CZ 99 – A Good Pistol Developed in a Bad Time
By Vladimir Onokoy
When you hear “CZ”, the first thing that comes to mind is the Česká Zbrojovka factory in Czechia (Czech Republic), famous for their CZ pistols, Scorpion submachineguns, and Bren rifles that our own James Reese recently tested. But there was one more CZ, the Yugoslavian factory called Crvena Zastava (which means “Red Banner” in Serbian), which also used the “CZ” designation for some of their rifles and pistols, the most famous being CZ99.It had a few good features for its time: fully ambidextrous, with mag release and decocker on both sides and decent magazine capacity. Compared with the two most popular pistols of that time: the Beretta M9 and SIG P226, the CZ 99 looked right at home.And that is not an accident. According to the book “Designers and Infantry Weapons of Serbia 1804-2019” written by the most famous Serbian gun writer Branko Bogdanović, CZ 99 was developed specifically for the US market under some fascinating circumstances.
CZ99 from a collection
Source: The Firearm Blog
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