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I'm not an expert on Vz 24 serial numbers, but wouldn't a Romanian contract build have an 'R' serial prefix of some sort? I know they were likely sold some that had already been accepted into Czech service, but how do you tell the difference?

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Romania, I know had their crest on some, while China, had some with a P prefix on the serial number and were dated 1937 and again Romanian arms were dated 1938-39-40. These dated rifles were also issued to the Czech Army as some bare the Army acceptance mark which is an E (small Czech lion) and date. Jun 07, 2003  First, that is the normal location for the serial number on a VZ24 bolt. However, it sounds like your bolt is 'forced matched', in other words, the original non-matching serial number was ground off of the bolt handle, and a new matching number is stamped in.

To help expand this stub you may refer to the German articles Vz.24 (Pistole) and Vz.27.

The vz. 27 is a Czechoslovak semi-automatic pistol, based on the pistole vz. 24, and chambered for 7.65 mm Browning/.32 ACP. It is often designated the CZ 27 after the naming scheme used by the Česká zbrojovka factory for post-World War II commercial products. However, it is correctly known as vz. 27, an abbreviation of the Czech 'vzor 27', or 'Model 27'.

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in mid-March 1939 the pistol was folded into the German armed and police forces as the P27. Construction of the pistol continued in Czechoslovakia until the 1950s. Allegedly, the Czechoslovak military authorities sold five and a half thousand surplus vz. 27s to the Swiss in 1973 for half a million marks. Between 620,000 and 650,000 were manufactured in total, 452,500 of those under German occupation. In December 1948, a gift of five 'ČZ 247' automatic variants of the pistol (based on both the vz. 24 and vz. 27) was sent to Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. In 1949, the pistol was exported to 28 countries, including Turkey (3,286 pistols), Great Britain, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, and Pakistan.

Known military contracts include India, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Poland.

References[edit]

Vz24 Serial Number 7766r1

1. ^ ^abcdJ. B. Wood, The Gun Digest Book of Automatic Pistols, 2007, page 250. ISBN0-89689-473-8.
2. ^Chamberlain, Peter (1976). Axis pistols, rifles, and grenades. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco. p. 11. ISBN0668040769. OCLC2388349.

• CZ 27 / P.27(t) pistol (Czhechoslovakia) at Modern Firearms & Ammunition

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