CZ VZ24's at AIM surplus.....opinions

The new website is terrible and if you really want something, call in and make sure they have it in stock. You cannot trust the website, it is AT LEAST a week behind and probably more. I got my hopes up about a No. 4 Mk I and they were sold out.
-Dan
 
If you don't have an FFL on file with them, all you see is ammo/accessories ... I think that the dealers out there complained that their customers all knew the wholesale prices and wanted to pay $10 more than that
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Their old website hid the prices unless you had an FFL on file.

I'm hoping that their new website is a work-in-progress - most items have no photos and no descriptions or ratings (G, VG, Exc, etc.).

I ordered some ammo from them the day their old sight went off-line. I got it within the normal 4-5 days. I ordered a vz-82 from their new site. The order was "pending" for two weeks. Then the order showed "canceled" :mad:. I called and they said the new web site had them backed up and that the order showed canceled because it had moved from "pending" to "processing". :rolleyes: Five days later the pistol showed up.
 
Would anyone be willing to say these Mausers are the best value in a rifle today, assuming you don't mind the sights? I think good Lee Enfields are getting scarce.
 
k31 is hard to beat for accuracy.

the vz-24 is second on the list. the ones I have been ordering are mostly going to get stripped and the actions used on custom builds. I did get a few nice numbers matching guns that will stay in my collection untouched.

the 91/30 are more of a minute of barn type of accuracy :p, but a cheap and fun gun to shoot.
 
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These efforts produced at the time the worlds largest peacetime army of 1,423,000 men organized in 16 Guards, 16 Grenadier, 208 Infantry, 44 Siberian rifle, 20 Sharpshooter, 12 Finnish rifle, 8 Caucasian rifle, 22 Turkestan rifle regiments plus 64 regular cavalry regiments and no less than 52 regiments of Cossack auxiliary cavalry. When mobilized with reservists and fully fleshed out this army amounted to 3,115,000 men in the front lines when war was declared on August 3rd, 1914.
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With over 3 million men in uniform who needs accuracys. I will term it "Manually operated combined unit synthesized automatic area accurate fire effect" MOCUSAAAFE for those of you from the FART academy.
 
A K31 cost less than a vz24? I was basing my comment on what things cost (or rather, what I think things cost). However, I realize that retail costs of any given surplus model changes, through rarely do they go down. And then there's the ammunition. It hasn't been all that long that 7.62x54r was scarce and expensive. In any case, I admit the Mosin Nagant rifle and carbine have a certain charm but working the bolt is about the same as a Mauser, at least the ones I actually own at the moment. They all seem stiff and awkward after having used about a dozen different Lee-Enfields, however. But chiefly, cost is the real consideration.

SKS carbines were good buys for a while, the ones that came in crates marked "farm implements." What are they going for these days?
 
VZ 24

I prefer the VZ 24 to my Kar98K, seems to be more craftsman-made

I agree the AIM price is twice too much, the SOG seems reasonable. A lot of these are by way of Kragujevac Yugoslavia , not that that's a bad thing, but many I've seen look parted together.

Back in the good ole days, before I HAD a C & R, George Stringer supplied me with my Rampant-Lion-CRESTED Gun-Koted VZ 24 with military sites installed on a new 7.62 x 39 bbl for $225 ready to shoot my reloads in and not send me home from the range beat up with 8mm black and blue ;>(

When you get it set up to shot what and where your like it will be part of your estate cause you aren't going to wear it out unless you fail to clean it.



yodar
 
Gun Cleaning

I use Easy OFF cold oven cleaner on the medal and wood. Does not hurt the medal finish. I redo the wood so I like it cause it takes to bare wood..
hope this helps
 
snipecatcher:

You mentioned a No. 4 mk 1, and that is a very common Lee-Enfield, but you must have meant Czech Mauser.

johnwilliamson.
But in 1940 the Soviet Army contained many from warmer climates, that the Finnish climate, where the very out-numbered Finns beat them, to a large extent, and saved most of Helsinki.
Stalin's purges might have already deleted many thousands of experienced officers. This almost cost them the war when the Germans invaded.

And they used a huge number of Mosin Nagants.
 
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I havent ordered one of the Vz24's yet but I did get to handle one at a local shop that was one of the recent AIM rifles and it was in very nice condition.It was refurbed but looked great and had a good bore.
 
the vz24 is supposed to be one of the best mausers made, even if yours isnt too good on collector value it should still be a great gun, and 229 is a decent price for how nice those look
 
I just purchased a VZ24 from AIM this week and it is fantastic. Excellent shape, bore, and bluing. Bolt is smooth smooth smooth. I paid the 10 dollar hand pick fee. Ordered a sling off of ebay. I also ordered a tin of 8mm with it and can't wait to try it out. :D
 
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Is the VZ 24 Action an intermediate leinght like the Yugo 24 47 ?
No, I believe it is a standard, full-length action.
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Full length.

Here are two intermediate and one full length.

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The bottom rifle is a Yugo M24/52C, a Yugo re-arsenaled VZ24.
 
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