CZ 27, 7, 65 mm Browning (7,65x17 mmSR/.32 Auto)

Type: Semiautomatic pistol Produced: 1927-1951 Caliber: .32 Auto (7,65x17 mmSR/7,65 mm Browning) Action: Blowback Trigger: Single action Safety: Thumb safety (frame), magazine disconnector (in locked-breech variant) Magazine: 8 rounds Sights: Rear, open sight fixed, V notch; Front, blade shape fixed Grooves: 6 grooves, right-hand twist, 9.8" (250 mm) Barrel length: 3.89" (99 mm) Overall length: 6.38" (162 mm) Muzzle energy: 126 ft-lb (171 J) Muzzle velocity: 895 ft/s (273 m/s) The civilian models has the name "Böhmische Waffenfabrik in Strakonice" on the top of the slide. In 1939, after twelve years of use by the Czechoslovakian police, the German Occupation Army saw its potential and adopted it as a secondary military weapon and for police and Luftwaffe use as Pistole 27(t). The CZ 1927 was made for police, security guards and commercial sale until the German occupation. Production continued under German supervision, «Pistolen 27 (t)» being made until 1945. The top-rib of the slide was marked BOHMISCHE WAFFENFABRIK A.G. IN PRAG with «pistole modell 27 kal. 7,65» on the left side of the frame. Guns made after 1941 omitted the top-rib mark in favour of «fnh Pistole Modell 27 Kal. 7,65» on the left side of the slide. «fnh» was the German identification code for the CZ factory. Work resumed in 1946, initially by assembling guns from left-over wartime parts. New CZ 27...