Polish-German-Spanish Frankenmauser

[Aragorn243]

I've been staring at these photos for several days now and can't figure out what this is. The stock appears to be a Polish KAR98a stock. The Receiver and barrel appear to be Polish, not sure on the bolt. The metal accessories appear to be German.

My first thoughts were that this is a scrubbed Polish KAR98a built partially out of German parts after WWI's end and then shipped to Spain.

But the receiver is a large ring receiver. I have searched the internet, my books and found nothing that matches this configuration. Spain could have swapped the parts around as well in a rebuild.

So what is it?

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[Aragorn243]

Based at looking at one of my rifles, I believe this is a WZ29 in a KAR98a stock. Could it be a wartime expedient?

[Calif-Steve]

You have a Czech 98 there. I think these were made for Border Patrol/Police. Used in Czech and sold on. Spain? Not sure. Springfield Sporters had a pile years back and broke them up for parts. Is the serial number on the bottom of the receiver?

[Aragorn243]

99% sure it's Polish but willing to listen to why you think it's Czech. Serial number on left side of receiver. Polish circle Z on right side.

[JimF in CT]

. . . . . Polish circle Z on right side.

The encircled "Z" on the receiver denotes Czech manufacture, not Polish. --Jim

[Aragorn243]

The Poles also used the circle z as a proof mark. I own a Polish WZ29 sold to Spain that has also been scrubbed of all major markings with the exception of the circle z. The front sight is a dead giveaway that this is a Polish rifle. The only other rifles with this type of sight are the German KAR98a's which is where the Poles got it from when they took over the tooling.