Cz-45 6.35
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Jim Watson
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Remove magazine and check chamber.
Retract slide about 1/4" and hold.
Rotate barrel counterclockwise to bring its bottom lug into sight in the ejection port.
Run slide and barrel off forward.
Pick up recoil spring and guide from whereever they fell.
Insert barrel in slide with bottom lug in the ejection port about 1/4" forward of the breechface.
Put recoil spring and guide in the frame.
Run the slide and barrel back on the frame, starting the recoil spring into the slide tunnel.
Draw the slide about 1/4" back from the closed position and hold.
Rotate the barrel clockwise to move its bottom lug into the recess in the frame.
Let slide close.
Reload.
Nice little gun, isn't it? What a Seecamp was supposed to be.
Now if they just made nuclear .25 ACPs...
Retract slide about 1/4" and hold.
Rotate barrel counterclockwise to bring its bottom lug into sight in the ejection port.
Run slide and barrel off forward.
Pick up recoil spring and guide from whereever they fell.
Insert barrel in slide with bottom lug in the ejection port about 1/4" forward of the breechface.
Put recoil spring and guide in the frame.
Run the slide and barrel back on the frame, starting the recoil spring into the slide tunnel.
Draw the slide about 1/4" back from the closed position and hold.
Rotate the barrel clockwise to move its bottom lug into the recess in the frame.
Let slide close.
Reload.
Nice little gun, isn't it? What a Seecamp was supposed to be.
Now if they just made nuclear .25 ACPs...
Cz 6.35???
I aquired one of these little pistols and followed your advise for take down and it worked! The one I have is chrome plated and I'm not sure what model it is. Markings on left side of frame in cut-out above trigger guard is the #47 and an "N" with some symbol in the middle of it. No model # on slide. Right side of frame has serial #2XXX on frame above grip and below slide. I'm trying to find out model and when it was made and where. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mark
I aquired one of these little pistols and followed your advise for take down and it worked! The one I have is chrome plated and I'm not sure what model it is. Markings on left side of frame in cut-out above trigger guard is the #47 and an "N" with some symbol in the middle of it. No model # on slide. Right side of frame has serial #2XXX on frame above grip and below slide. I'm trying to find out model and when it was made and where. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mark
PCRCCW
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Excellent little gun.......they are still in production as the CZ 92. They recently updated the basic shape/grip of the gun but all of the components of the 45 are still interchangeable. Nice little gun........if it was a .380 Id love one.
Shoot well.
Shoot well.
PCRCCW
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Heres a link to a nice page on the CZ 45 in .25 acp. If this is what your gun looks like then thats what it is..... CZ made lots of other guns...the DUO, 24, 27 etc.........this will help ID a 45 or model 92...same gun.
http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/3000/3008.htm
Shoot well.
http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/3000/3008.htm
Shoot well.
Cz-45
that's my gun! The serial number is in a different place and the symbols are moved around but that's the gun. I'm wondering is this is the early model 36 or 45. I'll keep looking for early info on these. I think this was brought over from Europe in the 40s. Is there any value to these early models?
that's my gun! The serial number is in a different place and the symbols are moved around but that's the gun. I'm wondering is this is the early model 36 or 45. I'll keep looking for early info on these. I think this was brought over from Europe in the 40s. Is there any value to these early models?
wumpus
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Smokepole,
The vz. 36 was made until 1945, and the vz. 45 from 1946 - 1952, so if you can find a date (e.g., "47" on the trigger guard = 1947), that should settle it. Another difference is that all but the earliest vz 36's had a safety lever on the left hand side, whereas the vz 45 did not. The safety was largely unnecessary, since the pistol has a locking bar which could only be disengaged when the trigger was pulled. Supposedly, there are other minor changes, mostly enacted to make manufacturing less expensive. Also, a vz 36 will have a "CESKA ZBROJOVKA AKC. SPOL. V PRAZE" slide marking, while a vz 45 will say "CESKA ZBROJOVKA - NARODNI PODNIK STRAKONICE" or "CESKA ZBROJOVKA - PRAHA" so look for the hyphen. A vz 45 can be further narrowed down by whether it has a "MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA" stamp, which started in 1948.
With regard to value, the vz 36 is a lot less common than the vz 45 (I'm still in the process of translating a reference, but my initial perusal suggests that 95,000-200,000 vz 45's were made, while fewer than 30,000 vz 36's were made. I've never seen a vz 36 for sale, but a vz 45 in the US (unimportable now) will fetch $175+ in beat condition, $300 in 95%+ excellent condition, and $450-$500 new in box (though Marstar in Canada used to have them for $100 and change... whereas in the US, we are paying a premium for a fixed supply of old imports).
The vz. 36 was made until 1945, and the vz. 45 from 1946 - 1952, so if you can find a date (e.g., "47" on the trigger guard = 1947), that should settle it. Another difference is that all but the earliest vz 36's had a safety lever on the left hand side, whereas the vz 45 did not. The safety was largely unnecessary, since the pistol has a locking bar which could only be disengaged when the trigger was pulled. Supposedly, there are other minor changes, mostly enacted to make manufacturing less expensive. Also, a vz 36 will have a "CESKA ZBROJOVKA AKC. SPOL. V PRAZE" slide marking, while a vz 45 will say "CESKA ZBROJOVKA - NARODNI PODNIK STRAKONICE" or "CESKA ZBROJOVKA - PRAHA" so look for the hyphen. A vz 45 can be further narrowed down by whether it has a "MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA" stamp, which started in 1948.
With regard to value, the vz 36 is a lot less common than the vz 45 (I'm still in the process of translating a reference, but my initial perusal suggests that 95,000-200,000 vz 45's were made, while fewer than 30,000 vz 36's were made. I've never seen a vz 36 for sale, but a vz 45 in the US (unimportable now) will fetch $175+ in beat condition, $300 in 95%+ excellent condition, and $450-$500 new in box (though Marstar in Canada used to have them for $100 and change... whereas in the US, we are paying a premium for a fixed supply of old imports).
wumpus
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My translation is nearly complete. Turns out they made vz 36's and vz 45's concurrently for awhile, so date is not a surefire differentiator. Nor is the presence of a safety; some vz36's have them, some don't, and ditto for the vz45's.
One surefire differentiator is whether you can see a vertical seam on the left side of the receiver directly above the trigger. If you see this seam, it is a vz 45 (it's part of a removable sideplate which was one of the most easily recognized design changes).
Say, any of you Czech-speaking types know what the phrase "prislusniky dopravni sluzby Verejne bezpecnosti" refers to? Some kind of transportation services police force or something?
One surefire differentiator is whether you can see a vertical seam on the left side of the receiver directly above the trigger. If you see this seam, it is a vz 45 (it's part of a removable sideplate which was one of the most easily recognized design changes).
Say, any of you Czech-speaking types know what the phrase "prislusniky dopravni sluzby Verejne bezpecnosti" refers to? Some kind of transportation services police force or something?
wumpus
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Translation done
Everything you wanted to know about CZ vz. 45's, but were afraid to ask:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~maly/vz45.html
Enjoy!
Everything you wanted to know about CZ vz. 45's, but were afraid to ask:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~maly/vz45.html
Enjoy!
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