The vz. 58 is striker fired unlike the hammer fired AK-47. This reduces the number of parts and possible points of failure. By the end of the 1950s, the Sa vz. 58 military issued assault rifle had obtained the impressive combination of weight and length (6.42 lbs and 33.30 inches for fixed stock) to make this rifle the elite among military The vz. 58 is a 7.62×39mm assault rifle designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia and accepted into service in the late 1950s as the 7,62 mm samopal vzor 5 From what I've read, the Czech made VZ-58 rifles in 10 round single stack configuration have a narrower "single stack" bolt than the one used with normal configuration rifles that use the standard mags. Kind of like the Romanian WASR AKM and some of the Yugo imports have a "single stack" bolt . If the single stack rifle is converted to standard Century Arms International is excited to bring back the VZ2008 semi-automatic rifle. Based on the Czechoslovakian VZ58, these rifles sport faster handling, better ergonomics and greater accuracy over similarly styled 7.62x39mm rifles. These rifles are constructed using a combination of newly manufactured parts and mil-surplus components. Vz.52 is a semi-automatic, gas operated, magazine fed weapon. The short stroke, annular gas piston closely resembles that of Mkb.42 (W) German assault rifle. The bolt is locked by tipping its front part with locking lugs down, into the recesses of the receiver. When the last shot is fired and magazine is empty, a bolt stop device is activated . M16 5.56×45mm. The AK-47's heavier 7.62×39mm round has superior penetration when compared to the M16's lighter 5.56×45mm round and is better in circumstances where a soldier has to shoot through heavy foliage, walls or a common vehicle's metal body and into an opponent attempting to use these things as cover. Well, for all AK type guns they're imported as a single stack, and then the importer mills out the receiver to accept double stack magazines. Vz58 magazines are proprietary and regular AK magazines won't work. Save yourself the money and buy a regular AK. You won't regret it. Just picked up my VZ-58 today from my FFL. I ordered if from Centerfire. I originally believed that these are imported by CZ-USA, but the import mark under the barrel reads "TGI KNOX TN". The rifle is hi-cap and it takes 30 rounders and it looks exactly as the one advertised by CZ-USA. The markings on the left side of the rear side block read: The Century Arms VZ 2008 Sporter is a semi-automatic variant of the CZ VZ58. They look similar to an AK-47 but feature a different bolt, fire control mechanism, and magazine. First - even AK-47 would be Stgw.44 clone by some ways Second - Czechoslovakia had pretty long history of gun design and making, even semi-auto and full auto ones. Vz.58 is completely different design than AK-47 and at the beginning it wasn't even supposed to use the same cartridge - Czechoslovakia had it own "middle" power cartridge.

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