Czech ZK 383 Transferable Submachine Gun

The Czechmade ZK383 submachine gun is a bit of an oddball in the world of submachine guns. It has several design features typically associated with riflecaliber light machine guns an integral bipod and a quickchange barrel. In fact, the ZK383 was designed to be a hybrid gun, usable as either a standard SMG or in a support role off the bipod. Another interesting mechanical feature of the ZK383 is the removable weight in its bolt, which allows the shooter to choose between fast and slow rates of fire by removing the weight or leaving it in place. In my shooting, the slow rate was about 470 rpm and the fast rate was about 750 rpm. Personally, I preferred the slow rate but both were exceedingly easy to control. The gun is fantastically well made, as one might expect from a prewar Czech weapon. This particular ZK383 is an original transferrable C R gun, brought back to the US by a veteran after WWII. It is a very early production gun, with a Germanmarked maga