Picked up one of these the other day. Looks to be in decent shape. Bore was a bit dirty and may have very minor pitting. I hope it shoots well!
Pics, or didn't happen.
We need pics. Is it an actual czech or is it a romanian contract? Rampant lion crest?
Hoping the pics show up. Yeah, my gun doesn't really have a crest. It's kinda like there's just a small portion of one. Not sure what happened to the rest of it.
Excellent. Too bad about the crest, but those 24s shoot well. (at least the ones I've had did)
Looks like it was a king carol romanian VZ24. Is there an R in the serial prefix?
Yeah, it's starts off as DRxxxxx (forgot the number sequence). The bolt and receiver have matching number though. Do you have more details about exactly what this rifle is? What's the difference with king carol romanian and others?
There were a lot of Vz24s floating around eastern Europe after WWII. The commies exported large numbers to various third-world countries as better weapons became available for their own forces. They obliterated (with varying degrees of thoroughness) the Czech insignia on the receivers before turning them over to other countries.
Anyway, very well-made rifles with plenty of history. I don't have one, but hope to find the right one some day. Congrats on finding what looks like a nice example.
From Wikipedia: The Czechoslovak Armaments Factory started making specially designated vz. 24s in 1938 after the German invasion. Romania was for a time part of the Axis during World War II. "Romanian" vz. 24s have a letter followed by an "R" in the serial number; for example SR 1XXX. "AR", "BR", "CR"... all the way through "YR" represent different periods of manufacturing, no rifle with "ZR" has been found. The Czechs made 25,000 rifles for each period roughly totaling 625,000 Romanian vz. 24s. Romanian vz. 24's saw action in Ukraine, Bessarabia, and Stalingrad in the hands of Romanian soldiers fighting for the Axis. It was not until 1944 that Romania joined the Allies.
Carol II was King of Romania during the period when these rifles were made.
Anyway, very well-made rifles with plenty of history. I don't have one, but hope to find the right one some day. Congrats on finding what looks like a nice example.
From Wikipedia: The Czechoslovak Armaments Factory started making specially designated vz. 24s in 1938 after the German invasion. Romania was for a time part of the Axis during World War II. "Romanian" vz. 24s have a letter followed by an "R" in the serial number; for example SR 1XXX. "AR", "BR", "CR"... all the way through "YR" represent different periods of manufacturing, no rifle with "ZR" has been found. The Czechs made 25,000 rifles for each period roughly totaling 625,000 Romanian vz. 24s. Romanian vz. 24's saw action in Ukraine, Bessarabia, and Stalingrad in the hands of Romanian soldiers fighting for the Axis. It was not until 1944 that Romania joined the Allies.
Carol II was King of Romania during the period when these rifles were made.
^^^now THAT makes it really cool. Part of history.
They are great rifles! My first Mauser was a VZ24 and its a great shooter! In my opinion probably one of the slickest bolts out there.
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