Cold War

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I have several Cold War pistols from that timeline. I lived about 6 clicks from the Czechoslovakian border in those days, with lots of stories to go with it. These three guns are a Romanian 7.62x25, a chicom 9mm, and a first production 9mm CZ75. If you reload, Starline has 30 Mauser brass on sale (7.63x25) for $129.00 per 500, which has to be trimmed to fit the Tokarev and loaded with a mild load for the Mauser. Educate yourself before attempting same. I fire all my guns and reload them as needed with lots of odd calibers. I have not had any issues with these old guns that a very aggressive cleaning didn't cure.

 

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I like the group and have a few myself, but a minor quibble- photo (which is blurry) looks like a standard pre-B CZ 75. I wouldn't call that first-production, I'd go with the short rail as that. And that is a grail gun for me, I'm still trying to land one.

The Romanian vs the Chicom- same size ejection port, mag well, etc? I have a Chinese T-54 that came NIB with a 9mm barrel, I can use standard Tok mags, and swap in a 7.62 barrel (I picked up a Hungarian barrel). Uses the same bushing etc, literally just a barrel swap to change calibers. I'm trying to find a 38 Super barrel for it; the Chinese sold some, and they'd swap in too.

 

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Better Photos

I think this is a better photo of the CZ75, it dates back to 1984-85, it is a pre B model.