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  • Jul 1, 2012
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    That's what drew me to them in the first place... and even fugly deserves some love :)

    and it is 100% true that you can fire it w/o pulling the trigger, just push in on the sear bar above the trigger...
     

    Jimbob2.0

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 20, 2008
    16,600
    My latest snag from a member here.

    Numbers matching 42 BYF K98 I get the feeling this gun was rearsenaled by someone, definitely not your typical Russian given the finish and no defacing. Insanely awesome bore

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    This one is the mystery high serial Springfield 1903 with a 42 flaming bomb replacement barrel. Nickel Steel polished bolt with F mark underneath. No star gauge but polished bolt. I am under no illusion that this is a NM and my best guess is someone made a very nice rearsenaled gun into a NM clone. Like new bore and crown.

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    Binary male Lesbian
    MDS Supporter
    Jan 27, 2013
    40,749
    Woodbine
    Nothing fancy but I just rediscovered that I had this. It belonged to my dad, he traded a load of corn for it. H&R 676 with .22lr and .22mag cylinders
     

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    fidelity

    piled higher and deeper
    MDS Supporter
    Aug 15, 2012
    22,400
    Frederick County
    Nothing fancy but I just rediscovered that I had this. It belonged to my dad, he traded a load of corn for it. H&R 676 with .22lr and .22mag cylinders
    Nice. Pretty neat how he got it too.

    With Hornady 45 gr Critical Defense or 40 gr CCI Maxi Mag 22 WMR ammo, more than sufficient for raccoon-sized critters.
     

    Oldcarjunkie

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    Jan 8, 2009
    12,217
    A.A county
    My latest snag from a member here.

    Numbers matching 42 BYF K98 I get the feeling this gun was rearsenaled by someone, definitely not your typical Russian given the finish and no defacing. Insanely awesome bore

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    This one is the mystery high serial Springfield 1903 with a 42 flaming bomb replacement barrel. Nickel Steel polished bolt with F mark underneath. No star gauge but polished bolt. I am under no illusion that this is a NM and my best guess is someone made a very nice rearsenaled gun into a NM clone. Like new bore and crown.

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    Nice Score Jimbob !! they look good.

    Nothing fancy but I just rediscovered that I had this. It belonged to my dad, he traded a load of corn for it. H&R 676 with .22lr and .22mag cylinders

    those are cool pistols, i have one myself but no box. Unfortunately i hardly ever shoot it so i think the next purge i do it might be one of the few to go.
     

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    Oldcarjunkie

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    Jan 8, 2009
    12,217
    A.A county
    that sks is feeling a little left out

    Yeah i didnt show it any love in the above post but actually im really happy to get it, I have owned about 6 of these and they all had frosted/pitted bores so i always sold them. However this one i just scored has a good bore and still has cosmoline on it in many spots. i am just going to throw this one in the safe and forget about it. a great all matching like new example.

    Nice Ithaca OCJ

    Thanks man, Im not a big shotgun guy at all but I have a thing for 20 inch or below barreled shotguns.
     

    Abulg1972

    Ultimate Member
    This came in the mail yesterday. It’s one of 10,000 Vz24s sold to Iran in 1929. There were three contracts with BRNO, each of 80,000 VZ98/29s, 10,000 VZ24s, and 10,000 VZ30s. All had the big Iranian crest except for the first contract VZ24 rifles. These first 10,000 were taken out of Czech service (a common Czech/Brno practice - note the lined-out E/lion/29), so, rather than having a crest applied, they were surcharged on the receiver ring with the Pahlavi crown. Publicly, there are three first contract Iranian Vz24 rifles known to be in the US (likely others in collections), including this one. In MMROTW, John Wall stated that he knew of two. He did not give the S/Ns. I was the only bidder and it went for cheap.

    It is not without its issues. It is a total mismatch with a Gew98 bolt (likely an Iranian replacement) and its missing a cleaning rod (ordered yesterday). Although mismatched, the stock’s S/N is in the correct range for the first contract.

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    Melnic

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    MDS Supporter
    Dec 27, 2012
    15,282
    HoCo
    Cool beans.
    Did you know about the rarity before you saw it and bid on it?

    I have a crested Persian Mauser. It is the smoothest action of all my mousers I have purchased except my Sweedish Mauser.
    I also have some Iranian 8mm that with an upgraded spring in the mauser, shoots fine. W/o the spring, lots of delayfires
     

    Abulg1972

    Ultimate Member
    Cool beans.
    Did you know about the rarity before you saw it and bid on it?

