![]() It is getting tough to find original Czech VZ-24's that are not dicked with. Your rifle is a nice find because, like others have stated, many times the receiver crests have been ground off, but even more importantly in your case many rifles from that time were actually forced into German service and completely remarked or stamped with all kinds of German marks similar to K98 Mausers. E4 is the code for the #2 plant at Bystrica, even though the receiver left side would still say Brno. Your serial number of 3682-R4 puts production right at the end of 1937 or beginning of 1938, which coincides with the E3(lion)38 stamp which is the original Czech military acceptance stamp from entering service in 1938, with final assembly at the Brno plant #1. VZ-24's produced at Brno for export to other countries have a different serial number pattern. ![]() The original Z block guns were completed and the A1 block started in the middle of 1926 production, but this serial number sequence was only done for rifles produced for Czechoslovakia. ![]() guns Factory Code letters/numbers Mauser: Mauser Werke aG ar S/243 Steyr. The R4 simply means it was the fourth R block, after rifle # 9999Z they went to 0000A1. 942 is the date of production, and xxxx denotes the serial number.
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