USMA-82
NES Member
Picked this up from GB a few weeks ago and just got around to taking some photos. About 40,000 were made in the 1938-39 period. They were accepted for issue to the Czech armed forces, but before they could begin distribution, the Nazi's stepped in. They continued to produce the gun for a short time.
The lever on the left side of the receiver that looks like a slide stop is actually the take-down latch. Just push it forward, lift up the slide, pull it off the barrel and the gun is field-stripped. The barrel remains connected to the frame via a hinge at the muzzle end.
Double-action only, so it did not have a reputation as being particularly accurate. Also, if the soldier was not careful pulling the gun out of the holster, he could accidently push the take-down latch, and the gun would instantly self-disassemble! Not a great feature on the battlefield!
Here's a link with more:
http://www.freeexistence.org/vz38.html
This gun is in excellent shape, with a nearly perfect barrel, and no import marks. You'll see from the target at the end that it's not too bad in the accuracy department (2-handed, standing at 50-ft):
Ugly, under-powered, prone to flipping open at the wrong time - I love it.
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The lever on the left side of the receiver that looks like a slide stop is actually the take-down latch. Just push it forward, lift up the slide, pull it off the barrel and the gun is field-stripped. The barrel remains connected to the frame via a hinge at the muzzle end.
Double-action only, so it did not have a reputation as being particularly accurate. Also, if the soldier was not careful pulling the gun out of the holster, he could accidently push the take-down latch, and the gun would instantly self-disassemble! Not a great feature on the battlefield!
Here's a link with more:
http://www.freeexistence.org/vz38.html
This gun is in excellent shape, with a nearly perfect barrel, and no import marks. You'll see from the target at the end that it's not too bad in the accuracy department (2-handed, standing at 50-ft):
Ugly, under-powered, prone to flipping open at the wrong time - I love it.
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