Indians For Guns

Dear Friends,
Today, I saw a CZ Vzor 70 Pistol (7.65mm). It's Made in Czeck in 1981. Seems good and is nicely kept in original condition by the owner.
The learned friends are humbly requested to explore this pistol in comparison to Walther PPK and Mauser HSC.
Warm Regards.

Would love to see the pics of this pistol.

Kushal:

First of all, I own a CZ 50, the predecessor of the CZ 70 that differs only in some minor aspects. I also have the CZ 50's big brother, the CZ 52.

You will find that Eastern European/communist Bloc/Warsaw Pact sidearms like the CZ 50/CZ 70 are very nicely made and finished, and are properly heat treated.

CZ 50/CZ 70 pistols resemble the Walther PPK in looks and both are double action: the fist round is fired from a double action mode, like a double action revolver, without cocking the hammer. Subsequent rounds are fired in single action mode, unless you decock the hammer.

The lever on the left side of the frame is the decocker. When the hammer is cocked, you push this lever and it will drop the hammer and it is supposed to stop the hammer from hitting the firing pin. I never trust it -- I decock by hand. You can test this by putting a pencil down the barrel eraser end first and decocking the hammer. If the pencil moves at all, the decocker is not safe.

(The Walther PP/PPK has the de cocker on the slide, rather than the frame, like the CZ 50/CZ 70.)

Many of these pistols suffer from jams and failure to feed. The cure is to buy new magazine springs with the proper amount of tension. I had to do this for both of my magazines.

I have larger, more powerful handguns, but I use my CZ 50 for my carry gun. It is very compact and easily carried about with no problem. When traveling, I often have it in the back pouch of a small camera bag.

The pistol also has a firing pin block and is a very safe design.

This is a much better choice for a personal carry gun in India that the Ashani, which cannot be safely carried with a round in the chamber. You can get 7.62/.32 ACP ammo easily in India, but do check to see that it feeds correctly if you use IOF.

If the gun is in good shape and properly operates, and if the price is right, this is an excellent and better alternative to the Ashani, in my opinion, because it is safer. It may also be cheaper than a Walther, too, making it an ideal choice if the price is right.

One warning: the hard firing pins in these Czech pistols will break if you dry fire them, so do not do this under any circumstances! Make sure that the one you are buying has a good firing pin, which you can easily test with a pencil down the barrel.

Dear Timmy

Thankyou so much for such nice detail.

Regards

CZ VZOR 70 7.65mm Images from here http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/cz-vz ... V4Wu9LBzGc