My Dirty Commie Gun Collection

[cls12vg30]

Being of limited means when I started shooting about 4 years ago, I of course turned to ComBloc weapons such as the CZ52 and Makarovs. I still have a major soft-spot for them, even more so now that the supply seems to be rapidly drying up. (At the last two shows I went to, I did not see a single CZ-52 or formerly-common Bulgarian Makarov for sale.)

So, since it seems unlikely I'll be buying any more of these wonderful pieces in the near future, here's a pic of my collection of handguns made by the former Dirty Commies.

Pictured are my three CZ-52's. One is chromed by Classic Arms, with custom black grips, one is in the original grey finish with custom OD grips, and the third is in the re-arsenaled parkerized finish with walnut grips. To the left of those are my Bulgarian Makarov with "Black Star" grips, my FEG SMC-918 (Hungarian PPK-copy chambered for 9x18 Mak, my current carry piece, along with a KelTec P32), and my Russian commercial hi-cap Makarov.
All are chambered in the original 7.62x25 for the CZ's, or 9x18 Mak for the others.

Anybody else got a Commie collection?

 

[albanian]

Got to love those commie bastards! I like the CZ-52 alot. It is a lot of power for such a cheap price. I have the Mak, the Nagant revolver and a few others. Having a C&R makes it hard not to get some of these when they are offered at such good prices. My next gun will probably be another CZ-52 before the supply runs out.

 

[poppy]

Yep, better red than dead. Got the CZ-52, CZ-50, Bulgarian Mak, Russian Mak., and to go on the other side of the Pacific, the Norinco 1911A1. Does the Polish T33 count? poppy

 

[mec]

We gave the reds a bad rap on quality. The MAKs particularly, have a large following of enthusiasts. Pierce even kick started his grip-making fortune turning out nice rubber handles for the first waves of Makarovs.

The Commies could take 20th century designs, modify them for your basic 19th Century production methods and come up with some ruggedly good stuff. They never quite did get into quartz technology so, most of their timepieces-even the ones on the aircraft were mechanical. They bought out a Finnish or Swedish Watch factory in the 20s and the watches you see at the gun shows are pretty high quality. I also got a kick out of their die cast metal toys. They were like the one's we made over here in the 1950s.

 

[alamo]

My favorite "red scare" pistol is the EG Makarov. Best of both worlds - Communist design combined with German workmanship.

 

[wrangler5]

My favorite "red scare" pistol is the EG Makarov. Best of both worlds - Communist design combined with German workmanship.

+1 to that. It's what I carry - not light, but slim and dead nuts reliable.

 

[7.62x54r]

Here is a Canadain Commie Gun

 

[Ad Astra]

Lucky you, to have a hard-chrome CZ52 from Classic.

Wish I'da got one. Just got an M44 from Classic in hard-chrome and the work is great- looks just like stainless.

I feel almost un-American. No Garand, no '03.... several Mosin-Nagants.

CZ52 coming. Too bad most Maks aren't C&R.

 

[MICHAEL T]

Won't let their guns in my house. But their women are another story I love a collection of them.

 

[Moonclip]

My collection is quite communist, like the reasonable prices, the history behind them is interesting and they are generally affordable. I have Makarovs from ever country that produced them and hope to add more. I fact my only safe queen is a Chinese Makarov with original box I no longer shoot due to it being kind of rare now. A CZ52 was one of the first quality handguns I ever bought when thet first started being imported. I never did feel the PA63's though were as good as the Makarovs.

 

[cls12vg30]

The Pa-63 certainly has its advantages, and its fans. It's lighter and easier to carry than a Mak (but not as small as my FEG). It seems like sometimes they need a little work to be really reliable, but a lot of people do like them. And unlike Maks, the supply of PA-63's seems to still be good, maybe even increasing. Same with Polish P64's, the other common 9x18 gun, which is also Classic's latest big hard chrome project, check it out on their site, classicarms.com .

 

[yodar]

Your CZ 52 is a movie starin Goldeneye

Robby Coltrane playing the character of a Russian Crime boss withdrew a
CZ 52 from his jacket and blasted a round into the upholstery nearby James Bond's nethermost regions in GOLDENEYE

I am preparing to apply a Duracoat O.D. finish to mine.

I reload using Power pistol powder to duplicate the loudenboomer mit spitzensparken effect of surplus ammo.

Yodar

 

[denfoote]

My comblocs.

 

[CAnnoneer]

Won't let their guns in my house. But their women are another story I love a collection of them.

+1

 

[Nightcrawler]

C'mon now! Where are all the Tokarevs?