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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #45 on: June 05, 2015, 08:07:48 PM »
Yes ! I saw finally the bullet drops but I had to set my laptop to full 720P resolution and full screen mode.   :)

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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #46 on: June 28, 2015, 07:03:46 PM »
Czechpoint is going to be offering UK Vz.59 Post Demo machine guns to Class 3 FFL Dealers with S.O.T. 

No Semi-autos.  :(

https://www.czechpoint-usa.com/uk-vz59-machine-gun?l=1
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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #47 on: June 29, 2015, 04:07:43 AM »
Imagine your parts availability just went waaay up though...  Sure crazy expensive though...

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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #49 on: July 20, 2016, 06:48:08 PM »
Weaponsman posted an interesting piece on the 59: http://weaponsman.com/?p=33366

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« Reply #50 on: September 29, 2016, 06:15:25 PM »

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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #51 on: September 29, 2016, 09:01:14 PM »
Got that price beat...   $7900


UK59 Rachot Heavy Package with all accessories.


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« Reply #52 on: September 29, 2016, 10:00:31 PM »

Ahh the life of the Rich and Famous !!!

Nice effect with the heavy tripod, all business!!! ;)

Got that price beat...   $7900


UK59 Rachot Heavy Package with all accessories.




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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #53 on: September 30, 2016, 01:29:21 AM »
That's a Heavy barrel used in universal machine gun role.


Tripod, 250rnd belts and scope could be placed on light version as well, however tripod used for mobile emplacements not typically used for assault.


I can easily turn a light barrel white, it gets so hot.  The heavy barrel is designed for sustained fire but too heavy in assault use on foot.  The UK VZ.59 with light barrel was the squad "PKM" of the Czech military.


http://world.guns.ru/machine/chex/vz59-uk-vz59-e.html



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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #54 on: October 01, 2016, 12:17:32 AM »
IF it's for sale, CP's setup is the better bargin insofar as rarity, completeness, and time are concerned...

IF 7.62x51 was still dirt cheap, I would be pinching pennies in an attempt to acquire either...  Way more fun (and will actually hold value) than a new/upgraded car or similar you could do w/ the same $...  Now convincing the mrs of a purchase of that sum over a vacation or other priorities would be a very tough sell... 

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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #55 on: June 01, 2018, 05:52:08 PM »
Send CitizenPete here on the forums a PM.  I know he was looking to clear some of his vz59 stuff a year or so ago.

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« Reply #56 on: June 01, 2021, 11:13:57 AM »
Hey fellow CZ military gun nuts!   Selling my UK59, and maybe we can do a CZ day at my local private range that I work at.

The UK-59 (vz.59) that I have posted about (see posts and pics in this thread) may be adopted.  At the time of writing this post, there are ONLY two days left in a GB auction for this great weapon.  ( https://www.gunbroker.com/item/901708859  )

This is a very comprehensive and complete kit, not just a gun.  Over the period of several years, I enjoyed sourcing and acquiring all the accessories and spare parts to assemble a complete kit around this military classic MG.  I have somewhere between $10-15K invested in the kit.

If your a Cold WAR CZ military weapons fan, then please take a look at this package before its gone.  I have a lot of pictures of the firearm and accessories, that I may post for entertainment (Gun Porn) and informational historic purposes.

This weapon is fun to shoot and maintain, and I would love to see it go to a good home where some responsible operator will completely strip and clean it in soapy water and oil it up, after shooting 600 rounds of milsurp through it at the range.  That's how I treated it and I had a bleep ton of fun shooting it.   I've taken it to machine gun shoots and more guys took pictures of this SEMI-auto UK59 than they did of the full-auto .50s and Russian PKMs on the firing line -- its really a badass looking belt-fed squad MG,  esp. with the rare heavy barrel and the tripod.

If the GB reserve price is not yet met and if it doesn't sell, it will relist one additional time.  After that, F it,  I'm going to shoot it more.   O0   I will post if that happens.  Any of you CZ heads that live near NE Ohio, your invited to meet me at the range (SHC Training Facility, near Garrettsville OH) and shoot a couple crates of 54R with it.   We'll have a CZ range day!   If you need to travel a day to do this, spend the night -- there is a camping sites (with electric) and shower facility on the property.   Just pay range fees and bring a VZ.58 and pistol with a few hundred round.  The range has really cool terrain, lots of steel targets for pistol and rifle, and we can set up some static long range, and run-and-gun stages to shoot.

SHC Training Facility Location - Google map


We should do a CZ range day anyways!   Who's within a day drive from Cleveland or Warren OH?

Anyone interested?   ;D
CP

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Re: VZ 58 + 1 = VZ 59 ! (Picture Heavy)
« Reply #57 on: June 07, 2021, 11:39:18 PM »
For anyone looking, this is a steal.  CP was searching for these items for years before he got this full kit together.

And while he uses his guns, he take great care of them.  So while used, these aren't abused.

$15k would be quite fair for what this, and if I had the budget, I'd spent it without hesitation.

Good luck CP on the sale.  Am sure it's bittersweet.