Gave a guy $30.00 at the gun show last week for a VZ-24 stock...only problem was he said he'd send it to me, as he didn't have one there. He sez,
you'll get it Thursday or Friday. So, no problem...then the next day, or the day after that, I realize I have no idea who this guy is, so start to wonder
if I'll ever really see a stock arrive.
But, sho'nuff, Friday the mail man brings me the stock.
Had most of the hardware on it, except for the barrel band and the upper hand guard. Bonus. So all I had to do was pop the action out of the old, brittle, and cracked and cracking stock and drop it in the "new" one.
This is a nice peice of wood. Looks a little more beat than the old one, but I don't care. The action fit so well in it, it was like it had been in that stock since 1937. The wood seems to have a good moisture content, and is well soaked in oil and cosmoline. That other stock must have been left out in the desert somewhere. It was extremely hard, dry, shrunk up and brittle.
So, all is good and right and groovy (Attn: Big Bore! GROOVY!) with my Mauser family again. When I was mad at the VZ, I did take the sling off and give it to the Persian Mauser, so now she'll need another sling...no biggie. But the Persian is NOT giving it back. The VZ will have to earn her new sling, by not splitting the stock for at least ten shots!!
Anyhow, the VZ is a cool rifle, really has the worn and battle-hardened look to it, even more so with this stock. I like that look on a Mauser. But she has given me some problems so far, first the firing pin was weak, then the stock started chipping and splitting and cracking everytime I'd put three rounds through it...or looked at it!! But I now pronounce her good to go. If you have followed this VZ-24 saga you know that she's an accurate rifle, so it was worth persuing her rehabilitation.
That is all.
But, sho'nuff, Friday the mail man brings me the stock.
Had most of the hardware on it, except for the barrel band and the upper hand guard. Bonus. So all I had to do was pop the action out of the old, brittle, and cracked and cracking stock and drop it in the "new" one.
This is a nice peice of wood. Looks a little more beat than the old one, but I don't care. The action fit so well in it, it was like it had been in that stock since 1937. The wood seems to have a good moisture content, and is well soaked in oil and cosmoline. That other stock must have been left out in the desert somewhere. It was extremely hard, dry, shrunk up and brittle.
So, all is good and right and groovy (Attn: Big Bore! GROOVY!) with my Mauser family again. When I was mad at the VZ, I did take the sling off and give it to the Persian Mauser, so now she'll need another sling...no biggie. But the Persian is NOT giving it back. The VZ will have to earn her new sling, by not splitting the stock for at least ten shots!!
Anyhow, the VZ is a cool rifle, really has the worn and battle-hardened look to it, even more so with this stock. I like that look on a Mauser. But she has given me some problems so far, first the firing pin was weak, then the stock started chipping and splitting and cracking everytime I'd put three rounds through it...or looked at it!! But I now pronounce her good to go. If you have followed this VZ-24 saga you know that she's an accurate rifle, so it was worth persuing her rehabilitation.
That is all.
