Help identifying VZ 24

[quadmx301]

Hi ya'll, I just picked up a VZ 24 from a fellow calgunner yesterday. I am having a little trouble identifying when it was made/ who it was used by. The crest is scrubbed off, nothing left of it. Bluing is fair, and it has a strong bore. It is a Brno, has the VZ 24 front sight hood, and is missing the cleaning rod. Original style finger groove stock with both sets of sling swivels (side and bottom). I'm looking forward to shooting it. Can anyone tell me more about it using the picture of the receiver I attached below? Thanks!

[Howie44]

Do you see the E "lion" 37 on the side? That would make it 1937

[quadmx301]

It says E3(lion)37... not sure what that means

[Emdawg]

That is the district it was assigned to.

[quadmx301]

So it was made in 1937 and assigned to the 3rd district?

[Armistice]

Interesting as mine says "dou45"

Now I'm going to have to put up a pic of mine when I get back home

[SVT-40]

The E3 lion 37 is a Czech military acceptance stamp. It has nothing to do with it's manufacture date or where it was used. It designates it was accepted into Czech military use in 1937.

[quadmx301]

The E3 lion 37 is a Czech military acceptance stamp. It has nothing to do with it's manufacture date or where it was used. It designates it was accepted into Czech military use in 1937.

Cool. So it most likely saw use during WWII then, right?

[Crunch130]

Armistice - your DOU45 is not a VZ-24. It's a K98k made under German occupation at Bystrica, Czechoslovakia. Is it sitting in a VZ-24 stock?

Crunch

[Armistice]

Armistice - your DOU45 is not a VZ-24. It's a K98k made under German occupation at Bystrica, Czechoslovakia. Is it sitting in a VZ-24 stock?

Crunch

What's the diff between the stocks? Again, I'll have to post some pics after work

[6mmintl]

Mine has marked E3 Lion 38 and intact crest but it is covered by a picatinney rail scope mount and rebarrelled in 7.62x39. its my 200-500 meter silhouette rifle and 300-800 long range rifle.

[Pidgin]

quadmx301, does your VZ 24 have any more markings or serial numbers on the receiver or stock? Maybe we can pinpoint whether it was a Romanian contract VZ 24 like so many that turn up are.

[quadmx301]

quadmx301, does your VZ 24 have any more markings or serial numbers on the receiver or stock? Maybe we can pinpoint whether it was a Romanian contract VZ 24 like so many that turn up are.

I believe it's got a 5 digit non-matching S/N on the butt of the stock. Other than that, I'll have to detail strip it to check the guts.

[Armistice]

Here's mine. 261 K is that number and "LH" by the shield

AND I just noticed it's in a laminate stock, haha. Have had it since July and never realized that, haha

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4986/7q1o.jpg

[Crunch130]

Armistice,

Your DOU45 is post-war. It has a Czech (rather than Nazi) firing proof. Many of the parts were probably made during the war. The Czechs sold many rifles like this to other countries, most notably Israel. But yours looks like one they held on to and just sold off to importers a couple years ago.

A VZ-24 has a different stock design with grasping grooves and a handguard that extends all the way back to thee forward receiver ring.

Crunch

[Armistice]

What's the firing proof? Also, what's the shield and LH mean?

Regardless, it's a great shooter

Another photo:

https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1011970_606919536009345_1218259708_n.jpg

[Crunch130]

The firing proof is the mark on the LH side of the receiver ring, FWD just above the wood line. It's a lion on its back legs ("rampant lion") which is the Czech firing proof. A Nazi late-war firing proof is a swaztica in a circle with a spread eagle sitting on top.

The shield and LH might be stamps from the barrel maker.

Regards,
Crunch