The 52 is a well made, accurate gun that is cheap to shoot. I love mine.
Thanks alot for the feedback guys, it helps alot. That being said i'll go ahead and ask another Q, so now that i'm definitely going to get one when I have a little extra, would you get the CZ52, TT33, or another 7.62x25 i'm not aware of? I'm leaning towards the CZ because I have actually put hands on one at the shop, it seems over-built which is good for the position i'm going to be playing it at (Ranch gun, plinker, opportunistic shots at coyotes or a boone & crockett class water jug.) Also has anyone hit OKC gun shows and seen these ? Thanks in advance.
Jeff
The surplus stores selling them for $89.00 and C&R collectors buying them by the create loads has a lot to do with the scarsity in numbers nowadays!I would get a cz52. They seem to be built better than the others. Also by a machined steel firing pin, you'll eventually need it. These pistols used to be everywhere at gunshows, but I haven't seen any around lately.
CZ 52 is stronger than the Tok. CB
Actually it is the other way around. The Tokarev is much stronger than the CZ52. A few years back a materials testing engineer did some strength testing on both the CZ-52 and the Tokarev and found out that the CZ-52 would not take much of an overload at all before the chamber & slide cracked, whereas the Tok would take a much higher overload. Just measure how thin the chamber wall is in the CZ52 at its thinnest spot, and compare that with the Tok's chamber. The CZ52 chamber is much thinner.
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