CZ 52 Pistol

The CZ52 was manufactured by the Ceska Zbrojovka armory. Some 200,000 were manufactured in the early 1950's (1952-1954) in caliber 7.62x25. In 1982, Czechoslovakia adopted the CZ82 (9mm Para) pistol and all of the 52s were recalled. The majority of these military pistols were rebuilt and refininshed. Those pistols which did not require rebuilding were simply cleaned, stored and eventually surplused-out in their original gray finish.

Upon the breakup of Czechoslovakia into the separate countries of Slovakia and the Czech Republic (theCR), the CR began to release these surplus pistols for sale via the newly privatized Arms Moravia.

This is a very high-powered pistol with a resounding blast that spits an impressive tongue of flame. It was designed to accomodate rounds of between 1300 and 1600 fps (basically, somewehere between a .357magnum and a .44 magnum).

Below are pictures of my "unissued" Czechoslovakian 1953 CZ52 pistol with the original parkerized grey phosphate finish

*the full size pics will take awhile to load, very large pictures*

some people were asking what the unissued CZ52 that AIM was selling looked like so I left the pictures full size

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a little "crud" in the barrel but very shiny