anyone have info on the CZ VZ52/57?

Super cool. I picked up a vz52 that had been hit pretty bad with the sanding paper before I got it. It has been one hell of a road restoring it. Parts are hard to come by. I was tempted by another 52/57 that had been varnished. Finding an original of either would be quite a day.
 
Here is mine. Put a number of deer in the freezer and shot till it smoked at Blast Off a bunch of times. My SKS gets a lot of safe time since I got it 10 years ago.
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The vz52 is 7.62 x45, the vz52/57 is not converted to 7.62x39, it was made in 7.62x39. It is a transition piece, being produced just before the vz-58. As all warsaw pact countries were required to equip their forces with firearms that fired the standard cartridge, many existing vz-52 were re-chambered in 7.62x39, but ones marked /57 started life as such.

I have one, and it is a neat gun, that has a completely different recoil impulse to the sks, due to its unique piston design, and vigorously tosses empties forward and left, rather than right. Keep it, you'll be hard pressed to find another. Read the excellent sticky in the red rifles section.
 
gh_defiant said:
I ended up buying one of the VZ52/57 Sniper Rifles. I didn't know a ton about rarity when I bought it, But I am now coming to the realization that these are quite rare in North America. I don't really intend on shooting it. But I am constantly looking for the matching scope.

Really nice looking rifle, very unique action, the whole tubes thing is really interesting to take apart when I cleaned it up.
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If S&B ain't your thing then get a Redfield tactical in 308 BDC turret. Matches up perfectly but the glass is like a leopuld V3
 
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