Lithuanian Mauser FN

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I have beautiful Lithuanian Mauser NF 24L barrel and receiver. Receiver is marked “Ginklu Fondas 1937”. I want to complete this rifle. It has special meaning for me, my grandfather was in Lithuanian Horse Artillery in 30-thies. My question is what parts Lithuanian crest should have and which not. What is a cleaning rod length?
Thanks you for help.
 
If it's a FN Model 24. I believe a Yugo M24 or 24/47 rod will fit because it is the exact same pattern and parts are most likely interchangeable.
 
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A Lithuanian Mauser is a pretty rare find. I would also be interested in seeing some pics!

Being made by FN, I would suspect the only thing to have the Lithuanian crest on it would be the receiver. Other parts would be marked with FN proofs and inspection marks. Not sure on cleaning rod length.
 
BeaverMeat said:
If it's a FN Model 24. I believe a Yugo M24 or 24/47 rod will fit because it is the exact same pattern and parts are most likely interchangeable.
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The Lithuianian FN contract is the Model 1930, not the 1924 as I presumed.

Your best bet is to find a Czech Vz.24 stock set. The FN 1930 is the standard 98 long action, as with the Vz.24. It looks similar and should work with minor fitting.

Do you have the trigger guard/magazine?
 
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I have only the barrel, the receiver and the trigger. On the another forum I saw some parts marked with Lithuanian crest. It is small crest on the front sight.
 
Nice find!

As Beaver Meat posted earlier, the FN Model 30 short rifle does look pretty much identical to a VZ-24 so that would be an option for restoring it.
 
jbmauser said:
Nice find!

As Beaver Meat posted earlier, the FN Model 30 short rifle does look pretty much identical to a VZ-24 so that would be an option for restoring it.
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According to the "The Big Book of Mausers". The Lithuanians purchased both FN Model 1930s and Czech Vz.24s. For the sake of uniformity they were both marked "24.L". The only difference I can see is the shape of the thumb groove, which is deeper on the FN and the Czech stock will have to be cut to match. The Vz.24 hand guard might have issues fitting the rear sight block properly. But it can be done.

I think using a Vz.24 stock set and magazine assembly is the best viable option. Who's to say an armorer has never replaced a damaged FN stock with a Vz. stock?
 
BeaverMeat said:
According to the "The Big Book of Mausers". The Lithuanians purchased both FN Model 1930s and Czech Vz.24s. For the sake of uniformity they were both marked "24.L". The only difference I can see is the shape of the thumb groove, which is deeper on the FN and the Czech stock will have to be cut to match. The Vz.24 hand guard might have issues fitting the rear sight block properly. But it can be done.

I think using a Vz.24 stock set and magazine assembly is the best viable option. Who's to say an armorer has never replaced a damaged FN stock with a Vz. stock?
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I agree. I think it's going to be pretty hard finding the proper FN wood and with a few mods a good VZ-24 stock and hardware would be pretty close. FN bottom metal should be fairly easy to find though.
 
jbmauser said:
I agree. I think it's going to be pretty hard finding the proper FN wood and with a few mods a good VZ-24 stock and hardware would be pretty close. FN bottom metal should be fairly easy to find though.
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True... but will the FN bottom metal fit the Vz.24 stock? Less fitting required if of you keep it the same as the stock, and ultimately it will be cheaper.
 
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