The Czech CZ-27,Created and introduced in 1927, the CZ-27 was the creation of the designer Frantisek

The Czech CZ-27,Created and introduced in 1927, the CZ-27 was the creation of the designer Frantisek Myska .  Essentially Myska’s design was a simplification of the an early Czech design called the CZ-22.  A single action pistol that used a simple blowback mechanism, it was chambered for .32 ACP.  It came with a magazine that could hold 8 or 9 rounds depending on year of make.  Basically the CZ-27 was made to be simple and easy to use.  It is also exceptionally accurate, as proven when I fired my grandfathers CZ a few weeks ago.During the 1920’s up to the brink of World War II, the CZ-27 was the standard sidearm of the Czech Army.  Unfortunately the CZ-27 would never be used in defense of their country.  In 1938 Germany annexed Czechoslovakia as a part of a peace agreement with the Britain and France, occupying the country without a shot.  Despite being a Czech weapon, it was under German occupation that the CZ-27 would become an especially prolific pistol. Under Germany occupation 450,000 were produced for the German military and police.  By contrast only 200,000 were produced before the occupation.  German occupation models have German markings, and also tend to be of lesser aesthetic quality than their pre-war counterparts with tool markings and lesser quality finish.  I don’t blame the Czech slave laborers for not having an eye for detail when it came to producing weapons for their tyrannical overlords. My grandfather offered me his CZ-27, also a German occupation model, but I turned it down.  It’s nice but I am more of a revolver man.  Currently my father is in possession of it, and is planning on doing a restoration of it. -- source link

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