thrawnformbi
Junior Member
Hello all,
In the past few weeks I've been trying to educate myself on the minefield that seems to be VZ-24 rifles in sniper configuration. I gather that only a few of these were imported complete in the 90's and they should be sporting an IOR scope per Romanian requirements. Drudging through that one infamous thread on the subject yielded even more questions for a novice intent on one day owning one. I'd like to do my due diligence before hand.
Have there been any updates in the past 7 years concerning these rifles? Any verification that they were indeed used during wartime or does the post-war theory hold true. I've seen a few examples with PEM scopes, others with your generic Hensoldt-Wetzler, and even a few with what seem like simple World War 1 Rathenow scopes with the single bell.
This example just sold on GB for around $1700. I'd like to know your thoughts on the rifle. The bracket has a strange prefix stamp at the base (the font looks okay but I've yet to see one so long), its obviously an incorrect scope for the Romanian contract snipers, the bracket itself looks brand new, etc. I understand the brackets were replicated in India at one point but those were prominently marked MADE IN INDIA.
Does this look like a legitimate example to you? I'm trying to find a good baseline for these and I think it would be helpful to get a rifles authenticity on record in case it (inevitably) shows up for sale again.
In the past few weeks I've been trying to educate myself on the minefield that seems to be VZ-24 rifles in sniper configuration. I gather that only a few of these were imported complete in the 90's and they should be sporting an IOR scope per Romanian requirements. Drudging through that one infamous thread on the subject yielded even more questions for a novice intent on one day owning one. I'd like to do my due diligence before hand.
Have there been any updates in the past 7 years concerning these rifles? Any verification that they were indeed used during wartime or does the post-war theory hold true. I've seen a few examples with PEM scopes, others with your generic Hensoldt-Wetzler, and even a few with what seem like simple World War 1 Rathenow scopes with the single bell.
This example just sold on GB for around $1700. I'd like to know your thoughts on the rifle. The bracket has a strange prefix stamp at the base (the font looks okay but I've yet to see one so long), its obviously an incorrect scope for the Romanian contract snipers, the bracket itself looks brand new, etc. I understand the brackets were replicated in India at one point but those were prominently marked MADE IN INDIA.
Does this look like a legitimate example to you? I'm trying to find a good baseline for these and I think it would be helpful to get a rifles authenticity on record in case it (inevitably) shows up for sale again.
