In Praise of the CZ 45

[BlackAgnes]

OK-- It's not a major manstopper or anything, but it is an all-steel .25 Auto, double-action only, reliable pocket gun which can fire nine (9!) rounds just as fast as you can pull the trigger.

The hammer is not cocked by the slide as it cycles--a long, firm trigger pull is required since every shot is DA.

It's a little larger than other .25s, but has a good feel and points naturally--a good thing, since it has no sights!

It may just become my new ankle gun!

 

[Pop's2]

the first pocket pistol I bought was a CZ45; walked into a LGS in 1966 and paid $25 including a box of ammo no paper work and out the door. Fairly accurate at 7yds and sold it 20 yrs later ...wish I had kept it.

 

[41RF]

They are Great! I have one that came out of the middle east somewhere; Arabic or Farsi writing on the trigger guard. Looks horrible, never fails to work. It does prefer, naturally enough, the Czech Sellier & Bellot ammo, which is cheap and plentiful anyway. The S & B seems to headspace most exactly, so extracting an unfired round is smoother. Spare mags are not too easy, but I believe the Beretta 21 mag will work, although it doesn't fit flush at the front of the floorplate. Memory may be faulty here, anyway it's one of the Beretta 25 auto mags....They are very flat and thin; mine has been all over.

 

[2152hq]

I had one several years ago, wish I had kept it. I'm not a big fan of the 25 autos generally, but this one was very easy to handle (for me).

Wasn't there a pre-war version of the pistol too?

 

[41RF]

There was, the 1936 model with a manual safety; a very scarce gun, at least in the US.