Anyone own a CZ52?

Had one a few years ago, then sold it. Shot a couple of hundred rounds out of it; no problems. Sites were not the best, and replaced them. Nice gun at a good price.
 
I got one a little while ago and love it. The firing pin is reported to be brittle and may break during dry-firing, so I purchased two replacement pins to be on the safe side. They were $5 each as I recall.

The pistol is very thin, and the fit and finish are very nice. Much better than the CF BHPs.

Cheers
 
Bought a CZ52 a few years ago, fun to shoot, cheap to feed, primitive operation with the heel catch mag release. The pin holding the slide catch has worked loose and then fails to hold the slide back, and the rear sight worked loose but it goes bang every time save one dud round.
I had heard about the brittle firing pins and would be interested in acquiring a replacement, especially one of the improved U.S ones, so far mine has been fine.
 
I had one chambered in 9mm. It was a fun accurate pistol and I kind of regret selling it. Had a much better feel than the Tokarav pistol, which I found to be too small for me.
 
I have one. These things are built like tanks. Although, I've heard the same regarding the firing pins and not to dry fire the pistol.
They are alot of fun to shoot and I have had no issues with mine.
 
Many a German soldier went down through his outer parka ,inner linner and three shirts and sometimes from the back through a full pack!

Thats what the 7.62X25 was made to do!

Penetrate and it did it well,it's the AK of pistols!

A street fighting SOB!

Bob
 
I've got one and I've put maybe 1500 rounds through it so far. They are beautiful pistols. The design problems you can run into have been all stated above.

Mine has the same weak pin holding the slide catch. I imagine many others do. Don't expect your slide to stay open at the end of most mags. Also, shooting surplus czech 7.62x25mm ammo will not give you any kind of accuracy. It's simply too hot for the barrel to contain. The action is extremely strong and that is why I bought the CZ-52, so I could reliably shoot my czech ammo cache. Tokarevs cannot handle the czech stuff we have in Canada.

It's a great little pistol, especially if you're just looking for something to blast away with. If you're looking for accuracy or a double action trigger, this isn't the gun for you.

And I agree with the above poster, the sights are terrible.
 
Very fun pistol!
the only down side is if you have big hands, your thumb bumps the saftey on firing and can cause it to be placed on safe.
P.S. am selling mine;) "need room for a M14"
 
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