Hello, i saw this interesting rifle Zbrojovka Brno for Iran, it looks good,nice shape and condition, please take a look on it and write your opinion. Thanks.
Persian Brno made mauser vz98/29
- Thread starter Milan
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02943 is the serial number? Aj ja som zo Slovenska.
R.W. Parker
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Love the massive, integral, winged front sight base on those.
Murkan Mike
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I have a real nice one as well, and it was probably unfired when I bought it many years ago.
Every few years, when the local police decide to come and do an inspection of my weapons and storage, this is the rifle that always gets their panties into a twist, as the serial number is I Farzi, not Arabic numbers like we use. They continuously claim that the serial number needs to be electric-penciled onto all parts. I just-aint-a-gonna-be-doing-that!
So I use the rear sight .... designations (?)....... to show them what the numbers are, as these farsi numbers are 1, 2, 3, ..... Then they even more confused because they can't seem to count up when the numbers graduate back and forth across the sight (they are gummint employees after all). They claim I need to correct the number, and after a while they seem to forget about it. Until the next inspection.
Too bad the other side of the receiver wasn't photographed, it says something like "made in chechoslovakia in 1500 something" if my memory is correct. They didn't use the Christian calendar, but used the moslem calendar to date the model year. The bayonets are tough to find here I Germany, but I did find one.
I imported my rifle from a dealer in India, who had several of them back in the 80s.
Every few years, when the local police decide to come and do an inspection of my weapons and storage, this is the rifle that always gets their panties into a twist, as the serial number is I Farzi, not Arabic numbers like we use. They continuously claim that the serial number needs to be electric-penciled onto all parts. I just-aint-a-gonna-be-doing-that!
So I use the rear sight .... designations (?)....... to show them what the numbers are, as these farsi numbers are 1, 2, 3, ..... Then they even more confused because they can't seem to count up when the numbers graduate back and forth across the sight (they are gummint employees after all). They claim I need to correct the number, and after a while they seem to forget about it. Until the next inspection.
Too bad the other side of the receiver wasn't photographed, it says something like "made in chechoslovakia in 1500 something" if my memory is correct. They didn't use the Christian calendar, but used the moslem calendar to date the model year. The bayonets are tough to find here I Germany, but I did find one.
I imported my rifle from a dealer in India, who had several of them back in the 80s.
