Hey guys, just picked up this VZ24. Scored it for $450 at a local milsurp store! The only issue I was able to find was a crack in the buttstock, which has since been fixed and no longer presents an issue.
I also gave it a very deep cleaning, which was desperately needed. The bore shows strong rifling and is now shiny. After cleaning some gunk out of the receiver, the bolt cycles smooth as butter!
I have fired a number of different surplus rounds through it, nearly at 300 rounds now. Romanian, Czech, FN, as well as modern PPU. At the 75 yard mark, it was shooting approximately 3 inches to the left while firing from a fixed rest. A few love taps to the front sight and that is now corrected. I was pleased with the results of the 200 yard shoot was well, though not a precision rifle by any means, still decent enough.
My question is if anyone here has the resources to give me a history lesson on it? I did google some but came out fairly empty handed. Mine has the lion crest stamp on the receiver and serial: D5315. Above it is another marking, which I am merely guessing it says, "E4-38". The dash is not present on the rifle, there is some sort of stamp in place of it that I cannot make out. The only other stamp is as follows: "Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka, A.S, BRNO". Below it is stamped VZ24.
I am going to try my hand at uploading pictures directly to this post, if not please bare with me and I'll attach a link through imagur.
I also gave it a very deep cleaning, which was desperately needed. The bore shows strong rifling and is now shiny. After cleaning some gunk out of the receiver, the bolt cycles smooth as butter!
I have fired a number of different surplus rounds through it, nearly at 300 rounds now. Romanian, Czech, FN, as well as modern PPU. At the 75 yard mark, it was shooting approximately 3 inches to the left while firing from a fixed rest. A few love taps to the front sight and that is now corrected. I was pleased with the results of the 200 yard shoot was well, though not a precision rifle by any means, still decent enough.
My question is if anyone here has the resources to give me a history lesson on it? I did google some but came out fairly empty handed. Mine has the lion crest stamp on the receiver and serial: D5315. Above it is another marking, which I am merely guessing it says, "E4-38". The dash is not present on the rifle, there is some sort of stamp in place of it that I cannot make out. The only other stamp is as follows: "Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka, A.S, BRNO". Below it is stamped VZ24.
I am going to try my hand at uploading pictures directly to this post, if not please bare with me and I'll attach a link through imagur.