Quote Originally Posted by bob q View Post
It is a German K-98k in a Czechicon VZ-24 stock with the CZ sling swivel removed . A 1944 German serialized K98kicon would not have been just laying around at the end of the war . The CZ stock is used and chipped where the ID disc and swivel were removed , there is no bolt take down on a VZ 24 stock . It is also very unlikely a pre war VZ 24 stock would also be laying around after the war . Most likely the stock was put on the K98k state side to replace a cut or broke stock .
Yep, maybe the original stock was duffle cut, and either the end piece was lost or the repair failed at some point and this was a later replacement stock?

As for the original story, unlikely it was a factory, but more likely a depot repair facility they came across?