The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

I had the hankering to shoot some 8MM Mauser yesterday so I pulled this old gal off the wall. She had not seen the sun in a while. After shooting I took the old rifle down for a good examination for the destroyer of history, (rust) and tended to it properly. This rifle is a bit of a mix of parts. The receiver serial was struck but a new one was not added. There are no numbers on the magazine floor plate or on the screws. The receiver seems not to be scrubbed, but never marked. The Calvary style bolt does not match either the original serial or a number I found, for the first time today, on the stock. The bore and crown is in very good shape, the sights were on, so it shot better than I do. Floor plate, butt plate and front barrel band have lost most of their bluing. I have a feeling, between the bore condition and the other metal parts, that this may have spent more time drilling than fighting. It must have been here for a while as it has no import marks.

Name that Mauser!

Persian carbine? Vz24 with a bent bolt? IDK.

My vote goes to Polish in origin, maybe a WZ-29?

The Circle Z mark is, I think, Polish

South American, Chinese or Romanian contract.....? Has the same style bolt that is on my Brazilian contract VZ-24JC rifle.

Czech.

Capt. 14 K ?

Circle Z is BRNO, I have this rifle bought at a late 1980's flea market for $25. I was told it was used by Syria and for the most part left unmarked by BRNO. The circle Z was the BRNO marking for export items, BRNO suppled much of the Mauser world after Germany lost the franchise in 1918. Persia, Turkey, and so on.

Circle Z what JYD said

House Beagle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:19 pm My vote goes to Polish in origin, maybe a WZ-29?

The Circle Z mark is, I think, Polish

Winner! WZ 29, and you may add an E as a suffix. (export?) Possibly a SCW volunteer. The bent bolt is rumored to be a Calvary thing.

Not Romanian, but maybe a Romanian contract to another country.

Romanians CZ24 serial number starts with a R or sometimes a letter in front of the R like ... XR, AR, BR, CR and so on.

Darryl

Darryl wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 6:23 pm Not Romanian, but maybe a Romanian contract to another country.

Romanians CZ24 serial number starts with a R or sometimes a letter in front of the R like ... XR, AR, BR, CR and so on.

Darryl

The Romanian VZ24s were made by the Czechs. The R means it was a Romanian contract. You are correct that they came in batches like that.