[Travis McGee]

The following is a public service announcement.

There is still a great pistol and ammo deal out there waiting for you. If you have waited too long to arm up, or if you want one more, look at the excellent milsurp CZ-52 pistol and 7.62X25 Tokarev ammo.

You can get a CZ-52 for about $200 at any gun show or at many gun stores. You can also find them by googling around the internet. The ammo can be had for as low as 11 cents a bullet in any quantity you want. Extra mags are from $12 to $20 each.

The milsurp ammo is full metal jacket, firing an 85gr bullet at 1,600fps. These will go through car doors, kevlar helmets, kevlar vests etc like an icepick through butter. OTOH, they will also go through one bad guy and maybe hit a good guy behind him.

However, you can buy hollowpoints ("Wolf Gold" with brass shells) for about $19/50, or half the price of comparable 9mm JHPs. My test "Wolf Gold" JHP ammo expanded to .60 caliber, the same as my test 9mm JHPs.

So for $400, you could buy a CZ-52, 1,500 rounds of assorted ammo, and a few extra mags. OR, you could buy about 2/3s of a "brand name" pistol, and no ammo.

It's just a thought. This is a great bargain. The ammo is cheap and plentiful at all of the internet catalog sites. Don't wait, the libtards will soon slam the door on foreign gun and ammo imports, and the prices will go way up.

Another benefit of this pistol is that it is very accurate, with very fine sights. WIth this flat-shooting ammo, you can hit at 100 yards with ease. Downsides are brittle firing pins (buy a spare, and don't dry fire) and a decocking function that you should not trust. Just lower the SA hammer like a 1911. The safety works like a 1911, so if you are used to 1911s, it will be very easy to use the CZ-52

[Jed Eckert]

There is still a great pistol and ammo deal out there waiting for you. If you have waited too long to arm up, or if you want one more, look at the excellent milsurp CZ-52 pistol and 7.62X25 Tokarev ammo.

Couldn't agree more. IMHO this is a much better choice than something like a Hi Point pistol for those on a budget. The round itself, in its hotter loads, is also pretty impressive for a pistol round. A few custom ammo loaders were even offering a sabot round (.223 bullet in a.30 caliber sabot) for even better performance. Now if only someone would come up with 7.62 X 25 Tokarev upper for the AR 15.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Thank you for the post.

Question:
What is the first revolver a cost-conscious consumer should buy for a first-time shooter who is a small woman with small hands (Mrs. Christian_Capitalist)? Happy to buy new or used, whatever, just trolling for suggestions.

[CholeraJoe]

[NFHale]

RE CA-52:
Thanks for posting, Travis. That’s a fine little pocket pistol. I don’t own one, but a buddy of mine has one that I’ve fired and thought it a great piece to carry. Hungarian FEG is the same pistol, unless I’m mistaken (clarification appreciated)???

7.62x25...isn’t that the same round used in the old PPsH-41 “Burp Gun”? 72 round drum magazine capacity, like a swarm of hornets...Always wanted one of those.

[Chode]

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