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HANDGUNS

Most Czech handguns are of Czech design and manufacture. See below.

Army Pistole 1922

Semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .380 ACP (9x17mm short) cartridge. Barrel length is 3.5". Magazine capacity is 8 rounds. Weight is approximately 22 oz. Adopted by the Czech army in 1922 and called the M22. This was the first Czech designed and manufactured service semi-automatic pistol. It was based on a German locked breech design and made under license from Mauser. Blued with checkered plastic grips. Manufactured between 1921 and 1923. Because of production difficulties, only about 22,000 were built.

CZ 1924

The first large production military pistol produced by CZ. It is a locked-breech pistol with a 3.5" rotating barrel chambered for the 9mm short cartridge, external hammer, and a magazine safety. It features a rounded slide and is blued with a wrap-around walnut grip. Magazine capacity is 8 rounds. The slide is marked “Ceska Zbrojovka A.S. v Praze.” Weight is approximately 24 oz. About 170,000 of these pistols were produced between 1922 and 1938.