Anybody have a CZ 52 Pistol?

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[mylife]

I hear this thing is a firebreather and thier dang near free at $135

CZ 52

Any one out there got one? What are your comments on this lil beasty? Is ammo reasonably priced and available?

[Perdogg]

http://www.world.guns.ru/handguns/hg58-e.htm

[mylife]

thier = they're

Yeesh!

[mylife]

I cant stand it! I want one ;^)

Got a beautiful Makarov last week for $170

[longtermmemmory]

bump for curiosity

[mylife]

Never thought Id see the day that Id be buying Soviet bloc surplus L0L

[Hand em their arse]

what is "dry-fired"?

[Next_Time_NJ]

Nice hand gun, but im a desert eagle fan..

[Squantos]

Ummm when ya get yer CZ52 grab some of these for it......:o)

http://owlnet.com/quality/223%20Timbs.htm

[longtermmemmory]

what size bullets does it shoot?

[Armedanddangerous]

The round that pistol fires is one of THE BEST penetrators there is in a handgun round. It is also fairly peppy. I don't like the switches and levers it sports, but it is certainly a robust piece.

Get a lot of ammo and shoot it a lot.

[yarddog]

I have one and think I will get another. I only paid $89 for mine.

My Brother has two and one has a 9mm conversion barrel. It raises some interesting possibilities for reloading heavy 9mm with the bullet seated farther out than normal as the magazine would work better with longer overall length cartridges.

I read an article in the American Rifleman, a few years ago. One thing which caught my attention was that the Czech ammo was 20% hotter than Russian which was already pretty hot. In other words these pistols are extremely strong.

I wish I knew a source for the Czech ammo. I once had a brand new one and wish now I hadn't sold it.

[mylife]

7.62x25mm

[Ciexyz]

Bump for "Firearms Fun".

[isthisnickcool]

What? People are outsourcing gun purchases?

LOL...

[Veracious Poet]

A 38 Super conversion would make more sense...

[yarddog]

A few years ago, I was talking to one of the instructors at the Treasury school near Brunswick, GA. He told me they had fired the CZ-52 with Czech loads at a bullet proof vest, (I don't recall the level) and they went right through it.

[mylife]

dry fired is when you shoot it with no bullets in it.


The firing pin on this thing is cast iron and fragile and can break but you can buy an aftermarket pin that wont break for like 8 bucks

[Vision]

That is not a "firebreather". My new toy is a firebreather

[yarddog]

A .38 super would be a great cartridge for it, but I suspect it would require new mags as that semi-rimmed cartridge case would probably not fit or feed in the original mags.