Dura-Kote finish and a custom wood grip
it will compare with the finest.

[arthurus]

My eyes over the years have got some crazy astigmatism and I can no longer shoot my handguns with any accuracy except for my Hungarian Makarov that I got when the Russian army was selling off everything they could find to sell. I paid $119 for it. I can still shoot good groups with it at 30 feet for some reason. I don’t try to aim any more, just point and shoot.

[Armedanddangerous]

The owner needs to get a few more magazines as soon as he can. Id never buy any sort of high capacity handgun without at least four mags for it.

Magazines can break, get lost or stolen. Remember the period during the clinton ugly gun ban when 13-14-15 round magazines were hard to come by?

[mylife]

This is one of my regular carrys.

A Great pistol. The Czechs expounded on 60 years of KGB success

[Vimes]

Thanks for the great review. I recently purchased 2 of these from J&G but haven’t gotten them to the range yet. I noticed that if I try to unload the magazine by gently pressing a round forward with my thumb the front of the case hangs up on the front lip of the magazine. This happens with FMJ and HPs on one mag, and only with HPs on the other. Note that it will chamber, but makes a mark on the case. I was wondering if your magazines are similar and if that might relate to the feed problems with that one particular brand of ammo. A sharp rap on the back of the magazine doesn’t seem to change the behavior for me.

ps.
This loading tool works pretty well:
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/MAG001-1.html

[Jonah Hex]

I just got back from the range with my new (to me) CZ.82, and fully endorse your review. (smile) The CZ.823 is a nice, clean (in terms of minimal protrusions to hang up on a pocket draw) accurate shootin' iron. Since this is my first sidearm in 9x18, some starter ammo was in order; luckily, it's cheap compared to .380.

I bought mine from AIM Surplus for $220 plus 1 penny shipping. My first weapons purchase using my C&R FFL, I'm well satisfied.