Need Help Identifying A Rifle

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I have inherited a rifle that I was told was from Germany during WWII and has been converted to a 30-06. It is scoped with a Pacific 4x. I can't get the scope mount screws out and the name of the rifle is under the mount. On one side of the mount I can make out CES and on the other side of the mount is SKA. It is a bolt action. Some of the other markings are E27, 1798N1 and VZ24. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have attached 3 pictures, I hope this helps.

The Germany and WWII story is not real reliable and the source of that story has since passed away.

Thanks
Steve
 

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VZ24 is the model. you have a Czechoslovakian Mauser made by what eventually became CZ. they are one of the more common mausers available now that the german mausers have all been bought up. they are running close to $300 in unaltered condition right now, a sportered one is probably only worth $150 or so.
 
Make sure it's really a 30-06 and not an 8mm-06. Hard to see from the picture, but it still seems to have the original front sight, what speaks against a barrel change to .30 caliber (naturally possible that it was converted in two steps, first to an open-sight 30-06 and later the scope was added and only the rear sight removed).
 
Easy way - pull a 30-06 bullet and see if it fits snugly into the barrel or drops through. Correct way - do a chamber cast with cerrosafe.
 
FWIW, it was quite common just after WWII, when 8x57/8mm Mauser ammo was unobtainium, to rechamber an 8mm mauser with a .30-06 reamer, just to have a deer gun.

A new rifle was out of the question for most, at that time (making $50/week) - too expensive ! - especially when those Mausers cost about $12 or so from a mil-surp dealer.

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but it still seems to have the original front sight, what speaks against a barrel change to .30 caliber
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Hard to tell from the photo, but are there steps in the barrel profile?
 
Looks like it made someone an nice converted deer-rifle. How do you KNOW it was converted to .30-06? Is it so marked on the barrel?
If it hits anywhwere near "true" it's probably worth a better scope, and possibly a Fajen-type or synthetic stock. 8mm or 8mm-06 will take any game in North America, same as an ought-six.. If the barrel is bad or in a caliber you don't like, the action can be rebarreled. From the looks of it, someone put some time and professional work into sporterising it.
 
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