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November 15, 2013, 01:26 PM | #1 |
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please help identify my mauser!
I picked up this 8mm mauser I really like it and heard it was a yugo. I have looked online but none of the markings are matching up. I need to find a front sight for it. Which I cant find either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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November 15, 2013, 01:36 PM | #2 |
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November 15, 2013, 02:40 PM | #3 |
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It is a Czech Vz-24.
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November 15, 2013, 02:55 PM | #4 |
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I could be wrong as I'm no mauser expert but that front sight doesn't look like the ones I've seen on Vz-24's Makes me think more of the Polish Mausers actually.
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November 15, 2013, 02:57 PM | #5 |
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Thanks for your quick response. Can you tell me anything else about it? Is that front sight original? Maybe how old? Also the moon crest on it I thought made it turkish?
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November 16, 2013, 11:35 AM | #6 |
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Your bolt is not original, or the stock is not original. Note that the bolt handle is straight, and the stock has the cutout for the turned down bolt like a K98k.
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November 16, 2013, 02:26 PM | #7 |
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When I do a search for a Polish Mauser one of the first images that comes up is a rifle with a stock with a cutout but a straight bolt and the same front sight...
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November 17, 2013, 09:09 PM | #8 |
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Guys its a Polish WZ29 and the stock IS correct for this model and so is the straight bolt. Its probably a Spanish Civil War rifle since the Polish crest was removed from the receiver ring.
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November 17, 2013, 11:33 PM | #9 |
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The bolt is Czech, but Tater is otherwise correct on the identification. My error.
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November 18, 2013, 08:55 AM | #10 |
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Thanks everyone for your replies
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November 18, 2013, 11:20 AM | #11 |
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Jim,
Are you sure the bolt is Czech? I thought the Poles used a circle Z proof on some of their parts. |
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