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Posted: 2/17/2026 11:40:01 AM EDT
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This rifle was in parts in a box under my late father's work bench for years. He died in '76 when I was young, so I never got to ask him about it, but according to my mother, his uncle (my great uncle) brought it back from WW2, and it was given to my dad after my great uncle died because my dad was the only other person in the family that had been in the service. I finally got around to putting it together. I had to fix the upper hand guard as it was cracked and It was missing the buttplate and the cleaning rod, and some screws, which I scrounged local gun shows for. It is still missing the screw for the rear sight base. I took it to a local smith to check the headspace and look it over, and having received a clean bill of health, I'll probably take it out to the range later this week and put few rounds through it. I did pick up a bayonet for it off the EE recently. From my limited research it is a BRNO VZ24, made in 1928. If anyone has additional insight on it I would love to hear it. Attached File Attached File |
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| The wooden plug near the pistol grip is a common trait of a VZ-24 that was reworked by the German Army after Czechoslovakia's occupation. The Germans didn't like the side mounted sling loop mounted there and removed them whenever they could. Are there any markings on the underside of the stock behind the trigger guard? That is a common location for German Army depot rework stamps to be located. Some VZ-24's also have a German barrel proof stamp under the hand guard. |
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