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Gewehr98 · September 8, 2007, 04:40 PM

Along with cases of the surplus steel-cased 7.62x45 ammo. The guns and ammo have long since dried up.

Some importers saw fit to slather the guns with black texture paint in an effort to hide ugly wood.

Finding a good specimen these days is one of those "being in the right place at the right time" things. If you find one, see if it has the black crinkle paint, and CHECK THE BORE! Corrosive ammo was the norm, and it wreaked havoc on the barrels.

There was also a VZ-52/57 variant that came out just prior to the Czech VZ-58 rifle, and it's chambered in the Soviet 7.62x39 M43 round - obviously a lot easier to keep fed.

September 8, 2007, 04:40 PM	#7
Gewehr98 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2000 Location: Token Creek, WI Posts: 4,067	A gaggle of them got imported in the mid-late 1990s... Along with cases of the surplus steel-cased 7.62x45 ammo. The guns and ammo have long since dried up. Some importers saw fit to slather the guns with black texture paint in an effort to hide ugly wood. Finding a good specimen these days is one of those "being in the right place at the right time" things. If you find one, see if it has the black crinkle paint, and CHECK THE BORE! Corrosive ammo was the norm, and it wreaked havoc on the barrels. There was also a VZ-52/57 variant that came out just prior to the Czech VZ-58 rifle, and it's chambered in the Soviet 7.62x39 M43 round - obviously a lot easier to keep fed. __________________ "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round... Neural Misfires