I got one several years ago that came from them. It was a bit rough, but the wood (walnut) cleaned up beautifully with a gorgeous grain. The bore was a bit rough from not being cleaned properly, but it still shot pretty well with German surplus ammo. If you've never shot a VZ-24 before, be aware that if you have large hands, the sling swivel on the wrist will give your pinky finger a real pounding. About 10 -15 rds was all I could take.
I imagine they would post their nicest looking gun, but you won't know what you get until you see it. Could be better than the pic, could be worse. I lucked out with my Yugo Mauser from J&G, it turned out to be really quite nice.
__________________
Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!
How accurate are these things? I really like it! Also, how are ammo prices/ availability (say compared to the mosin nagant)?
Mine would shoot around 2-2 1\2 MOA @ 100 yds w\iron sights using 1938 German ammo. I finally traded it off because it was too hard to clean with a pitted bore and I hated the aforementioned sling swivel.
SOG and J&G Sales both list Yugo surplus ammo, price before shipping is around .26 to .30 per round, depending on quantity ordered. Also available on stripper clips, you pay extra for that.
I was looking at this also. Has anyone ordered one recently? The price seems so affordable I don't see a reason not to go for it. Someone tells me though that they are not Czech..... that they have made a mistake. I dunno. I don't know anything about Maus's I would just be buying it to have a nice looking shooter to add to the collection.
They're definitely Czech-made rifles, but these were made for Romania. At least two dozen nations used the vz24.
BRNO made quality Mauser 98-series rifles for Turkey, much of Europe, and if I'm not mistaken, some South American countries between the world wars. They were in high gear for the Germans during World War II as well. Their "pre-war" receivers were once sought out by builders of fine Mauser sporting rifles.
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Was "Your" Voice Heard Today? NRA-ILA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Classsic Arms has a better price on the same rifle, 2 grades-very good and excellent $159 and $189 Its tempting,I'll have to wait until after the gunshow tomorrow.
__________________ Everybody's weird, they just hang out with like minded people to feel normal.
The guns that Classic Arms and AIM have currently offered are different, but similar guns.
AIM has a Czech made VZ24 with the same length action as a German 98.
Classic Arms has the Yugoslavian made (except or a few thousand that were made in Belgium) model 24 with an intermediate action... maybe a quarter inch shorter action. The Classic Arms is called a 24/47 as they were rearsenaled post war; but they are not Czech made VZ.24's.
Given equal bores, etc they both shoot as good as the shooter can aim.
I don't know what it is but I can't bring myself to buy guns sight unseen on the internet. I just like to check them out first so I don't get any surprises.
Maybe I'm lucky but I have bought all of my weapons at LGD that will fix them if they can or take them back in trade should I have a problem.
When i bought my $150 Yugo 98K the LGD showed me the bore with a bore light and checked the head space for me. I got to work the bolt and inspect it for as long as I liked.
I realize some folks don't have LGD close by or can't find the gun they want to buy at a reasonable price.
All the best for those that buy on line. At least you have the option.
I thought I'd update. I received my VZ24 from AIM today. First I have to clean up the cosmoline, but at first look it is very nice cosmetically speaking. The wood and the blue look about like the picture on their website, just a little goopier.
If I get it cleaned up this weekend I may get a chance to shoot it. I have some of that Romanian 150 gr(steel case), some Yugo 196 gr (brass case) and some Wolf 196 gr ammo (brass reloadable boxer). We'll see what she does.
Last edited by MountainDon; 11-14-2009 at 01:03 AM.
Will definitely be looking forward to a range report! I picked up a VZ24 last weekend as well. Doesn't sound like it looks as nice as yours, but I think it ought to be a good shooter. It is in the ex-sniper configuration with the milled off receiver.
__________________
Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!
Update: The cosmo cleaned up good with a little effort.
I did not get to do any real range checking as it snowed too much up at the cabin. However, I did fire 10 rounds just because I couldn't let the entire weekend go by without firing it. So this is an of the cuff report. I fired the first 5 at 50 yards just to see if it would at least hit the paper. It did. I did not have my bench rest along so simply stood, using a tree to brace against. Everything was a few inches high but grouped within a couple inches (eyeball measurements). The next 5 were fired at 100 yards and produced much the same result. Maybe this Saturday we'll go to the club range where we have concrete benches and a variety of distances laid out to work from.
That Romanian ammo all fired (10/10) but sure is sooty. But it is cheap.
After some web sleuthing I also figured out that mine was most likely made under contract for the Romanian Military in '39.
Last edited by MountainDon; 11-19-2009 at 03:26 PM.
The wood matches pretty good; the handguard is a little darker at the receiver end, but I think that is because there's still some cosmo soaked in it. I'm planning on doing a basic dismantling so I can really get all the cosmo out o all the nooks and crannies. Then I'll post some pictures. Maybe next week?
but will there be pics?....I only ask because the AIM vz. 24 is one mauser I am looking at buying 
Right now it is a straight toss up between the vz. 24 from AIM and the Yugo M24/47 from Classic Arms.
