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German rebuilt elm Vz-24

Pisgah

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Lots of numbered parts. German blued bolt. I don't know what the extra markings mean above the serial number on the left of the buttstock. I did notice the letter "P" on many of the parts and am not sure of the significance.
 

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A few more photos. The sling appears to be marked 1934 9/61.
 

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That’s a great rifle Eric! I really like the lumber, makes for a great looking rifle overall. I’m curious to hear any input on the P etc also, no clue on that.
 
The elm stock is really neat. Great example overall.

I have no idea about the "P" but I'm pretty sure I've seen it on other Czech parts before, just not so many on one gun. I'll try to remember where I've seen it.
 
Nice reissue, indeed! Had a number of German reissues, but never "just the right one"! Couple of those were early scrubbed receivers in the German no-letter or "a"-bloc. Finally a very nice "dou42" in laminate came my way, and I was happy...
 
Oooh, that’s a nice one. Beautifully reworked and it has great features! Congratulations on a really nice find.
Best,
Pat


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I didn't flip it. ;) It is one thing when you see a flipped recoil lug with scratches and wood gouges and perhaps a different thing when there are no signs of someone doing it with a pair of needle nose pliers. Also when a "hobbyist" goes to town disassembling to that degree I would expect that parts could be lost (as in, I would expect more to be wrong than just the recoil lug). I don't see any sign of anything being changed on this rifle since it was rebuilt. My thinking on the recoil lug is that they were to be factory assembled going in from right to left. I think that it is possible that rifles could have rarely made it out of original manufacture with a switched direction lug and that depots/armourers were less strict about it. Show me a gouged up stock around a recoil lug or chewed up spanner nut and I will make no argument about who did it and when.
 
If it shows no diddling and is not loose, I'd agree with you Pisgah and leave the recoil lug be. Sometimes you run across them and they are all gouged up or finger loose. Then, I put them back right. Otehrwise, I leave them be. Not many people have the tool necessary to remove or tighten one properly without leaving idiot marks. Mostly idiots try to remove these from original rifles, and being idiots they don't the proper tool and they leave idiot marks.
 
Cool rifle

Really appreciate interesting rifles like this...most guys wouldn't know what this was...:thumbsup:
 
The buttstock is czechoslovak and was made by Jilm (Elm or slovak Brest)which is stamped Ji above the serial number of scabbard to denoting the wood material, most real the CS Artillery unit disc was replaced from older rifle as the unit marking on 1936 pieces are not so obvious. Certainly the ger.or other rework was realised as there are serialed parts with the P stamp?. b.r.Andy
 
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Wow, thank you for the info that is so cool, I wonder if other non standard stock wood types show up?
 

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