The real question is how many parts kits were imported and are there any left to export from Europe?
Good question. I believe about 1,000,000 VZ 58's were made over the years. How many of those are still in use with the Slovakian military? How many were given away to Iraq and Afghanistan? How many remain in Somalia, Vietnam, or Cuba? How many were demilled and reconfigured for the commercial market?
I estimate that about 10,000 - 15,000 VZ 2008's have been sold in the last year. Ten-thousand is a tiny sliver of one million, but it's impossible to tell how big a piece it is of remaining stock. Maybe this batch PSA just got is the last of it. Or maybe Century will keep turning them out for the next five years, especially considering that beyond the one million rifles produced, there were an unknown number of spare parts and armorer kits produced -- the very meat of the Century guns. I don't, however, think that they're going to get any less expensive, but then I thought that when I bought my first one for $500.
