Trigger Mike Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I saw a Czech pistol at a gun store today. It was an older military model. It was 7.65 caliber. I looked at it and the guy said the reason they still have it is because it is hard to get ammo for it. It looked like a Czech border guard pistol. I tolod him I thought 7.65 is 32 auto. he kept saying no that it is some weird caliber and hard to get. I told him I once owned one and paid $65 when the wall came down and brought it home from Germany and sold it for 250, and now he wants 200 for the same gun, he repeated it is a weird caliber and hard to find. I recall shooting 32 auto out of mine and still have some of the ammo left. tell me I was wrong. here is a link of what it was http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=231943552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkeep Casey Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I know little about the CZ 70's, but a lot of the soviet bloc pistols were 9x18's and 7.62x25's. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I don't think the guy at the gun store knows what he is talking about. CZ has made a number of guns in "military" calibers, but they were all the common calibers of the 20th century: 6.35mm/.25 auto, 7.65/.32 auto, 9x17/.380, 9x18/9mm Makarov and 7.62x25 Tokerev. All are relatively easy to find, either at better stocked gunstores or online: http://www.grafs.com & http://www.midwayusa.com are both good sources for ammo. As an aside I have the CZ-52, which is chambered in 7.62x25 and resembles the CZ-70 in your picture and it is a lot of fun. The 7.62x25 sends a 85gr bullet at about 1500fps. Some of the 7.62x25 surplus ammo out there is of questionable quality though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashpowder Hal Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 LOOOONG ago I owned ah Mauser HSc pistol, wa also in .32 auto, Beautiful lil' gun, but thet 32 auto is purty weak as a "stopper' Tell him since ya' can't find ammo, you'll take et off'n hiz hands .... fer $150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Frank Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I've been planning on buying a CZ-52 for years now. Unfortunately, I didn't buy one when they were dirt cheap from every surplus importer. The CZ-52 uses a roller locking system similar to the HK G3 and MP5. Cool round too. I've read where somebody was loading sabotted .223 rounds into the 7.62 X 25 and getting some incredible velocities out of a handgun. Looked like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Seen #16162 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Ok you were wrong. Does it look like this? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=233061737 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasted Cap Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Trigger Mike, I was stationed in Berlin when the wall came down, lived on Theilplatz just down the road from the O club. We were getting offered CZ 75's for $50. One guy that worked with my Dad bragged a little to loudly he bought an AK off a Soviet soldier for $75. Those guys were selling everything. There was an article in the Stars and Stripes of a german that got a visit from the Polizei, when they searched the appartment they found a bunch of mortar rounds stacked in the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Had a CZ 27 once in 7.63/ .32. It was a great little gun. Traded it for a Beretta T-70 in .32. Don't have it any more, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 A 7.65 CZ 70 will in fact shoot 32acp ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 CZ 70 Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Ok you were wrong. Does it look like this? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=233061737 naw it wernt that one, I had one of those once to. I just could not understand why even though I told the guy I owned what he was selling once and shot 32 auto out of it that he would not believe me and kept telling me it was some weird caliber. I may go back, offer a lot less and see if they take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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