P-83 & P-93

pss849 · Post by **pss849** » January 16th, 2006, 6:10 pm

Are these two in the USA, if so where can you get one?

xelloss · Post by **xelloss** » January 18th, 2006, 12:17 am

Empire Arms had some a while back, but quickly sold out... Hard to say when more will be in-country...

-Mark

fjblackesq · Post by **fjblackesq** » January 18th, 2006, 1:00 am

check w/ Dr Karl at MARKARPOVdotNET... HE has 20 CZ83s on order from CZ and is taking preorders. $390.00 Also go to Gunbroker Aiuction and search "MAKROV" SKI[P THE "a" THE GUY MISSPELLED IT. FJB

abwehr · Post by **abwehr** » January 18th, 2006, 8:07 am

I wonder why these pistols are not being marketed here? They just seen to dribble in and by the time I hear about them, they are gone! I may have to check in with Dr. Karl. Thanks for the heads up FJB!!!!

bret · Post by **bret** » April 10th, 2006, 4:30 pm

I've got a couple of P83's. One is a "Special Edition" and the other is the military version. In order to get them about 10 years ago, you had to be willing to shell out about $240 each. Only people with wisdom like me were willing to do so when you could get Bulgarian Makarovs for $125 and East German Makarovs for $150. ;D Seriously, I had to have them for my 9x18 collection. I'm glad that I purchased them. I suspect that we'll see a bunch of them dumped on the US market in the near future. Since Poland has joined NATO, they'll need to do something with their 9x18 chambered pistols. Here's a picture of one:

abwehr · Post by **abwehr** » April 11th, 2006, 6:03 am

I would like to see these pistol come into the US too! I just hope Poland does not get "politically correct" because the UN is calling for all countries to destroy their obsolete weapons. I hope Poland relalizes they can make a little money by selling to us guys!

steve98664 · Post by **steve98664** » May 1st, 2006, 10:14 pm

I hope I hear it when the start coming in! I have looked all over for both of these.

steve98664 · Post by **steve98664** » June 13th, 2006, 9:46 pm

Bret,

I just picked up a P-83 the same as the one pictured by you above. It came in a red plastic case with a clear cover.

The slide on my new pistol looks like the special eagle version and the hammer looks like the military version. Which version is pictured above in your post?

I checked on the web and the eagle version has adjustable sites. I don't think mine has those. I think I have a commercial marked, but military version. Looks like that is what is in your picture. Let me know if you get a chance!

Steve

nbender · Post by **nbender** » June 13th, 2006, 10:47 pm

CZ told makarov.com that they would not make any more of the polygonal 9x18 barrels. The tooling is shot and they don't want to re-invest in new setups. These CZ 83s that mak.com is getting are the last ones that CZ will make in 9x18. And the 83s in .380 will have a very limited choice of finishes.

And I think that mak.com sold all the 9x18s by pre-order, but check their website.

steve98664 · Post by **steve98664** » June 14th, 2006, 7:43 pm

Nbender,

Thanks for the information about the CZ-83 stuff. I have a CZ-82. Sounds like the barrel I have will have to last!

However, I was curious about a P-83 Vanad which is a Radom/VB pistol.

I visited Mak dot com yesterday and they had 2 CZ-83 9x18's left.

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