While scouring the pawn shops today for that one hidden treasure, I found a Persian Mauser sitting in the corner of one of them. The guys running the place had no idea what it was. In fact, I was scratching my head about it as well. It is, in fact, from what I can tell, a genuine carbine that has been put into a Romanian VZ24 stock, and as a result, it looks like a really short stubby SMLE. Apparently it's a bring back (at least that's the story) from Iraq or Afghanistan. Good lion crest, great bore. In the process now of trying to decipher the Farsi on it. Rear sight looks like the genuine article, but oddly the numbers are Arabic (western). And crudely done at that. Will have some pics when Photobucket decides it wants to be a team player again. Really unusual piece!
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