While You Were Sleeping...

Those whacky Box O' Truth guys were updating. This time around, the CZ-52 was put through it's paces.

"Many folks have expressed an interest in the CZ-52 pistol.

This pistol qualifies as a C&R pistol, and is very inexpensive at this time."

How inexpensive is inexpensive? How about the ammo? What's that you say, providing pertinent information is beyond their capabilities as they remain ignorant idiots?

Got me there.

So what round does the CZ-52 fire?

"Probably the most interesting thing about this pistol is the caliber, 7.62 X 25. This is a bottlenecked, .30 caliber round, that shoots a 90 grain jacketed Ball at around 1,500 fps.

As a result, it is a big penetrator.

We saw evidence of this when we shot a Kevlar helmet. It punched right through, when other pistol calibers would not."

No, you dolt. Other munitions proved insufficient. You were comparing hollowpoints to full metal jackets. Nothing about the calibers was determined one way or another. Moron.

"...bigger bullets do a better job of tissue disruption than the small .30 FMJ."

Then why the love affair with .223 and little 7.62's like the AK's fire? Could it be that some rifle ammunition contains more gunpowder than handgun ammunition? And that smaller rounds do a good job when jacked up to high velocities? Do you even KNOW that handgun ammo is designed to stop a man, and that there are revolvers pushing these bullets with such speed that they are more powerful than a 30.06?

With all the money you make from Box, you couldn't even BORROW a Casull, or a .460, 0r .500?

Okay then. We offer a new feature I'm calling: FINISHING THE BOX, in order to make some sense of the rantings from this blithering idiot:

A decent CZ-52 will run you $150 or so out the door. About 150,000 or so of the mid-1950's variety made it to the states and because of the weird round they never flew off the shelves. Never, EVER dry-fire one, as the firing pin is cast metal and will crack after about 20 or 30 pulls. The rest of the gun is reliable, and surfing will find brand name manufacturers offering 90 grain fmj's @ 1600 fps. Not cheap though, but I'm looking for the best pricing (7.62 X 25 Tokarev's are $15 per box of 50 and are good for nothing but target prctice. WWB 9 mm goes around $9 per 100, so there's no reason to 52-it save for preference and joy). The real fun is in reloading for this pistol, as home-rollers are having tons of fun with lightweight bullets zipping along at magnum velocities. There are also drop-in 9 mm barrels to make the CZ-52 suitable for self-defense purposes, especially for those who are recoil sensitive or do not roll their own.

The gun is heavy (32 ounces unloaded and feels like more) and clunky for it's caliber. The gun fires an expensive bullet you won't find on Wal-Mart's shelves. Some of these CZ's were rumored to have come from the factory with North Korean barrels, or rollers, or perhaps both, that were inaccurate as well as being made of pot metal, so if your 52 doesn't group 3" at 25 feet you might want to sell it before it kabooms. The decocker can be a problem too if a gun has seen a lot of service, so be careful.

But they remain cool as hell and fun to play with. Get a good one, reload or drop in a 9 mm tube and have some cheap giggles and grins. Just bear in mind that there are reasons they remain so cheap. If you're not into fiddling and want something as inexpensive to play with and not to hang over a mantle, then fork over the same cash for a Hi-Point. Sure they are ugly but the manufacturer will replace them in a flash if you get a lemon, so there's no reason to go unarmed, or settle for a crappy commie gun.

And as always, NEVER, EVER, believe much of ANYTHING found at this nitwit's site. He and his chums are dead from the neck up and pass along bad information gleaned from used car salesmen posing as weapons experts. Aside from that, and disgustingly fat and doughy along with poor sanitation habits, he and his ilk do take reasonably good pictures.

PostShot: No, I do not know if he is a crossdressing female that is with child. It might just be mantits, poor hygeine, low to non-existant self esteem, and abject obesity. Yes, however. He DOES look pregnant, but stop emailing me because I cannot be certain.

DoubleTap PostShot: My kabooming a CZ-52 happened quite recently and might have something to do with the reluctance to give the weapon the A-OK.