You can still buy it in any quantity for as low as a dime a bullet. (Avoid the very old milsurp, go for 1970s or later manufacture. There is plenty around.) This bottlenecked round is the same size as a 9mm for the first inch, then it necks down to .30 caliber. So it holds a bunch of powder, to throw an 85 or 90 grain bullet at up to 1,600fps. This is a heck of a lot of energy!
The knock against it has been that it is too penetrating in full metal jacket. This is true, but it's also a great quality for going through car doors or other obstacles.
But now I've discovered that Wolf sells "Wolf Gold" (shiny brass) ammo in this hot caliber in jacketed hollow points. It costs $19/50 at "Cheaper Than Dirt." It's not listed in the regular catalogs, only the annual "Master Catalog" and online. This is very cheap for modern brass JHP ammo, half of what American 9mm JHPs cost.
I shot some test rounds into sand (what I had handy) and they mushroomed out to .60 caliber, the same as 9mm test rounds in the same sand. The only difference was the .30 caliber base sticking out of the flat mushroom, instead of a 9mm base.
So you can have one caliber that has a good defense round in JHP, and another super penetrator in FMJ. And at .30 caliber and 1,600 fps, this bullet shoots FLAT and FAR!
I have a superb CZ-52 pistol in this caliber, and it has very fine sights, that is, the front blade is only about 1/16' wide, with a narrow rear slot to match. The CZ-52 is inherently accurate, and you can nail targets at 100 yards all day long. I think of it as a "pocket rifle."
This caliber is even the basis for specialized "counter terrorist" ammo using sabots to throw a 62 grain .223 AP slug at about 2,200fps! I'm not going that far, but they chose this caliber for this specialty "pocket rifle" caliber because it was already hot. (That specialty round was designed to defeat armor hard plates! Forget kevlar, even regular 85 grain FMJ in this caliber will go through any amount of that.)
The mags hold 8 rounds (it's a very slim single stack pistol, easy to conceal, works about like a 1911). You can have spare mags loaded with JHP or FMH, and switch between them depending on your target, and if he's hiding behind something!
Since a great CZ-52 can be had for about $200, I recommend you get one now! Then you can buy LOADS of ammo for it cheap-----while it is available! For $400, you can have both a pistol and up to 2,000 rounds. Wolf Gold JHPs cost a little more, and spare mags go for $12 to $20 each. Can you beat that in another pistol and ammo combination? I don't think so! Don't wait, or the libtards are going to slam this window on your fingers!
The 7.62X25 Tokarev is 2nd from the left, between a 9mm and a .357SIG.
