stickhunter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Victoria, B.C.
I was at the range on the weekend with a visiting coworker, and we spent some time shooting my Vz 52/57. The rifle is an interesting mish-mash of elements: a Garand-like trigger group, an M1 Carbine-like stock recoil lug, an annular gas piston (the piston wraps around and slides along the barrel), and a spring-activated bayonet, amongst others.
The following gallery contains a wealth of pictures and info on the rifle:
http://imageevent.com/willyp/russiansovietcomblocsection/czechoslovakia/czechvz5257sniperrifle
My particular rifle is a "sniper" variant in that it has a factory-welded dovetail on the side of the receiver. The dovetail is designed to mate to the base of an NSP2 IR scope, which is an early 1960's night vision optic. Apparently, the first imports of the NSP2 originated from Poland and were in unissued condition while the second set of imports were Czech and military surplus. My NSP2 is of the latter, and the log book from the transit case shows that it was in service from 1963 to 1981.
I plan to do a photo gallery of the contents of the transit case and the documentation that came with the scope, as it's a neat piece of militaria. In the meantime, I have not seen any pictures of the scoped rifle actually being shouldered, so here's a picture of my coworker with the Vz 52/57 and NSP2... notice, there isn't much of a cheek weld given the height of the base!
The following gallery contains a wealth of pictures and info on the rifle:
http://imageevent.com/willyp/russiansovietcomblocsection/czechoslovakia/czechvz5257sniperrifle
My particular rifle is a "sniper" variant in that it has a factory-welded dovetail on the side of the receiver. The dovetail is designed to mate to the base of an NSP2 IR scope, which is an early 1960's night vision optic. Apparently, the first imports of the NSP2 originated from Poland and were in unissued condition while the second set of imports were Czech and military surplus. My NSP2 is of the latter, and the log book from the transit case shows that it was in service from 1963 to 1981.
I plan to do a photo gallery of the contents of the transit case and the documentation that came with the scope, as it's a neat piece of militaria. In the meantime, I have not seen any pictures of the scoped rifle actually being shouldered, so here's a picture of my coworker with the Vz 52/57 and NSP2... notice, there isn't much of a cheek weld given the height of the base!
I was happy to have two and the cleaning kit. The sks questions are as annoying as the "is that a Cz858?" question for every Valmet hunter owner.
