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the running man wrote:A guy at i know was banging on and on about his cz mars thing, when i finally saw it i could not believe what a load of rubbish it looked like, possibly the ungliest gun since the french bar wannabe, it looked like a supermarket childs toy... I was completely unsurprised when it broke shortly after... Rubbish accuracy and as far as i could tell a waste of money...
It served the Czech army well for many years.
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So did Mikhail Gorbachev...
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While I agree they are possible one of the fugliest service rifles ever created, the accuracy of mine now i'm reloading for it is more than adequate for the rifle type and a 16" barrel at 1-1.5" @ 100m. Easily knocks down ETR targets out to 600m when fitted with an ACOG too.
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I like them.
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Didn't Marvin the Martian use one of these to zap Duck Dodgers, aka Daffy Duck???.
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Nah, his was the Looney Lazer.
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the running man wrote:A guy at i know was banging on and on about his cz mars thing, when i finally saw it i could not believe what a load of rubbish it looked like, possibly the ungliest gun since the french bar wannabe, it looked like a supermarket childs toy... I was completely unsurprised when it broke shortly after... Rubbish accuracy and as far as i could tell a waste of money...
I can smash down figure 11's at 300m all day with it, using a red dot and the nastiest steel cased ammo you can find. Awesome fun and well worth the money.
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#18 Post by shugie »

I've shot one in the original form in the Czech Republic, and the stock is a bit short for me. Otherwise it's a vast improvement on the AK, much better build quality.
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dromia wrote:I like them.
I can honestly say I have never seen one in fact I had never heard of one until people started refering to them in another topic on the forum. I obviously lead a very sheltered life.
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#20 Post by Sandgroper »

Alpha1 wrote: I can honestly say I have never seen one in fact I had never heard of one until people started refering to them in another topic on the forum. I obviously lead a very sheltered life.
From a thread titled Re: VZ58 MARS 223 vs 7.62x39 in 2015 you said
Alpha1 wrote:The 7.62x39 is a cracking cartridge I'm having great fun with it I'm currently playing with cast loads. I have had several .223 calibre rifles in the past boring boring. I'm talking about bolt action rifles I had never heard of the VZ58 MARS until I read this thread I googled it probably the ugliest rifle I have ever seen in my life.
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