![]() The one exception is the recessed magazine release. I will say that the plastic-like grip panels are a bit slick, but it locks into your hands quite securely thanks to the shape of the grip, checkering on the sides, and ambidextrous thumb shelves.įor my hands, all the controls are easily accessed without modifying my grip. (Photo: Paul Peterson/)ĭespite the weight and age of the design, the gun is surprisingly nimble and form-fitting to the hand. ![]() The CZ 82 with the original magazine has cycled any ammo, including modern self-defense loads, just fine for me. The original magazine, for me at least, has run flawlessly with everything from old surplus steel-case ammo to Hornady Critical Defense. There are ones that work, but there are also ones that I have never managed to cycle through the entire magazine without having to clear at least one jam. Also, I would recommend you be somewhat wary of aftermarket magazines for this gun if you intend it to be more than a range toy. 380 – has achieved the feat of passing California compliance. However, the gun has made the ATF’s Curio & Relics list, and the CZ 83 – a sister gun chambered for. I have not seen the CZ 82 appear on the California-compliant firearms list yet, and the 12-round magazine could be one hiccup anyway. Additionally, if your gun is in proper working order, the hammer should be blocked from contacting the firing pin when in the non-cocked position. Unlike the original Makarov, the CZ 82 does not have a free-floating firing pin. You could manually drop the hammer to make it a double-action carry piece – a somewhat risky prospect – but from surplus service holsters I’ve handled, the strap only functions when the hammer is back, implying that it was generally intended to be carried with the hammer cocked in those holsters. It also made sense with hard and often varying primer qualities from the East Bloc countries. Suffice it to say that the design is more of a second-strike capability when compared to modern designs with a similar function. Now, the CZ 82 has a double-action/single-action trigger design with the notable caveat that there is no decocker and the safety does not function when the gun is in DA mode. Of note, the weight should stand out as one of the bigger issues for this gun as a concealed carry piece. ![]() This squat little round lacks some of the power of the modern 9mm, but it is still effective and served as the standard pistol-caliber cartridge for the Soviet Bloc for most of the Cold War alongside the older 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Here you can see the difference between polygonal rifling and traditional rifling, top right. (Photo: Paul Peterson/)įeaturing a 12-round, double-stack magazine, the gun’s 9x18 Makarov chambering splits the difference between 9mm NATO and. These features, along with a short flood of very affordable guns, put the CZ 82 squarely in the sights of concealed carriers at a time when the Glock 19 and other polymer-framed guns had yet to make their mark in the American firearms market. In the 1980s, these guns hosted some interestingly modern features that set them apart from their Warsaw Pact peers like the Polish P-64. The CZ 82 offered a 12+1 capacity in a compact package well before the micro, polymer-framed carry revolution that has seen the rise of double-stack handguns like the Sig Sauer P365. Three things, in particular, set the CZ 82 up for concealed carry success – availability, size, and capacity. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, it quickly found its way into the states, where it became a fairly popular concealed carry option on the American surplus market. 82 if you want to run with the original nomenclature, is an all-metal handgun that served the now-defunct Czechoslovakian military in the last decade of the Cold War. ![]()
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