Panzerschwein
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Guys I got ahold of what many say is the greatest 9x18mm combat pistol ever made. The CZ-82:
I really like it. Compared to my Makarov PMs, it fills the hand more due to the double-stacked 12 round detachable box magazine. This one has a little surface wear like most of them imported did. I like a hand-filling grip and this works well for me. I will say though that the ambidextrous magazine release is rather hard to get to. I have to shift my grip quite a lot to release a mag. Should be easily overcome with training. I like the slide release and the safety is positive and easy to disengage, but not quite as easy to put back on with an upward swipe of the thumb like a 1911. I have to shift my grip a bit to do that as well.
I shot the gun at the range, 100 rounds of Brown Bear 94 grain FMJ ball ammo. I was having some problems with one of the two mags that came with the gun. It has a bare metal or otherwise silver baseplate and is hard to load. I will take it apart to see what's going on and if it keeps acting up, I'll junk it. The other magazine that looks like a traditional mag for these guns worked flawlessly. Recoil was mild, less sting and flip than my Makarov PMs. I felt the additional weight and larger grip surface area made for a smooth shooting controllable pistol. Accuracy was good at the 10 yard line, about a 2-3" group firing offhand. One thing I have to say is the double action trigger is EXCELLENT and the single action is good as well. Truly a smooth and light DA pull, loads better than my Makarov's trigger. The sights are a two white dot rear dovetail fixed sight with a pinned fixed white insert ramp front sight. They really are very good for this type of old military service gun. The pistol came with an original Czech (or Czechoslovakian) police holster and magazine pouch, both made specifically for the CZ82 and/or CZ83 pistols.
Overall I am digging this little commie blaster pistol. I now know why people say this is the best 9mm Mak fighting gun of all time. Notably better magazine capacity than others 9mm Mak pistols, excellent sights, great trigger, low recoil, good controls, reliable (with good magazines) and hits harder than a .380 but recoils less than a 9x19mm NATO pistol while being much smaller and easier to carry. Czechoslovakia really got it right with this pistol considering their requirement to have it chambered in 9mm Mak. I think if I had to have one 9mm Mak pistol on my hip during a shootout, this would be it. I plan to buy a couple more magazines and some replacement grips as the ones on now have some stress cracks in them.
Take care guys!
Cooldill
I really like it. Compared to my Makarov PMs, it fills the hand more due to the double-stacked 12 round detachable box magazine. This one has a little surface wear like most of them imported did. I like a hand-filling grip and this works well for me. I will say though that the ambidextrous magazine release is rather hard to get to. I have to shift my grip quite a lot to release a mag. Should be easily overcome with training. I like the slide release and the safety is positive and easy to disengage, but not quite as easy to put back on with an upward swipe of the thumb like a 1911. I have to shift my grip a bit to do that as well.
I shot the gun at the range, 100 rounds of Brown Bear 94 grain FMJ ball ammo. I was having some problems with one of the two mags that came with the gun. It has a bare metal or otherwise silver baseplate and is hard to load. I will take it apart to see what's going on and if it keeps acting up, I'll junk it. The other magazine that looks like a traditional mag for these guns worked flawlessly. Recoil was mild, less sting and flip than my Makarov PMs. I felt the additional weight and larger grip surface area made for a smooth shooting controllable pistol. Accuracy was good at the 10 yard line, about a 2-3" group firing offhand. One thing I have to say is the double action trigger is EXCELLENT and the single action is good as well. Truly a smooth and light DA pull, loads better than my Makarov's trigger. The sights are a two white dot rear dovetail fixed sight with a pinned fixed white insert ramp front sight. They really are very good for this type of old military service gun. The pistol came with an original Czech (or Czechoslovakian) police holster and magazine pouch, both made specifically for the CZ82 and/or CZ83 pistols.
Overall I am digging this little commie blaster pistol. I now know why people say this is the best 9mm Mak fighting gun of all time. Notably better magazine capacity than others 9mm Mak pistols, excellent sights, great trigger, low recoil, good controls, reliable (with good magazines) and hits harder than a .380 but recoils less than a 9x19mm NATO pistol while being much smaller and easier to carry. Czechoslovakia really got it right with this pistol considering their requirement to have it chambered in 9mm Mak. I think if I had to have one 9mm Mak pistol on my hip during a shootout, this would be it. I plan to buy a couple more magazines and some replacement grips as the ones on now have some stress cracks in them.
Take care guys!
Cooldill
