Czech CZ-24 self-loading pistol

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Czech CZ-24 self-loading pistol

Post by Dutch Mosin » Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:53 pm

Hello all,

Last week I picked up a nice little pistol in Germany.
It’s a Czech CZ-24 in caliber 9mm Browning short or .380ACP.
Sometimes this pistol is also referred to as Vz-24.
Vz is the Czech abbreviation for Vzor, meaning Model.
CZ is an abbreviation of Ceska Zbrojovka, meaning Czech Armory.
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Experimental Mauser pistol model 1910-1914 by Josef Nickl


Some info on this pistol.
The CZ 24 is an improved version of the CZ 22.
The CZ 22 was based on an experimental Mauser model 1910-1914 self-loading pistol designed by Josef Nickl.
In the early 1920’s Czechoslovakia bought his patents and turned it into the CZ-22.
After a couple of years Czech arms designer Frantisek Myska redesigned the CZ-22.
He had a couple of good reasons for this.
First reason was that in 1924 Ceska Zbrojovka had taken over the manufacture of the CZ-22 from Czechoslovak Zbrojovka and they had to adapt the production of the CZ-22 to their own machines and tools.
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Czech CZ-22 pistol

Second reason was that the Czech Armament Commission wanted the CZ-22 to become a safe and reliable pistol so it could serve as a military weapon.
This meant they had to add some safety features like a magazine safety.
Next to that they wanted to simplify the production to reduce the costs.
Some parts were stamped instead of milled to achieve this.
In May 1925 200 pre-production pistol were tested by the Czech Armament Commission.
The new design was approved in August 1925.

Because the pistol was manufactured in a different facility and so many parts had been altered it got a new designation.
The CZ-24 was born.
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Czech CZ-24


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Re: Czech CZ-24 self-loading pistol

Post by Miller Tyme » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:11 pm

Nice looking pistol Martin, I like it a lot.

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Re: Czech CZ-24 self-loading pistol

Post by Dutch Mosin » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:27 am

Thanks Miller.
It's good to be back.

I agree.
It is a very nice pistol with a great history attached to it.
I also like the operating system of this pistol.
The rotary barrel locking system was originally devised to fire 9x19 Luger ammunition and was not really necessary to fire less powerful 9x17 ammunition.
The 9x17mm (.380 ACP) was however standard in the Czechoslovak army.

Here's a picture of the locking system.
Not very clear, but I'll post a better one ASAP.
CZ-24 rotary barrel locking system
CZ-24 rotary barrel locking system

I picked up the CZ-24 last week, but I found it a couple of months ago in a German gun shop.
I asked the owner if he had any former Warsaw Pact handguns.
At first he said no, but then he said he might have something " laying around" in the basement.
A couple of minutes later he showed me this CZ-24 and asked if this was something I'd like to buy.
He named his price...........I thought about it for about half a second and said......OK. :D

A very nice addition to my collection.



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Re: Czech CZ-24 self-loading pistol

Post by joseyclosey » Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:42 pm

That is a nice addition Martin, thank you for sharing with us.

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Re: Czech CZ-24 self-loading pistol

Post by Dutch Mosin » Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:35 am

Thanks Joe.
I'm very happy with this one.
Right now I'm busy documenting the pistol.
Next to taking various pictures that means trying to find more details, both technical and historical, on this pistol.
This is something I like to do very much.
I gather more knowledge and it makes my collection more complete.

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