Rifle Question

  • john23
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 2582
    November 11, 2004 at 3:21 pm #1232999

    Hi, Guys. I have a question about a rifle.

    A buddy of mine has a rifle that he doesn’t use and wants to sell. Neither of us knows anything about it, other than the fact that his dad bought it at an auction several years ago for about $250.

    It’s a czechoslovakian 30.06 bolt-action rifle (says czechoslovakia on the receiver) with a standard magazine that you load from the top with the bolt open. The most interesting detail is that it has a step-tapered barrel. There are two “steps” in the taper from the back (thickest) to the front (thinnest) of the barrel. The wood is pertty dark in color and doesn’t look like walnut, but could be. It is a fairly small/short stock. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could learn more about this thing? I figure if it shoots straight it might be worth $200 to me, but I’m just not sure.

    Thanks for any help you can give!

    John

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    November 11, 2004 at 3:32 pm #327218

    There is a website out there called gunbroker.com (or gunbrokers.com) They have a message board there with a bunch of gun junkies. Kinda like us fishing junkies here. They should be able to help.

    -J.

    john23
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 2582
    November 11, 2004 at 4:41 pm #327227

    Alvin,

    How would I confirm that I’m looking at a VZ-24, and how would I determine what was original and what wasn’t? I didn’t see any text on the gun, other than “czechoslovakia”. However, I haven’t looked it over carefully yet… I’ll try to post a pic or two tonight.

    The small stock makes it less attractive to me. I’d be willing to bet that I’d get scoped sooner or later.

    Any comments on the overall quality of the action/barrel? Accuracy, generally? THANKS!

    By the way, that’s one hell of a beautiful stock…

    John

    john23
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 2582
    November 11, 2004 at 7:02 pm #327247

    Alvin,

    I should have done this before… I looked at the rifle more carefully over lunch. It says “MOD. 1908/34” on one side of the receiver. The other side says, “CESKOSLOVENSKA ZBROJOVKA, AS, BRNO”. The Barrel says 3006 and has a crown stamped on it. On the barrel or the receiver, I can’t remember which, it says “W 4860 T”. The “W” is curvy shaped and the “T” in inside of a circle.

    Thanks for the help. I’m guessing this will help clear things up. I would still be happy to post pics tonight iif this isn’t enough to identify it.

    John

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