1924 Yugo Mauser: In the dark here!!

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Ok so i have this old yugoslav mauser. On the left side of the receiver, instead of having the usual cyrillic mumbo-jumbo is FAB. NAT. D'ARMES DE GUERRE, HERSTAL, BELGIQUE. I looked up marstar and it told me it was a yugo 1924, as it has the straight-handle bolt. The rifle's ALL MATCHING, but the stock is the problem. It was broken behind the pistol grip and fixed with some cheap-arse wood glue, and the top handguard is split behind the rear sight. I think it's the original, because it's really, really old. It's a very very dark color, with a little purple tint. The metal's free from big rust, but there's slight putting on the outside pieces, like the barrel, bands, sight, top of action, buttplate... The bore is dark and somewhat frosty, but it's free of rust too, the rifling is sharp. Can someone tell me if it's of any interest historically, if it's rare or not, and how much it's worth?
 
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Marstar sold alot of them here. Sounds like a pre-war standard FN Model 24 configuration purchased by Yugoslovia prior to them setting up and making their own.
Not particularily interesting or rare, and with pitting and rust, dark and frosty bore, and a broken stock, it's not worth too much.
 
The FN made 1924 that's not redone into a 24/47 is actually somewhat rare. However, Yugo stuff is still not recognized as terribly collectible (will be some day like Swede Mausers) and the condition hurts it.

Hitzy is lo-balling it, I think. It's worth $100 just for the action to anyone wanting to build a custom Mauser. The 1924 FN actions are excellent for that. But I'd not pay more than maybe $150-175 tops.
 
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You hit it right on the head, the 1924 made by FN is very scarce in any condition.... A very different animal from the M-24 and later variants such as the M-24/47 and the M-24/52.
Our company has sold over 100,000 Mausers over the last few years from Yugoslavia and I would venture to say that only a very small number were the "original" Model of 1924. If I had to guess maybe 1,000 to 1,500.
One has to remember that most of these rifles saw hard service during WW-11, most were later refurbished and remarked after the war.
It's well worth getting a stock for, a light cleaning and you have a converstion piece.
John.
 
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