Any sources for CZ 83 magazines .380?

[bonj]

Numrich Gun Parts is a quality sight. If not satisfied, they will provide a USPS return label.

[eastman]

So are the ones from gunpartscorp the good ones, or the "don't waste your time" ones? The price is certainly better than apex.

the price (and lack of actual good pictures) is what concerns me about them

a lot of US dealers sell the crappy "mfg cz" magazines and claim them to be real factory CZ mags

[BeoBill]

The good ones are welded and have no seam line down the back.

[Coach Ed]

   I have used the magazines from Apex Gun Parts. Although they are used they work fine.

[moeman]

I periodically do searches for these, and found these today for 19.99:
https://www.classicfirearms.com/cz-82-83-blued-steel-magazine/
I ordered two, and will report back when able.

[dedmouse]

Any word on these $20 mags from Classic Firearms? Lots of negative reviews on their site.

[BeoBill]

At $20 a pop, those have to be the crap Chinese knockoffs.

Stay far away or resign yourself to completely remanufacturing each of them to spec to get anything resembling functionality.

[Hawkeye_90]

I bought mags for my cz 70 from tripple K and they worked well for my 70. They have them for the 82/83 but they are 48 dollars.

I have no personal experience with them.

[StevenS]

The mags from Apex are genuine and seat properly; however the little crossed swords ?? mark has been drilled out. Don’t know why, but otherwise factory original. I’ll post pics shortly.

I picked these up at the last gun show.  When I first saw them I never thought they would be CZ 83 mags, and the dealer had no idea what they were for.  What's interesting is that these also had the crossed swords dilled out.  I also only paid $15 each for them - best deal I've gotten in a while.

[Psyop96]

Great find and great deal! Especially still in the original wrap. Action Arms Ltd was one of the importers of CZ products in the early 90s prior to the establishment of CZ-USA in the mid-90s.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[BeoBill]

I wonder why they drilled out the crossed swords?

[Cordite]

I have the problem, where find real magazines that won’t fart.

[bonj]

I used to buy a lot of CZ OEM .32acp mags directly from CZ and none of them ever had a crossed sword on the mag.

[Laufer]

Were the Czech "crossed swords" drilled out of some 82/83 magazines due to sensitive arms deals between the Czech Republic (or C-Slovakia) and any 'sanctioned' countries?

This could easily explain the attempt to conceal identifying marks.

[eastman]

Were the Czech "crossed swords" drilled out of some 82/83 magazines due to sensitive arms deals between the Czech Republic (or C-Slovakia) and any 'sanctioned' countries?

This could easily explain the attempt to conceal identifying marks.

I have vz82 mags where the crossed sword mark was drilled out. Probably done when the mags were officially retired and sold as surplus.