Yugo CZ 70
I picked up a yugo cz 70 in .32 at a gun show fri. night. It is in excelent condition. It is an import. Just looking for general history and ball park value.
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The CZ 70 pistol was made in Czechoslovakia by Eesk? zbrojovka Uhersky Brod. It is a slightly revised version of the earlier CZ 50. The grips were redesigned and a couple of other minor things. I believe all the internal parts are the same. Magazines interchange.
It was built in the late 1940's for use as a police and military sidearm. It incorporates some features of the Walther PP/PPK series.
It is an all steel well-made pistol which is quite compact in size.
Many of these guns were released surplus in the late 90's and were pretty common then, but supplies have dried up since then. I bought a CZ 50 for $175 then, but prices have inched up to around $300-375 in this area. I would love to run across another one.
Do a search for it on the internet. There is a lot of information available. Parts are available form several sources.
Check on the auction side to see what they are selling for.0 -
The CZ-50 was designed after WWII by the Kratchovil brothers for the Czech government, which needed a more modern police pistol. It was released in - not surprisingly - 1950. When a cosmetic designed was released in 1970 it was called --- the CZ-70.
Recent GB sales of the CZ-70 have been in the $150-200 range.
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This can be a very confusing situation as there is also Yugoslavian/Serbian made .32 auto, that is known as the CZ 70. It's not nearly as common as the Czech CZ 70's. It was made in the Yugoslav/Serbian arsenal in Kragujevac, by what is known in the English speaking world as Zastava Arms. Why Zastava would use and mark their firearms with their "Crvena Zastava"="CZ" Trade Mark when the Czech handguns used a very similar marking as a identifier and Trade Mark is a mystery?
I GOT THIS IMAGE OFF THE NET OF A ZASTAVA CZ 70.
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Sorry--I spaced the Yugo CZ 70. Totally different animal and very uncommon in this country. I suspect that not many were built. I can't imagine why they used the same model number. 0 -
Here is a little more infor on the Yugo Z 70
Crvena Zastava M70 pistol (Serbia / former Yugoslavia)
Zastava M70 pistol, left side. Note manual safety above the grip panel.
Zastava M70 pistol, right side.
Type Single Action semiautomatic
Caliber(s) 7,65x17 (.32ACP); also 9x17 (.380ACP) in M70(K).
Weight unloaded 720 g
Length 165 mm
Barrel length 94 mm
Magazine capacity 8 rounds
The M70 pistol was produced by Yugoslavian (now Serbian) arms factory Crvena Zastava as a sidearm for police and certain military officers. This pistol is based on the military type M57 pistol, but is scaled down to accept smaller and less powerful cartridges, such as 7,65mm Browning (also known as 7,65x17SR or .32ACP) or 9mm Browning Short (also known as 9x17 or .380ACP). For many years these pistols were used by Yugoslavian police and military. Today many of these pistols are sold worldwide as surplus. For their size and power, M70 pistols are somewhat heavy, but heavy weight also has benefits of light recoil and good durability.
M70 pistol is a simple blowback design. barrel remains stationary when gun is fired, but it can be easily removed during disassembly of pistol. Trigger is of single action type; hammer unit is made removable as one piece. manual safety is located on the left side of the frame, above grip panel. Sights are fixed.0 -
The Zastava M70 will usually bring between $160-$200 on the auction side, depending on condition. They were imported until a few years ago, when they were deemed too small to import(whatever that means).
A real downer is, you cannot get spare mags for them. TripleK was supposedly tooling up to produce the replacement mags, but then the power shift in govt, and the gun/ammo frenzy took place, and it looks as if that is a dead project.0 -
quote:Originally posted by svg25ssm
I picked up a yugo cz 70 in .32 at a gun show fri. night. It is in excelent condition. It is an import. Just looking for general history and ball park value.
I see them all the time on gun shows and value is around $200. Have one but I hate shooting that gun. It has magazine issue so it will not feed properly if you load more then 6 rounds. Most of those guns I have seen are imported from Croatia where they were police sidearm in 70tis.Some are almost new with original box and manual.0 -
I wouldn't go over $200 out the door. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by magripa
quote:Originally posted by svg25ssm
I picked up a yugo cz 70 in .32 at a gun show fri. night. It is in excelent condition. It is an import. Just looking for general history and ball park value.
I see them all the time on gun shows and value is around $200. Have one but I hate shooting that gun. It has magazine issue so it will not feed properly if you load more then 6 rounds. Most of those guns I have seen are imported from Croatia where they were police sidearm in 70tis.Some are almost new with original box and manual.
If your having magazine problems try dry lubing it with dry graphite. I would soak it in K1 kerosine and then wash it out with hot water and blow it dry and then lube it with dry graphite. My cz70 functions fine with a fully loaded magazine and the only problem i had was a broken trigger spring which was hard to find so i ordered 2 when i found them.0 -
They don't feed hp ammo well, they were made to shoot fmj ammo. 0 -
The Zastava pistols are nice quality made guns, reliable and accurate. I have a Zastava M88 9x19mm and I love it, but it absolutely will not feed HP's, as it too is made to use FMJ's, although I would like to try FMJ flat points and see how that goes and may be the answer. 0
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