CZ-52

[giggitygiggity]

I just picked up a CZ-52 pistol for $200 after tax. It is in good condition (functions well and has the normal signs of holster wear and use). It came with one magazine and no holster, cleaning rod, or accessories. Did I do ok?

 

[alleycat7002]

Good gun,,,if don't jam like one I had,,

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[gripper]

I like mine. NOTE: Do NOT dry fire- the original firing pin is brittle. Harrington Products makes a good milled replacement with return spring.
Chase down some spare rollers,and Wolff Gunsprings makes good recoil springs.
Not as ergonomic to my hands as my Tokarevs, but an accurate, hard hitting pistol.
Now,go shoot the hell out of it and enjoy the muzzle flash fireworks in low light.

 

[giggitygiggity]

Alleycat, why did your's jam?

I love my 7.62x25 pistols. I have a couple M57s, a couple Romanian TTCs, and a Polish Tokarev. Soft round, zippy, and quite a fireball. I wish the QX4 pistol was available in the states or something similar to it (a modern handgun in 7.62x25) as I know a lot of people who share my sentiments about the caliber.

 

[barnbwt]

Lousy aftermarket mags exist, as do bad mag springs.

200$ is what I paid for mine...five years ago. You did all right

TCB

 

[Baron_Null]

Congratulations! The 52 is a very fun gun, but comes with some amount of mechanical baggage. Make sure you don't dry fire the pin. Even if you never dry fire it, it may not matter and the firing pin could be toast regardless. Harrington products makes a replacement that is far less prone to breakage.

Oh, and NEVER trust the decocker to decock the gun safely. Some CZ52s will fire if there is a round in the chamber when decocked, and it's almost impossible to tell when a working mechanism will fail in these guns.

Stay safe, and have fun with the new gun! You got it for a very good price, IMO. I'll always miss my 52, that's for sure.

ETA: Harrington also makes hardened tool steel rollers to act as more durable replacements for the originals.

 

[GBExpat]

I have 3 but I haven't fired any of them since Saturday, 12Oct02.

I found them to be interesting-looking pistols, but a bit on the heavy/cumbersome/uncomfortable side ...

... but it is so interesting that I think that every collector should have at least one.

Funny thing, when places like SOG had pics of boxes full of CZ52s and TT33s I was drawn to the CZ52s and the TT33s looked rather unattractive to my eye.

After spending a little time with both, those impressions swapped places, a 180° reversal.

I now have the original 3 CZ52s and 11 TT33s or Variants.

The DryFire warning is important. Please heed that advice.

 

[kozak6]

Good price. They seem to go for $300-350 these days.

7.62 Tok is LOUD and shoots flames. It's great fun.

 

[Ohen Cepel]

You did well, $200 is a sure buy on them these days unless it's been messed up somehow. I don't put much value into the holsters and extras unless the extras are ammo and mags.

Make sure you get quality mags if you buy more.

 

[MachIVshooter]

You did quite well in today's market. 10 years ago, they were ~150 all day long, but the average price has about doubled. Not sure why, as the surplus 7.62x25 ammo has pretty well dried up.

 

[joem1945]

I bought mine when ammo was really cheap. You did well at $200.00. Ammo is getting pretty high these days. Learn to reload. When the ammo was cheap I should have bought many more cases of the stuff.

 

[RecoilRob]

Some of the surplus stuff had really hard to ignite primers...Yugo comes to mind as even with upgraded firing pin and hammer springs mine will only fire about 80% of the time with it. The Romanian is very good IMHO and of course watch out for old Bulgarian ammo as it's sometimes inconsistent and has blown up some number of guns.

Outside of those issues the 52 is a neat pistol for sure. I went and put a Ghost-Ring rear sight on mine and it actually works very nicely. The slide stop with external tab makes using it a little easier but lacking that just sling-shot the slide and it'll be good to go. Makarov.com used to have a bunch of stuff for them, but I think they are gone.

My reloads all work 100% in the gun and the only negative is finding the darn empties after they leave the gun...which they do at astounding velocity! Be sure to clean the gun with corrosive primers in mind as any surplus will be. And...have fun with a very neat pistol.

 

[barnbwt]

Ammo is getting pretty high these days. Learn to reload

What? There's more commercial Tok options now than ever, it's just not crap corrosive garbage, is all (so no, you can't expect to shoot it at .01$ a shot like in the '90s)

TCB

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Did I do ok?

YUP!


Todd.