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Article: Czechoslovakia's Skorpion: the rattle's gone, but the cachet is there.(SURPLUS LOCKER[TM])
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- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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One of the most exotic machine pistols ever to hit the streets was the Czech Skorpion. It was a legitimate, Czech Army issued small arm, but it quickly acquired an infamous reputation in the hands of state security police, political assassins, terrorists and just plain old crooks. Thanks to a recent import from CZ-USA, we can now own and shoot this historic, little rattle gun.
The Czech arms industry was in ferment during the 1950s, and as milsurp collectors, we've been the lucky recipients of such nice pieces as the CZ 52 pistol, Model 52 and Model 58 rifles and now the Skorpion, albeit the latter in a newly manufactured, semi ...