While I recently had posted pictures of my Romanian Vz.24 Split Rings mount sniper rifle (see http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread....it-Rings-mount) I noticed that I had never posted pictures of one of these with the Single Scope Mount Bracket Type sniper rifles. These are those of which WWII period pictures exist showing them in usage.
Therefore I decided to take the time and picture one of my Romanian Vz.24 Sniper rifles (yes, they aren't that uncommon over here and I have a few of them) for reference here. Notice that the scope bracket is both serialized to match the rifle, as well as the scope serial number. Scope has been produced by I.O.R. in Romania, a company that nowadays still makes scopes. The similarity to the Russian scopes is quite obvious.
Since these sniper rifles were used by Germans (or Allied of Germans) I consider them German WWII sniper rifles. Especially since they are a Mauser action too.
Romanian Vz 24 Serial Numbers Doreen
24s have a letter followed by an 'R' in the serial number; for example SR 1XXX. 24s 'AR', 'BR', 'CR'. All the way through 'YR' represent different periods of manufacturing, no rifle with 'ZR' has been found. Also, in Romania, the rifle's official name was ZB. Serial Number Lookup StolenMauser Vz24 Rifles Brno IdentificationSerial Number Lookup SpecsPic#2: serial 5445 #3 VZ 24. #4 41DEW on bbl #5 small letters looks like waa803 #7 possible lion stamp? The 45 is the last 2 of the serial number (5445). Need help dating a CZ 24 I have a CZ 24 with a 3 digit.
Romanian Vz 24 Serial Numbers Lookup
- The Q and W blocks were skipped because those letters do not exist in the Czech alphabet. The I block was skipped, possibly because of the similarity to the number 1. The second series of VZ24 serial numbers were xxxxA, xxxxB, xxxxC, xxxxD1, xxxxE1, etc. If it were xxxxA through xxxxZ and xxxxA1 through xxxxZ1, that would be a lot of rifles for.
- The bolt has a force matched serial number added by Romania. As said, the stock is a replacement. The barrel also looks like a replacement. It was made in 1940, rebuilt post WWII by Romania, and has the remains of a King Carol crest showing. It's a fine example of a Romanian rebuilt VZ24. Too bad they had to scrub the crest.