- Mauser Vz24 Rifles Brno Identification
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LSB#: 160901RH01
LSB#: 160901RH01
Make: Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka, A.S. (Czechoslovakian Arms Factory Ltd.) located in Brno, Czechoslovakia
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Model: VZ 24
Furuno far 2117 service manual. Serial Number: 8786A3
Year of Manufacture: 1924-1942
Caliber: 8mm Mauser (7.92x57mm)
Action Type: Bolt Action, Internal Magazine
Markings: There is no visible import mark. The top of the receiver is marked “CESKOSLOVENSKA / ZBROJOVKA / =BRNO=”. The left side of the receiver is marked with the serial number, “E small lion 31” and “vz 24”. The right side of the receiver is marked with a small Czech stamping. The top of the bolt handle is marked with the serial number. The underside of the bolt handle is marked “K2” and “circled Z”. The nose cap, bottom rear of the bolt body, the bottom metal, rear of the buttplate, top of the rear sight and the bottom of the grip are each marked with a “circled Z” stamp. The buttplate is also stamped “RFV”. The left side of the butt is marked with the serial number (the last digit is small). The grip is marked “E”, “D”, “3” and with a small “heart”. The left rear of the hand guard is marked “86”.
Barrel Length: Approximately 23 1/4 Inches
Sights / Optics: The front sight is an inverted “V” post set atop a ramped base. The rear sight is a “V” notched blade attached to a sliding elevator marked from “3-20”.
Stock Configuration & Condition: The stock is a two piece hardwood with a pistol grip, finger grooves, four sling loops, nosecap, barrel band, through bolt, a metal marking disk and a metal buttplate. The stock shows several scrapes, scratches and compression marks. Most of the marks are along the bottom. Some of the marks are deep and have removed small portions of the surface wood. Most of these marks have been oiled. The buttplate shows small scratches and surface erosion. The LOP measures 13 inches from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate. The stock rates in about Very Good Plus overall condition.
Type of Finish: Blue
Finish Originality: Original
Bore Condition: The bore is semi bright and the rifling is deep. There is no visible erosion.
Overall Condition: This rifle retains about 97% of its metal finish. The top rear of the receiver shows scrapes and an area of thinning. The front of the barrel and bottom metal show scrapes, small scratches and some small areas of frosting. The screw heads are intact. The receiver markings are deep. Overall, this rifle rates in about Very Good to Fine condition.
Mechanics: The action functions correctly. We have not fired this rifle. As with all previously owned firearms, a thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.
Box, Paperwork & Accessories: None
Our Assessment: This Czechoslovakian VZ 24 is in nice shape. It has great markings on the metal and matching numbers on the receiver, bolt handle & stock. It still has a strong bore which should out last you if properly cared for. The VZ24 is a tough Mauser that was exported around the world and used by several countries as their military rifle. Good luck.
The Czech VZ 1924 Pistol
by Ed Buffaloe
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Ceska Zbrojovka (CZ) had to redesign the pistol for two reasons: 1) to adapt production to the existing machine tools at CZ, which would serve to speed production and reduce costs and, 2) to meet the demands of the Czech Armament Commission to make the gun reliable enough to serve as a military weapon. The most important changes were the addition of a disconnector and a magazine safety, which had been notably lacking on the vz.22. The manual safety lever, safety release, slide retention pin, and side plate of the new design were stamped instead of milled. The cradle that the helical lug of the barrel turns on was redesigned to be symmetrical (i.e., reversable), and a stop lug was added to the barrel. The trigger design was simplified, the barrel and slide were lengthened slightly, a set screw was added to the side plate, the front sight profile was changed, and the rear of the ejection port was rounded instead of straight.
Two-hundred pre-production pistols were delivered to the Czech Armament Commission for testing in May of 1925. Pro tools 10 ilok code. The Commission approved the design by August of 1925, and the redesigned gun was designated the vz.24.
The first government order for 20,000 vz.24 pistols was completed in June of 1926. According to Berger, by the end of 1929 a full 100,000 pistols had been delivered to fulfill additional government contracts, though Ezell states that they were not delivered until 1931. An additional 1400 were made in 1935, and 70,000 were made between 1936 and 1938 to fulfill later government contracts. CZ’s intention had been to sell the gun commercially, but very few sales were ever made outside of Czechoslovakia. Approximately 1700 were sold to Poland, and another few hundred to Lithuania.
A nine-shot extended grip-frame version of the vz.24 was manufactured between 1929 and 1931, some of which were fitted with a combination shoulder-stock and holster. The nine-shot vz 24 pistols were given a separate serial number range from 1 to approximately 3100. A small number of regular 8-shot vz.24 pistols in the serial number range from 95,000 to 115,000 were also fitted with shoulder stocks. These guns were likewise made between 1929 and 1931 and are marked with an “A” in an oak leaf on the trigger guard.
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Mauser Vz24 Rifles Brno Identification
A small number of vz.24 pistols were manufactured during the German occupation in World War II. These guns do not have serial numbers or any markings other than CESKA ZBROJOVKA A.S V PRAZE on top of the slide, though they do have a Waffenamt proof mark on the barrel.
The barrel of the vz.24 has locking lugs on either side, just in front of the chamber, a helical lug on the underside, and a transverse stop lug. The helical lug engages a matching helical slot cut in a removeable cradle. The cradle fits into a slot in the frame just above and in front of the trigger, and the underside is tubular so the recoil spring and guide rod can fit into it. The cradle is pinned to the slide. The slide has two offset longitudinal grooves on the interior into which the locking lugs of the barrel fit. At the end of each groove is a transverse slot in which the locking lugs rest when the slide is closed and the breech is locked. When a cartridge is fired the locked barrel and slide recoil together for only about one millimeter before the helical lug, moving in the cradle, begins to rotate the barrel counterclockwise and unlock the breech. Total movement of the barrel during recoil is approximately 9 millimeters. Barrel movement is halted by the stop lug abutting the front of the cradle. Once the locking lugs disengage from the locking cuts, the slide is free to recoil on its own. As the slide recoils, the shell is extracted and ejected, and a new cartridge is fed into the chamber in the usual manner.
The trigger and lockwork of the vz.24 are very similar to the 1914 Mauser pocket pistol, but with a hammer in place of a striker. As on the Mauser, a sideplate allows access to the lockwork, the manual safety blocks the sear, and there is no backstrap on the grip frame. The mainspring and magazine release spring are screwed directly to the back of the grip frame and are covered by the wraparound grip. Most early grips are of wood, some checkered, some not; late production grips appear to be checkered plastic with the CZ monogram.
Field Stripping:
- With magazine empty, retract the slide. The slide will lock open, relieving tension on the pin that retains it.
- On the right side, press in on the protruding end of the retaining pin. Slide the left side locking tab down, out of the frame, and pull the pin out from the left side.
- Hold the slide back with one hand and remove the magazine with the other.
- Ease the slide forward off the frame.
- Turn the barrel bushing approximately 30° and remove it from the slide.
- Remove the barrel through the front of the slide.
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There is no need to remove the sideplate for normal cleaning.
Vz 24 Mauser Serial Numbers
R.K. Wilson says of the vz.24 that it is “.well thought out in every particular. It is extremely well made of first class material.,” and it “.groups very well and is quite easy to shoot with.” His only criticism of the vz.24 is that its grip is too square to the frame and therefore the gun does not point naturally--but he says it isn’t as bad as some guns, such as the Steyr-Hahn 9mm.
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