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I have just purchased a surplus CZ52 pistol and it has no markings on it other than two matching serial numbers and the import stamp. The serial number is on the left side of the frame and the other on the barrel with a "T" circled (Tula?). The finish is gray. All the other CZ's I have seen have many more markings as well as two swords crossed with two digits in front to designate its year of production on the righthand side of the frame. Mine has nothing on the righthand side. Can anyone give me information on the pistol I have received?
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Track CZ52 was made in Czechoslovakia 1952 thru 1956 and came in 7.62mm and 9mm models. There is a model 30 Tokarev chambered in 7.62mm, but are not the same item. Don't know if this was any help. 0 -
You can switch calibers by just changing barrels. The 7.62x25 is a 9mm necked down to .30 cal. You use the same magazine for both. If you switch out barrels to change to 9mm it will change the C&R status of your gun. It will no longer be considered a C&R. 
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Tokarev is an ammo type, 7.62x25 Tokarev. Just like 9mm Luger. Toks made in 7.62 shoot the same round as CZ-52s in 7.62. It's also the same round used in the .30 Mauser, but the later designs can handle much hotter loads than the old Broomhandle.
AFAIK, all CZ-52s in 9mm are later conversions, the originals, which were produced for only 3 years, 52, 53, and 54, were all in 7.62, and the design is made for this round. The main snag with using 9mm conversions, I'm told, is that the mag is quite long, and sometimes the 9mm rounds move backwards, and then fail to feed. I have also seen 9mm Largo conversions for the CZ-52.
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chunkstyle hit well into the black.
Folks mix the Tokarev 7.62x 25 ammo name, and the Russian Tokarev TT33 pistol which is chambered in 7.62, and the Czech CZ52 pistol also chambered in 7.62 .
The Russian TT33's are around for about $300 or so, but are getting harder to find. Norinco makes a fair TT33 clone for less, usually in 9mm with a 9mm mag. Barrel/spring/mag swaps for 7.62, 9mm, and 38 super are common, but a mag swap is required...it will have a spacer to shorten the interior to 9mm length. You may have less luck with a clone. Some clones have a shorter 9mm only mag well and cannot convert to 7.62.
The CZ52's are around now for $ 100.00. My boy got an excellent 'original gray parkerized', a polished one that almost looks as in the white, and a flat black refurb. The first two were chunks of cosmoline upon arrival but cleaned up well. All are in good shape and shoot well.
Some features folks list are that the CZ's have no bbl bushing and have a de-cocker safety (forward thinking in the 50's). The bbl remains in the slide upon initial breakdown. The grip on the CZ52 is longer than the TT-33.
TT-33's break down like 1911 et. al. after removal of the 'master link style' keeper. Some consider the original Russian of better quality, I just appreciate the history of both.
If I have muddied the water or otherwise mis-spoken, I hope another poster will correct me.
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I have a CZ52 in 7.62 x 25. I recently bought a 9MM Luger barrel for it, and it swaps out just fine. The only feeding issue with the 9mm is that it will not handle hollow points (they are too short).
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Sarco, Inc. is offering original 9mm Luger chambered CZ52's, everything points to the manufacture of some in 9mm Luger according to the ad. Maybe these are later conversions, but Sarco is advertizing them as a rare variety, from out of Germany. Made at CZ for East Germany? I don't know. Price is at $170. If what Sarco says is true, they were made in both 9mm Luger and 7.62X25.
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