Posted: 11/27/2014 9:26:29 PM EDT
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My s/o's grandfather was a Korea vet. He has this pistol stuffed away in the back of his pantry behind his flour and crackers. It hasn't been fired in 32 years, and the ammo, which is still in the magazine, was purchased in 1961. He got it from his uncle when he was about 20.
Other than a model 27 in 7.65 cal, all he knows about this is what his friend (a firearm enthusiast) said; it was either used by the German police after WW2 or during WW2. What can you guys tell me about this piece?  " />
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It's a CZ 27
Here's a link to a recent auction: http://www.gunauction.com/buy/7653126 |
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You have a WWII Wehrmacht marked cz27, congrats on a piece of history.
CESKA ZBROJOVKA in Prague started manufacture of the Cz27 in 1927; by the time of the German Occupation in 1939 about 15,000 had been produced. Most of these went to the Czechoslovakian Police and civilian markets. The Czech Police retained their weapons during the German Occupation. Some of the first occupation pistols roduced bear the "CESKA" legend on top of the slide, and AKAH or GECO German commerical import logos. A few of the early occupation pistols bear German Army acceptance stamps and /or test proofs. The German name for the Ceska Zbrojovka factory was Bohmishe Waffenfabrik A.G. (Bohemian Weapons Factory, Inc) and the "BOHMISCHE" slide legend was adopted during 1941 shortly after occupation military production started. Variations are based on slide legend ("CESKA", "BOHMISCHE" and "fnh") and subvariations are based on finish (high-polish blue, military-blue and phosphate). Serial numbers range from about 20000 to over 475000 for a total production of 455000. About 9000 pistols with the fnh code (sn476000-485000 some with the E/WaA76 stamp) were produced after the war. A few pistols with the 'BOHMISHE" slide legend are without serial number and bear a Nazi eagle 4 and a U prefix number etched on the slide. These may have been pre-military production test pistols.--"AXIS PISTOLS" by Jan C. Still In 1945 and 46 the Czech Ministry of Defense ordered 45,000. The pistol was phased out in 1949 for the CZ50. Production had reached over 620,000 pistols. There are two rare variations and those are a .22 long rifle and a variant to use a sliencer.--"Know Your Czechoslovakian Pistols" by R.J. Berger Never owned the 27 but did collect models 50, 75, 83 and 85 all built during the Cold War. 
I copy this from another post I made elsewhere. I'm deployed right now so don't have my references handy for any other information on the sub variations. other post edit to add: 7.65mm is known as .32 ACP here. So after a good cleaning, load her up with any 71-73gr FMJ and have fun. CD |
