Circle Z marked bolt parts
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heavy_mech
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That should be 'Česká zbrojovka' the Czech arms maker. Quite high quality across the board however they didn't exist prior to 1919. Fwiw I have a CZ-83 pistol originally purchased and used by Israel that is incredibly accurate and reliable. A fantastic pre-composit piece IMHO.
heavy_mech
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Yeah dou used a ton of Circle Z marked parts however they used s/n on them. Late 30s Czech ordinance spare?
Now I'm thinking early Czech parts? Small z in the circle?
Now I'm thinking early Czech parts? Small z in the circle?
heavy_mech
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Do you mean the bolt body? I'd wonder if there is anything on any of the other flats? That does not look like a typical Bystrica narked bolt letter/number code. Close but not quite IMHO. I'm certainly not any kind of authority. There are some guys who know the Czech rifles inside out.
AndyB
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Ceska Zbrojovka is different maker, this was Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka Brno, that used Z in circle, but this type of stamps are not typical could be as mentioned too from Polish Zbrojownia reworks??,any proofs or serialing there? It could be parts delivery to Turkey from early CSZ,Brno production. b.r.Andy
The rest of the rifle will not tell much. It is a mauser oberndorf receiver and mismatched bands. If I had to guess the bolt was probably swapped at some point. The rifle itself is nothing remarkable. I got it dirt cheap at the Baltimore show several years ago. WW1 is of interest but not my primary focus of collecting so an example for the sake of an example was good enough.
The bolt however looked like it was matched more or less because the circle Z are the only markings but on each part. Probably switched who knows when?
The bolt however looked like it was matched more or less because the circle Z are the only markings but on each part. Probably switched who knows when?
