1 April 2019

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and then there was one.

I bought two Italian Military/Police M-1 Carbines from CMP about 12 years ago. I can't remember when but within a year or so of buying them and shooting them I sold one and kept the better shooting of the two. They were both Inland made guns; WWII then to Italy as a Foreign Military Assistance "loan".

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During the Cold War the Czechs made, and was used by the Secret Police, the CZ Skorpion .32 acp Machine Pistol. It was a vicious little sucker, very high cyclic rate of fire and very compact.

CZ has given the SCORPION name to a new pistol, rifle, and in other then the US, a select fire gun. For some reason the BATFE as approved shouldering and firing a Scorpion Pistol with a wrist brace - which makes for a convenient sized gun. As a pistol the brace makes a lot more sense. Throw a red dot or a low power (3X) scope on it and it's a fine little shooter!

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Something different, a CZ-40P. The 40P could be called CZ's Frankengun; when a joint venture between Colt and CZ more or less failed (CZ was making a Model 40B with Colt labeling) CZ had left over parts. They installed the 40B slide on a P-01 "type" frame, making the 40P. It's a great auto despite being a .40 S&W...