Luft1
Senior Member
Got a ZB 26 directly from a collecter who got it out of a museum in Germany several years ago and hope some members can help me out. It is in extremely nice condition, almost appears to actually never have been fired. The only marking on the gun is a firing proof, and the bolt is etched with an original Czech lion and a 1939 date. However, there are no Czech nor German markings on the receiver and they haven't been removed, they were never there in the first place. Everything about the gun is pristine, and what came out of the museum was an MP 34 in similar condition (not MG) and several unworn SS and SA uniforms. It appears that the musuem used to be a HJ training and display area rather than anything combat related. I have pictures of all the items, the original display in the musuem and the collector who bought them with the curator and the items at the time of sale
Initially, ATF balked at the transfer (mine was the second, the first was the one they first approved out of the musuem) saying that it never should have occurred, but when I argued that if there was a mistake it was theirs, not mine, they let the transaction go through if I processed two fee transactions rather than one
Anyone have any experience or ideas how such a lack of markings could occur?
Initially, ATF balked at the transfer (mine was the second, the first was the one they first approved out of the musuem) saying that it never should have occurred, but when I argued that if there was a mistake it was theirs, not mine, they let the transaction go through if I processed two fee transactions rather than one
Anyone have any experience or ideas how such a lack of markings could occur?
