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I have a C&R license and I was totally surpirised about the curio part. I bought a Polish

Makarov a couple of months ago. C&R was accepted. Figured it was from the 50's. Received it and it was stamped 1972, definitely under the 50 yr. mark. Found out the ATF had put it on their curio list in 2008.

The CZ model 82 ("VZ82&quot is also C&R, even though they were produced until 1993. The rationale for putting it on the curio list is that it was a military/police sidearm for a country that no longer exists: Czechoslovakia. Voila: instant historical significance.

Except for the chambering (9x18 Makarov), the 82 is virtually identical to the CZ83, a .380 pistol that was available on the consumer market until last year. It is an excellent pistol, capable of being carried hammer-down as a DA/SA or cocked-and-locked for single action operation. The drawback is that this requires decocking manually if you want to use it in SA/DA mode. It's not that hard to do safely, but still should be practiced with an unloaded pistol before it is attempted with a loaded one.