need help identifying a vz.24 i have

[tmitch72]

i have a vz 24 i have got in some guntrading and cant find much info about its history and worth. any help would be appreciated. it has cs.zbrojovka akc.spol.v brne on the left side of the reciever as well as vz.24 under that. it also has a 681 on the same side. it is in a 30/06 caliber. the only thing i can find is an article that says this gun usually has a vz.33 on it and the writer said he has only ever seen one with the vz.24 on it. thanks for any help.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

cs = Czechoslovakia
zbrojovka = arms factory (can also be interpreted as arsenal, but not here, because of what follows)
akc. spol. = Akciovy Spolecnost = (German) Aktiengesellschaft = joint stock company
(if there are any Czechs reading this: sorry, I don't know how to get the accents on the keyboard!)

v brne = in Brno (where the BREN originated!)

vz. 24 = vzor 24 = model 24

So it seems to be a commercial version of the Model 24.
I think a military rifle would have been marked

Ceskoslovenska Czechoslovakia
Zbrojovka Arsenal

=BRNO= =BRNO=

See Ball "Mauser Military Rifles of the world"

Ball also has several pages listing Czech contracts and quantities for countries around the world. In the business of a small country getting their arms products onto the international market the Czechs were second only to the Belgians. That Vz.24 systems were used for hunting rifles is therefore no surprise. The reference "this gun usually has a vz.33 on it***" is puzzling. What does the original writer mean by "this gun"? Hunting rifles tend to be limited production (mabe the 681 is a clue here) or even one-offs, so whatever "usually" was for military rifles, it does not apply here.

Patrick

*** I just looked at the online offers from the VDB (Verband Deutscher Büchsenmacher) and instantly found two Vz.24 hunting rifles.

[tmitch72]

thanks for the info. the "this gun" is refering to the way the lettering is on the gun. the writer says this type of marking is found on non military guns. police guns but also says that the police guns were vz33 not vz24. he then stated that he had only once seen a gun with the spelling like it is with the vz24 on it. thanks again

[Patrick Chadwick]

Thanks for explaning what the original writer meant. Indirectly, it confirms that this is a commercial hunting rifle.

Patrick

[tmitch72]

do you know round about what the worth of a comercial hunting rifle like this is. I guess you could say im a dummy in this area and was wondering. thanks again for all the info.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Unless you live in Germany, I cannot give you a useful answer.

[Calif-Steve]

This rifle certainly looks like a converted military rifle to me. Weaver sight bases and cheaply turned down bolt handle, Bushnell scope(?). The CZ factory made finely crafted commerical. This appears to be a converted military rifle. They do not sell for much money in the US.