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14-Mar-01 Note: This firearm is no longer in my collection. I traded it away to a fellow collector for a Portuguese M1904 Vergueiro in the original 6.5x58 calibre.

A unique specimen
   Here is an unusual item I found one day at a meeting of the Ohio Gun Collectors Association. I was at the table run by Val Forgett of Navy Arms. I bought it for the princely sum of $150, strictly for a unique wall hanger. He claimed it be unique, the only one like it in a freighter boat full of rifles. It appears to be a Czech VZ-24, once in japanese hands, and at some point converted by the chinese to 7.62x39.

Here is a shot of the makers markings on the reciever.

 

 

 Here you can see the barrel is plainly from an SKS. The bayonet & lug, the front sight. You can also see the wood work done on the front of the stock and handguard to shorten it. The front barrelband also shows welding marks where it was resized.

vz24bayonet.JPG (33074 bytes)

Here one can see where the rear reciever bridge was built up to take an SKS stripper clip. But strangely, the magazine was never modified to take the shorter 7.62x39 round, and the tend to move back and forth in the magazine.

vz24reciever.JPG (24137 bytes)

Here you can see the rear barrel band, with the side and bottom sling swivels.

vz24front.JPG (25173 bytes)

 

 

 

 

 

Some have inquired about how the rifle was modded for this SKS barrel. As pictured below, the original barrel (note matching SN on shank and reciever ring) is lopped off after the front sight base. The manner in which the SKS barrel is retained is not obvious to me (soldered, pinned, threaded?). The stock has been modified to take a different handguard with spring retaining clips, and the front band spring channel has been moved back to allow for the shortened stock. There is some pitting below the stock line.

 

01/20/06 19:24

 
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