Hangfires & Ballistics Gel: Czech vz.52 at the Range (ad-free)
Added 2023-11-18 12:00:03 +0000 UTCYesterday we took a look at the vz.52/57 rifle in 7.62x39mm, and today I have one of its 7.62x45mm predecessors out at the range. Not so much to do some shooting, as it turns out, but to fix malfunctions and wait for hangfires and duds...
However, we did have enough success to put some 7.62x45mm into ballistics gel and see what it does.
If you want a nice small resource on the 52 and 52/57, check out Donald Woolley's book: https://www.blurb.com/b/10653307-the-vz-52-rifle-series
Also available on Amazon, but he gets less from Amazon sales than from direct ones: https://amzn.to/478kXPL
Comments
I have the VZ 52. I also have approximately 1500 rounds of steel core ammo. I fired mine 40 years ago. I might have to take the old thing out of its safe and shoot it a bit.
2023-12-06 20:48:08 +0000 UTCit was painful seeing this platform not perform at the level it was intended
2023-11-18 17:00:14 +0000 UTCI seem to remember that there is a chamber insert that allows one to use 7.62x39mm ammo in these. It would be interesting to see how that would work.
Larry Schwartz
2023-11-18 14:36:09 +0000 UTC
