I just purchased a cz 52 last weekend from a gunshow. I made the buy after some prodding from one of my friends who has owned one for several years. I really like the style of the gun!! I was very impressed by the price $149.00 for gun, spare magazine, and cleaning rod. I purchased two boxes of ammo at the show as well. When I got home, I fired most of it off. So now, I have 2 questions: 1.) Where is there a good source of inexpensive (non-corrosive ammo) 2.) I have been searching frantically for a 9mm barrel for this gun and have not had any luck!!
I look forward to learning more about these fabulous guns from all of you experts. I think that I may become an avid collector. Something about the CZ really has me intrigued!! Maybe it's the loud report, and the foot long fire ball??
Well, inexpensive and non-corrosive really don't belong in the same sentence. I would recommend looking for some of those surplus tins full of the Eastern Bloc ammo. It's very corrosive, but it's not a problem if you clean your guns. Just take them apart after and spray glass cleaner and other solvents on anything that had contact with burning powder.
People view corrosive ammo as something that is instantly going to destroy your gun. It's no different than driving your car through slushy road salt during the winter, and then not cleaning it. Corrosive ammo just means that salts are produced in the explosion. Clean the gun within a few hours and you have absolutely nothing to sorry about.
That being said...good luck finding ammo, it's getting scarce.
welcome to the club. they are literly a blast. if you don't reload, try the Wolf hollow points. my reloads go up to 1900 fps. the 7.62x25 is a really hot round, much more powerful than the 9mm. I wouldn't bother with the 9mm barrel unless you had an awful lot of 9mm ammo to burn up. I also heard of jamming problems with the 9mm. with the 7.62 torkev ammo the CZ 52 is a very reliable pistol. even with crappy surplus, a malfunction is very rare in either of mine. I also went to heavier recoil springs in mine because I like hot reloads. I've never broken a fireing pin even though I occasionly goof and dry fire one.(I do have spares anyway) Unfortunatly I'm not that accurate with them or I would use them for hunting. I'd love to see what they do to a hog or small deer. I blew a coiled water moccisn into 3 pices with 1 shot with my hollow point load. that was spectacular! I was aiming for the head and hit the coiled body. it flew 20 ft. the only problem with reloading is the brass flys into the next county.
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1224 rounds for $120 will keep you shooting for a long time. And don't be afraid of corrosive ammo.. Just takes a few more minutes to clean at the end of the day, and the ammo cost more than makes up for a few minutes, eh??
Also, check out the Military forums here at Gun and Game, in the Czech.Firearms topics to get lots of info on your handgun.
Thankyou guys for the replies!! I am new to this forum (or any forum for that matter) so bare with me if I make an error!! (lol) I'm glad to see that you guys have no problem with corrosive ammo!! One of my friends told me that t wasn't worth messing with because of the extra labor. I agree with you that for the price difference, a few more minuets really doesn't make much difference!
I am really excited to have this gun. I look forward to continuing with additional cz's in the future. I was so impressed when I fired this gun the first time that I think I became immediatly hooked.
Please let me know if anyone has any additional information that I may need. I will continue to post and keep you all up to date on my new friend!!
Well, inexpensive and non-corrosive really don't belong in the same sentence. I would recommend looking for some of those surplus tins full of the Eastern Bloc ammo. It's very corrosive, but it's not a problem if you clean your guns. Just take them apart after and spray glass cleaner and other solvents on anything that had contact with burning powder.
People view corrosive ammo as something that is instantly going to destroy your gun. It's no different than driving your car through slushy road salt during the winter, and then not cleaning it. Corrosive ammo just means that salts are produced in the explosion. Clean the gun within a few hours and you have absolutely nothing to sorry about.
That being said...good luck finding ammo, it's getting scarce.
+1 well said, the only real reason i want a cz52 is that 7.62x25 is cheap as heck! i would not worry about corrosive ammo in a $150 gun. that is unless you hate cleaning guns THAT much. i dont know why you would want to convert this gun into 9mm either but maybe thats just me.
Thanks, Like I said I'm new to this and only am going by the information I've received so far. I'm glad you don't think it's a big deal to convert to 9mm!!
I have not tried any of the bulk ammo so far but I will order some now!! I don't mind at all cleaning the gun! (sometimes it therapeutic!)
If you convert the gun to 9mm, be prepared to have feed problems out the wazoo. The CZ52 was never designed for this round; the 9mm barrel was a stop-gap measure because shooters didn't care for the 7.62x25mm. Even with the modifications that are supposed to cure the problem, my buddy never could get his to work right and got rid of the 9mm barrel within a month.
If you are interested in Czech fire arms, (some of the finest in the world in my opinion) you should also get a CZ 82. they are what replaced the 52 and are I believe, still in use by the Czech military. the 82 is a modern high capacity pistol. it shoots the 9x18 Makarov round which is between a 9mm Luger and a .380 in power. I carry one of mine as my everyday carry gun. they also have recently come down in price. I paid $199 for mine now I'm looking at a J&G sales flyer and they are $179.
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It was a Czech Service pistol. I think a lot of their police also used it. And this is the only place I've seen with 9mm barrels since Makarov.com went down.
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