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CZ PISTOL CLUBS => Curio and Relic CZs => Topic started by: USAF Ret on June 06, 2023, 10:09:30 PM
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Picked this up at a gunshow about 10 years ago for $250.00 out the door with the holster, cleaning rod, 2 magazines, lanyard, 100 rounds of ammo, and a manual.
The holster is marked "Crossed Swords 53 along with gun Gun, so both made in 1953, with a VOZ 83 for a 1983 refurb date. The SN's match, and it has the typical markings all the way around.
First picture my 1953 CZ-52 with its younger siblings a 1989 CZ-82 and one of two 1991 CZ-83s (I brought back from Germany in 1992). Second picture the 2nd CZ-83 which my FIL held onto.
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Nice photos!
I hope your sciatica is doing better these days. Several weeks ago I had a fall and fractured my L1. It's a pain, literally, waiting for my appointment with the neurosurgeon in a few weeks.
While you were stationed in Europe, did you get a chance to visit the CZ factory in Uhersky Brod?
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Nice photos!
I hope your sciatica is doing better these days. Several weeks ago I had a fall and fractured my L1. It's a pain, literally, waiting for my appointment with the neurosurgeon in a few weeks.
While you were stationed in Europe, did you get a chance to visit the CZ factory in Uhersky Brod?
Unfortunately no....The wall came down in 89 and everything else followed in 91, and I rotated back to the US in 92.
Sciatica is under control, but I've since added Gerd to my list of ailments....Aging sucks!
OT: When my brother was stationed in Hungary years later, he talked about un-neutered AKs being sold off base, it made him cry that he couldn't buy one and bring it back.
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It's fascinating to see your collection of CZ pistols spanning different years.
The 1989 CZ-82 and the 1991 CZ-83s from Germany must hold special sentimental value for you. And the CZ-52 itself is a unique piece of history.
Thanks for sharing your collection.
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It's fascinating to see your collection of CZ pistols spanning different years.
The 1989 CZ-82 and the 1991 CZ-83s from Germany must hold special sentimental value for you. And the CZ-52 itself is a unique piece of history.
Thanks for sharing your collection.
Thank you for the kind words.
The CZ-83s I loved and I still have all the import paperwork, and military registration paperwork for them. Didn't know what the CZ-83 was, CINC Household picked it up for me for our anniversary in 1992. After shooting it, I liked it a lot, and picked up a second one. Got back to the US and my FIL shot one and like it so much he kept it. Then when I taught CINC Household to shoot, I ended up losing the other one. Her first time shooting ever, with 12 rounds in the magazine and one in the pipe, she put all 13 rounds in the black of the bullseye at 25 feet. She fell in love with it, and claimed it as hers.
Always wanted to get another one and when I found the CZ-82, I was happy and CINC Household won't be shooting this one.
Going to gunshow this weekend and hoping to find some older CZs to add to the stable. Not that I really need another gun, got a ton of guns already. But if I find some older CZ pistols, it'll be great as they take up less room than rifles do. But if I find a rifle I like, it'll come home with me.
Pistols:
1933 Tula/Nagant Model 1895
1953 Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka BRNO CZ-52 / VZ-52
1972 Smith & Wesson 15-3 (K38)
197? JP Sauer & Sohn/Hawes Western Marshal (Father's gun)
1989 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-82
1991 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-83
1991 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-83
1979 Armi San Marco Colt 1851 Navy
2013 Taurus PT 111 Millennium G2
2013 SCCY CPX-1 CB
2013 SCCY CPX-1 TT
2021 Taurus G2c
Long Guns:
1863 Snider Enfield P1853 Mk II** Afghanistan Bringback
1874-1876 Remington Egyptian M1868 No 1 Rolling Block
1879 Waffen Fabrik Bern Swiss Vetterli Model 1869/71
1890 Danzig Commission Rifle Model 1888
1894/1927 Izhevsk/Tikkakoski/Mosin-Nagant Model 1891
1894-1896 Oviedo/Mauser (Spanish) Model 1893
1914 Koishikawa Arsenal Type 38 Arisaka
1915-1917/1924-1927 Remington/Böhler Stahl/Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/24
1917 Tula/Mosin-Nagant Model 1891
1918/1932 Steyr Mannlicher M1895/30
1920-1926 Oviedo/Mauser (Spanish) M1893/1916
1926-1928 Fabrique Nationale d'armes de Guerre M1924/47
1928-1930 Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka VZ-24 (1932 San Paulo uprising gun)
1929-1941 Kragujevac Arsenal M1924/47
1932 Izhevsk/Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30
1939 Tula/Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30
1940-1956 Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Champion (GGF's gun)
1942 K. Kale/Mauser (Turkish) Model 1938
1942 Izhevsk/Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30
1943 Springfield Armory Garand M1
1943 Izhevsk/Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30
1943 BSA Shirley M47 Enfield No. 4 Mk 1
1944 Nagoya Arsenal Type 99 Arisaka
1944 Waffen Werke Brunn K98k Mauser
1947 Izhevsk/Mosin-Nagant Model 1944
1948-1949 Manufacture d'armes de Saint Etienne MAS-1936
1948-1952 Kragujevac Arsenal M1948
1954 Romanian Mosin Nagant Model 1944
1955 Chongquing Arsenal Type 53
1956 Jianshe Arsenal Sino-Soviet SKS M56
1973 Marlin Original Golden-39M (Father's gun)
1975 Remington 1100 (Father's gun)
2015 Mossberg Int'l 702 Plinkster
2016 Bushmaster XM15-E2S (Faux M16A2/645)
2017 JSS AR15 (Faux M4)
2018 Cugir Arms Factory WASR 10 AKM
2021 PSA PA15 (Faux M16/604)
197?/200? CETME C, build in progress
The herd coming back into the house in Aug 2022 following the final Hurricane Michael (Oct 2018) repairs. Sad it took almost 4 years to get the house completely repaired.
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Impressive amount of long guns, especially the number with bayonets.
I couldn't really tell from your photos which is your vz24 and if it had a bayonet.
In making my vz 24 complete, I was able to find the exact bayonet fit with the appropriate marking.
https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=85019.msg888575#msg888575 (https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=85019.msg888575#msg888575)
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Impressive amount of long guns, especially the number with bayonets.
I couldn't really tell from your photos which is your vz24 and if it had a bayonet.
In making my vz 24 complete, I was able to find the exact bayonet fit with the appropriate marking.
https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=85019.msg888575#msg888575 (https://czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=85019.msg888575#msg888575)
All my rifles currently have bayonets, BUT one of the Mosin Nagant M91 bayonets the lockring broke so I'm looking to replace it. So far I'm short a cleaning rod for a Swiss Vetterli, a few slings, the firing pin and extractor for the Rolling Block and I think that's it.
Here's the Sao Paulo Uprising VZ-24-JC with its bayonet
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