7mm Vz.24 Czech Mauser

[smores]

Just got mine today through my school. (how awesome - a school that has an FFL and buys guns for you!)

Dirty as sh*t. Apparently (according to the resident old-gun fanatic kid from Canada) these were bought by some guerilla forces in Brazil in the 30s/40s but they lost - and the military and police got them. Only 15k of these rifles were issued, and they're in 7mm which is apparently rare.

However the reason I got this rifle was to take the action and bolt - toss everything else and build it into a .308 or .30-06 target/hunting rifle.

However if it's more collectible, I might just keep it.

 

[Mdman]

did the same thing with a friend at CST in the end it shot 1 hole groups

 

[smores]

did the same thing with a friend at CST in the end it shot 1 hole groups

Yeah after looking at it some more today this thing is just too beat to sh*t even if it is rare.

I'll have to resurrect this thread once I start working on the project probably next year.

 

[BlackBart]

Shame, I REALLY like a 7mm Mauser's ballistics over the 8mm.

 

[smores]

Shame, I REALLY like a 7mm Mauser's ballistics over the 8mm.

This rifle is beat, especially the bore. In all honesty if it weren't such a sewer pipe I'd just restore it - but this thing is gone. The action and bolt are ok, the trigger guard/magazine are salvageable - all I need to build a new sporter.

Plus I want ammo that's commercially available in case I'm too lazy to roll my own.