Quote Originally Posted by master_shriller View Post
Hi Alistair, that sounds like a nice little pistol.

I would think it was made as a trainer pistol for any serious Iron Curtain .22 lr pistol competitors, as was the Drulov Condor, which was used as a fast fire multi shot pistol trainer.

We couldn't have any non miltary / government comrade, walking about with a firearm, and you probably wouldn't do too much damage with low powered co2 pistol.
Thing is I believe it was made quite a long time after the end of Communism in Czechslovakia, although I could be wrong. Even if it was, then why make it in .22 when .177 pellets are cheaper?

I have just discovered that it is 'auto-cocking'. This means that after putting a gas bulb in and the initial cocking action against the hammer spring, the pistol re-cocks itself after each shot. All one has to do is reload a pellet in the loading gate. Very nice!