DMK
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Home from work today and the brown trucked just dropped off a nice treat for me.
I'm impressed. It's a very nice pistol for $200. I can certainly see the CZ75 lineage in it. Even the mags look like baby CZ75 mags. It's well made and has a really nice trigger. The DA is a bit gritty, but not too heavy. Not as good as my CZ75 or EG Makarov, but not as bad as my CZ70 either. SA trigger is very good. Just a tiny bit of creep on the second stage. The 12 round mags smoothly drop free and the mag release is right behind and below the trigger where it should be. Good sights that are almost identical to those on my CZ75B (I'm pretty sure they are even interchangable). The safeties are right at the thumb like the CZ75 and the CZ82 safety can be engaged with the hammer cocked. There is no decocker. All the controls are ambi. Even the holster can be used on either side. Must be a lot of left handers in the Czech army.
It field strips just like the Makarov and Walther PP. Pull down the trigger guard, then pull the slide all the way back and up.
Size wise, the grip is just as big and wide as my CZ75. It has a shorter barrel though and overall the CZ75 stands a little taller measure from bottom of magwell to top of rear sights. Overall dimensions, its about the same size as a Makarov, but just a tiny bit longer due to the CZ82s beavertail. The CZ82 is certainly no small gun. However, it feels very comfortable and should make a nice range gun.
Condition wise, it's got a black paint finish. There's some wear and chips on it. I'd say the finish is about 90%. The grips are perfect. The mags are in excellent condition, the holster is clean and only slightly worn (just broken in). Even the lanyard is in good shape. No cosmoline on anything, just a little light oil on the gun itself.
The only thing I don't like is the huge import marking stitched into the left side of the slide: "CZ M.82 9x19mm Czech Republic". The importer's name is on the frame just over the trigger and is a bit more discreet. The serial number is on the right side in three places: barrel, slide and frame. Mine is also marked with SHE 89 and crossed swords, which I assume means it was accepted by the Czech army in 1989. There are also crossed swords stamped in both mags. Neither mag has a serial number.
Due to the cheesy looking paint and the horrible importer scribing, I think I'm going to sandblast this one and refinish it in semi-gloss black Gunkote. I might stone the trigger a bit while I have it apart.
Overall though, I give it a big thumbs up.
I'm impressed. It's a very nice pistol for $200. I can certainly see the CZ75 lineage in it. Even the mags look like baby CZ75 mags. It's well made and has a really nice trigger. The DA is a bit gritty, but not too heavy. Not as good as my CZ75 or EG Makarov, but not as bad as my CZ70 either. SA trigger is very good. Just a tiny bit of creep on the second stage. The 12 round mags smoothly drop free and the mag release is right behind and below the trigger where it should be. Good sights that are almost identical to those on my CZ75B (I'm pretty sure they are even interchangable). The safeties are right at the thumb like the CZ75 and the CZ82 safety can be engaged with the hammer cocked. There is no decocker. All the controls are ambi. Even the holster can be used on either side. Must be a lot of left handers in the Czech army.
It field strips just like the Makarov and Walther PP. Pull down the trigger guard, then pull the slide all the way back and up.
Size wise, the grip is just as big and wide as my CZ75. It has a shorter barrel though and overall the CZ75 stands a little taller measure from bottom of magwell to top of rear sights. Overall dimensions, its about the same size as a Makarov, but just a tiny bit longer due to the CZ82s beavertail. The CZ82 is certainly no small gun. However, it feels very comfortable and should make a nice range gun.
Condition wise, it's got a black paint finish. There's some wear and chips on it. I'd say the finish is about 90%. The grips are perfect. The mags are in excellent condition, the holster is clean and only slightly worn (just broken in). Even the lanyard is in good shape. No cosmoline on anything, just a little light oil on the gun itself.
The only thing I don't like is the huge import marking stitched into the left side of the slide: "CZ M.82 9x19mm Czech Republic". The importer's name is on the frame just over the trigger and is a bit more discreet. The serial number is on the right side in three places: barrel, slide and frame. Mine is also marked with SHE 89 and crossed swords, which I assume means it was accepted by the Czech army in 1989. There are also crossed swords stamped in both mags. Neither mag has a serial number.
Due to the cheesy looking paint and the horrible importer scribing, I think I'm going to sandblast this one and refinish it in semi-gloss black Gunkote. I might stone the trigger a bit while I have it apart.
Overall though, I give it a big thumbs up.
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