![]() You can take pretty good pictures with a cell phone. If I had to bet, it ended up in communist hands and likely was refinished somewhere after the war.Īlso, clean your camera lense, get some better lighting by a window or an overhead light and set your cellphone camera to macro to take pictures of stamps. You may find Czech army proof marks or other marks that may indicate it's original purchaser or use. Take the wood stock set off and look for more marks. Typically however, most refurb guns had the bolts forced matched with an electropencil, which makes me wonder whether this gun was put together with parts or had a new bolt put in sometime after it left military service. I don't doubt that this serial number is just a re-stamp. Romania was a part of the Soviet Union after the war, so this refurb was done under the communist party in power there. The serial number is somewhat poorly stamped and doesn't look typical of Czech guns. The bolt most certainly is from a Romanian contract VZ 24. ![]() A TR likely would have had a King Michael crest on the reciever ring forward of the factory marking. The standard inscription is on top of the slide: CESKA ZBROJOVKA A.S V PRAZE, followed by the serial number and the military lion acceptance mark. It has almost certainly been refurbished after the war. The stock looks like it's been sanded and refinished with tru-oil, so unfortunately using the finish of the stock to judge the refurb will be tough. ![]()
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