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Well, that one would be a perfect addition to my small selection of South American Mausers... Congrats on a very nice rifle!

Regrettably so far I didn‘t have the opportunity to inspect such a rifle in detail, so I don‘t know anything about numbered parts. BTW - the name "Rattanakosin" comes from an area in the historic heart of Bangkok, originally an island surrounded by the Chao Phraya river to the west and a k...

The characters on the receiver bridge are the serial number, they read as "00310". The two digits behind the trigger guard read as "60". The Thai characters below the Chakra wheel read as "RS121", meaning year 121 of the "Rattanakosin Sok" ("Rattanakosin ...

qz2026 wrote:You seem to find the sweet ones... Very nice indeed. 7mm?

Thanks, Gentlemen. And yes - 7 mm Mauser

And the last ones:
Okay, the bayonet's s/no. isn't matching, but it's a correct Brazilian M1935 bayonet from my collection, and exactly 500 numbers away from the rifle's s/no.

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And some more details: M1935SR_1996_23.jpg M1935SR_1996_24.jpg M1935SR_1996_29.jpg M1935SR_1996_30.jpg M1935SR_1996_31.jpg M1935SR_1996_32.jpg M1935SR_1996_32a.jpg While the rifle is in overall very nice condition with a very good stock and absolutely no rust pitting under the wood line, bore condit...

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With less than 1,000 made this is for sure one of the rarer Mauser models and not easy to find - at least in all-matching condition. My personal survey has yielded so far only three truly all-matching examples worldwide - two are sitting now in my gunsafe, the third one is belonging to a US collecto...

All parts are correctly marked with the tilted Husqvarna crown. In contrast to the Carl Gustaf- and Mauser-made M96s on those built by Husqvarna only a handful of parts are stamped with the serial number (or its last three digits): M96_695002_01.jpg M96_695002_02.jpg M96_695002_03.jpg M96_695002_04....

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A few weeks ago I was lucky to find this one - a Husqvarna-made M96 long rifle with AGJ precision sight. Rifle is in very good, original condition, all-matching and has a mirror-bright bore. Shoots very accurate - when I'm doing my job well the rifle at 100 m holds the "10" even with 1987-...

Yesterday I took the Vz.54 to the range for the first time. Regrettably the time available only allowed a few trial shots with the rifle as it is, no proper adjustment of the scope. I tried out two different sorts of ammo - Czech LB silver tip surplus from 1967 and Soviet "Extra" 200 gr ma...

And now close-ups of all serial numbers - in contrast to other Mosin-Nagant variants the vz.54 is stamped "German way", i.e. nearly every part is numbered... Vz54_V3459_01.jpg Vz54_V3459_02.jpg Vz54_V3459_03.jpg Vz54_V3459_04.jpg Vz54_V3459_05.jpg Vz54_V3459_06.jpg Vz54_V3459_07.jpg Vz54_V...

And some more: Well, seems that the accessories should be quite complete. If there's still an item lacking, please let me know.

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Now I have the rifle here in my hands. It is in very nice condition, albeit not all-matching. But it came with a vast arrangement of accessories, far more items than I have seen with any vz.54 so far. Now here some pictures of the rifle. Vz54_01.jpg Vz54_02.jpg Vz54_03.jpg Vz54_04.jpg Vz54_05.jpg Vz...

A few days ago I was lucky to have the opportunity to buy this one: Vz_54_V3499_01.jpg Vz_54_V3499_06.jpg Vz_54_V3499_02.jpg Vz_54_V3499_03.jpg Rifle will arrive only next week, so at the moment I only have these low-quality pictures from the auction description. Looks on the pictures as if the numb...

locomotiveguy wrote:Really like it what caliber?

Thanks, gentlemen. And yes, it's 8x57IS.

Gentlemen, may I introduce the latest inhabitant of my gun safe? Here it is - an all-matching Dutch police carbine, stamped with the Queen Wilhelmina crest and made by FN in 1947. A thorough inspection revealed that all parts still seem to be original - where applicable, they have the correct FN ins...