    I have a crested Persian Mauser. It is the smoothest action of all my mousers I have purchased except my Sweedish Mauser.
    I also have some Iranian 8mm that with an upgraded spring in the mauser, shoots fine. W/o the spring, lots of delayfires

    Yes, a very knowledgeable friend who already has one sent me the link and explained why I needed it.
     

    Oldcarjunkie

    R.I.P
    Jan 8, 2009
    12,217
    A.A county
    This came in the mail yesterday. It’s one of 10,000 Vz24s sold to Iran in 1929. There were three contracts with BRNO, each of 80,000 VZ98/29s, 10,000 VZ24s, and 10,000 VZ30s. All had the big Iranian crest except for the first contract VZ24 rifles. These first 10,000 were taken out of Czech service (a common Czech/Brno practice - note the lined-out E/lion/29), so, rather than having a crest applied, they were surcharged on the receiver ring with the Pahlavi crown. Publicly, there are three first contract Iranian Vz24 rifles known to be in the US (likely others in collections), including this one. In MMROTW, John Wall stated that he knew of two. He did not give the S/Ns. I was the only bidder and it went for cheap.

    It is not without its issues. It is a total mismatch with a Gew98 bolt (likely an Iranian replacement) and its missing a cleaning rod (ordered yesterday). Although mismatched, the stock’s S/N is in the correct range for the first contract.

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    That's a nice addition to the collection, congrats!
     

    JTH20

    Active Member
    Feb 18, 2013
    536
    MD
    Very cool! Mausers were the AK of it's time. Almost every country seems to have adopted one
     

    Abulg1972

    Ultimate Member
    I’ve always wanted a Vz24 but never found the right one. I didn’t want a Romanian contract, and they seem to be mostly what’s out there. The Czech-issue ones with nice crests seem hard to find and expensive. Last month, I grabbed one of 10,000 Vz24s pulled out of Czech service and sold to Iran. Yesterday, I picked up a Vz24JC. In 1929 or so, Brno make these for a South China province (JC is short for Južní Čina, or South China). The buyer defaulted and Brno sold the undelivered 15,000 to Brazilian rebels. The Brazilian government captured the shipment and issued the rifles to military police forces. They stamped a new serial number on the right side of the receiver with a “PM” prefix - short for Policia Militar. The rifle is chambered in 7x57. It is a Vz24 in all other respects except the bolt handle was turned down, the bolt knob bottom is flattened and knurled, and the stock is a little slimmer. The slimmer barrel and stock lightened the rifle by about half a pound. A lot of these were imported into the U.S., so it is an uncommon rifle but there are many in the US. My rifle is Not without its issues. It needs a cleaning rod, which has been ordered. It has a correct replacement bolt, as the shank has the faint remnants of a prior number. And, the bore looks like someone cleaned it with a metal file, but the bore is shiny (other than in the Moon craters) and the lands and grooves are decent so I’m hoping it will clean up a bit with a few thousand rounds down the pipe. The good news is that the stock matches (the only other numbered part on these rifles).

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    tallen702

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Sep 3, 2012
    5,102
    In the boonies of MoCo
    This arrived today in all its cosmoline covered glory:

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    I'd say finish on the exposed metal is about 15% at best. Receiver is in good shape with no visible rust and about 90% bluing. It's just the exposed parts that saw finish wear over the years.

    It's a '66 but with a milled trigger group as mid way through the production for that year, they switched to stamped.

    100% matching, which is nice, because I sure as heck wasn't paying for hand-select!

    No excessive wear on moving parts, just on the finish. I have a feeling this spent plenty of time slung over someone's shoulder, but was rarely fired.

    Started cleaning it tonight. Having a tough time removing the magazine, but once I do, it's a wallpaper trough with lots of boiling water for the receiver tomorrow and a long sit in the sun in a black plastic bag for the stock.

    It's cleaning up rather nicely so far though:

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    WatTyler

    Ultimate Member
    Keep us posted on clean-up. From what I've read, SKS bolt body retaining pins come in two varieties: easy to remove and atomically bonded. My 59/66 definitely fell in the latter category. No amount of soaking, heat and vise application worked. Brute force and tyranny of will won out, though. Good luck.
     

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