Easy way the slovak crest was used even on romanian rifles and bayonets as fireproof/quality proof instead of a property marking, even on many romanian rifles are CS lion and it doesnt mean its czechoslovak items.
This stamp is a fireproof of slovak army proof facility located in plant of ZB in Povazska Bystrica. By export contracts it was normally asked for proof and payed for this, similar to Portugal Mo937 which was WaA253/63 proofed even not a german delivery at all!
Slovak crest fireproof was later replaced with T stamp which means a Tormentation also Fireproof. So in reality this rifle presented here was builded on non delivered left over G24(t) dou42 receiver from left over german contract and fireproofed with T stamp, on this rifle is not any slovakian property stamp even not fireproof of slovak army.
"It would be very strange for rifles marked with the Slovakian coat of arms to not be used by" Slovakia, IMO."
Maybe these blank ones were not Slovak, but I'm not sure how you explain away the others.
"Andy doesn’t like the mention of Slovak contract, but it’s what we call them in the US collecting. Some actually have Slovak markings. But it’s not known what they are for sure."
"It is made from a combination of Czechoslovakian and German parts but was assembled into a rifle by the Slovakians and used by them. Note that it does not have Nazi firing proofs. I would guess it was assembled using leftover parts. I cannot tell you when that happened."
Use by slovak is not real or confirmed. No any german parts should be there as german already asked upgraded G24(t) rifles and all this are in old CS Vz24 configuration.
I was 3 years searching in archives of Slovakian Army Institute, there is no order of slovakian complet rifles Vz.24, only replacement parts sets and ammunition. So similar rifles are not slovakian army contract but are in reality realised from left over part for german Wehrmacht G24(t) and romanian Vz.24 rifles of 1941/2.
The majority of these rifles were observed in USA, there is no one samples avialable in slovakian area reported in last 40 years and prior this period too nothing, all rifles avialable in 1945 were captured in plant by Sovjets, so when there would be any rifle in Slovakia, Czechia or USSR there would be anywhere outside of the west. But to this time all rifles were observed only in US or in west Europe, which means all rifles were exported to Germany prior 1943 and most real for Werkschutz or other organisation. And were found in US zone or other west countries area, majority of the rifles are depot condition and unused.
Smid in his new book wrote there was a bulgarian contract which was rejected and offcoarse a asking for price order for slovak army, but for this doesnt exist any other documents, only question for price list, nothing more, no real order, no real confirmation, no payments no acceptance.
