Reply With QuoteHi Steve, looks like you have cracked it again, what a great find in that condition. l would be surprised if the stock is Oak, although it does look like it.
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Been trying to add the Military version of this rifle to my prewar collection for a long while now. Finally hit it right with this one. As good of condition as you could hope for. When I get some warmer weather I can put it through it’s paces? This is the only prewar rifle made and used by the military for training and the only one made to accept a bayonet. (Not sure the BSA was actually accepted by the military?) Military acceptance marks are all over it same as a military firearm. Over the moon with this one! Just a difficult find. I saw this blog which does more research than I could do on the rifle and is so well done. Two parts:
https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2021...-rifle-part-1/
https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2021...-rifle-part-2/
Here are way too many pics of my rifle!
https://imgur.com/a/AzuYi3s
Curious if anyone knows the stock wood? Oak?
Last edited by 45flint; 10-01-2022 at 08:48 AM.
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Hi Steve, looks like you have cracked it again, what a great find in that condition. l would be surprised if the stock is Oak, although it does look like it.
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Very nice indeed and must be a real rarity on your side of the pond.
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Lovely,
Well found!
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It is interesting if you read the blogs that both my rifle and his have the white engraving highlights. I assumed when I saw the rifle at auction these were added by a collector. It is the author of the blogs opinion that the originals had this and most were worn off. In examining mine I must admit that it looks old?
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Dad & I had a VZ35 back in the late 1960's early 1970's and it also had the white engraving highlighted. Ours was a barracks bag special as the end of the fore stock was cut to shorten it so it would fit in the GIs duffle bag. It was cut right under the barrel band so it didn't detract from the overall appearance of the rifle. Sure that I have some old Kodak instamatic photographs somewhere, have to see if I can find them. Glad that you finally added one to the collection, especially with the bayonet.
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Fun part of the hobby is finding out new realities. Never even knew of a highlighted CZ35 till I bought one. Been looking at these for 5 years! LolOriginally Posted by Buck25
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Very nice, Steve! Plenty of the VZs seem to have the markings highlighted, I think. The stock looks like a very straight-grained walnut or similar hardwood. I doubt it's Oak. Not a good gunstock wood, apparently.
Edit: Hmm. Actually, looking through the gallery I don't see any markings highlighted, so maybe it's not so common. Anyway, it's easily reversible if it isn't original.
Last edited by Garvin; 10-01-2022 at 05:40 PM.
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What ever the wood a very nice rifle, the stock could be Ash not Oak as this contains Tannic acid which is corroisive to steel, which is why Oak doors are allways hung with brass hinges
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Re stock wood, given it was designed as a 'utilitarian' rifle, i would say a standard Beech stock?
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https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2022...-rifle-part-3/
Blog part 3, in case you haven’t seen it already.
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