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Ever buy one gun and then that gun leads you to another gun? Happened to me recently.
A few weeks ago, I bought a Polish wz. 29 that was scrubbed and sent to the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War off Gunbroker. I bought the wz. 29 because I wanted a Polish gun and considering I already have one AK and another AK receiver incoming, I didn't want a third AK (for now...). So, I decided to get a wz. 29 and there was one conveniently on Gunbroker in pretty nice shape. I read that Poland supplied scrubbed wz. 29s to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. After WW2, the Francoist government refurbished guns that had been captured in the Civil War, including wz. 29s. When Spain upgraded to the CETME and machine guns in 7.62 NATO in the late 1950s, early 1960s, Interarms cleared out Spain's arsenal of old, non-standard guns, including wz. 29s.
I told one of my friends that I was looking for a Polish Mauser. To my surprise, he said that he had one with a swastika carved on it. I found that odd because (a) a Polish person definitely wouldn't be carving swastikas into a Polish rifle after the start of the war; and (b) if the Germans captured a wz. 29 and used it, again, they wouldn't be carving swastikas in it. He eventually sent me some pictures and the rifle turned out to be a Zastava M98/48, a K98k captured by Yugoslavia and refurbished by Zastava, then known as "Preduzece 44". Turns out these guns were imported into the US in the late 1990s. These guns also saw some service in the Balkan Wars. Guys who collect Balkan War guns or Yugo guns in general know that trench art is somewhat common on Balkan War-era guns. My thought is that either the K98k was issued to the Ustase during WW2 and a Ustase miltia member carved the swastika, or more likely considering the refurb process, someone carved the swastika while the now-M98/48 was brought out for a second war. I paid a very reasonable price and did the transfer from him to me.
The guns are in pretty good shape, though the wz. 29 is missing a rear floorplate locking screw, which I've ordered a replacement for, and the M98/48's buttplate is rusted, which I'll remove with Kroil and 0000 steel wool. Both have very nice bores. The M98/48 has some pitting along the woodline on the receiver, but I took the action out of the stock and there's no rust below the stock. There are also some small waffenamts on the rear sight and other small metal pieces. The wz. 29 is not import marked as far as I can tell and I also took the action out of the stock to check for rust, damage, etc.
I shot them both at my friend's house and the M98/48 shot a little better at a pizza box at around 45 yards. Both did a nice job blowing up cans and bottles. I'm probably going to shoot the M98/48 more than the wz. 29 because the wz. 29 has very nice bluing.
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A few weeks ago, I bought a Polish wz. 29 that was scrubbed and sent to the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War off Gunbroker. I bought the wz. 29 because I wanted a Polish gun and considering I already have one AK and another AK receiver incoming, I didn't want a third AK (for now...). So, I decided to get a wz. 29 and there was one conveniently on Gunbroker in pretty nice shape. I read that Poland supplied scrubbed wz. 29s to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. After WW2, the Francoist government refurbished guns that had been captured in the Civil War, including wz. 29s. When Spain upgraded to the CETME and machine guns in 7.62 NATO in the late 1950s, early 1960s, Interarms cleared out Spain's arsenal of old, non-standard guns, including wz. 29s.
I told one of my friends that I was looking for a Polish Mauser. To my surprise, he said that he had one with a swastika carved on it. I found that odd because (a) a Polish person definitely wouldn't be carving swastikas into a Polish rifle after the start of the war; and (b) if the Germans captured a wz. 29 and used it, again, they wouldn't be carving swastikas in it. He eventually sent me some pictures and the rifle turned out to be a Zastava M98/48, a K98k captured by Yugoslavia and refurbished by Zastava, then known as "Preduzece 44". Turns out these guns were imported into the US in the late 1990s. These guns also saw some service in the Balkan Wars. Guys who collect Balkan War guns or Yugo guns in general know that trench art is somewhat common on Balkan War-era guns. My thought is that either the K98k was issued to the Ustase during WW2 and a Ustase miltia member carved the swastika, or more likely considering the refurb process, someone carved the swastika while the now-M98/48 was brought out for a second war. I paid a very reasonable price and did the transfer from him to me.
The guns are in pretty good shape, though the wz. 29 is missing a rear floorplate locking screw, which I've ordered a replacement for, and the M98/48's buttplate is rusted, which I'll remove with Kroil and 0000 steel wool. Both have very nice bores. The M98/48 has some pitting along the woodline on the receiver, but I took the action out of the stock and there's no rust below the stock. There are also some small waffenamts on the rear sight and other small metal pieces. The wz. 29 is not import marked as far as I can tell and I also took the action out of the stock to check for rust, damage, etc.
I shot them both at my friend's house and the M98/48 shot a little better at a pizza box at around 45 yards. Both did a nice job blowing up cans and bottles. I'm probably going to shoot the M98/48 more than the wz. 29 because the wz. 29 has very nice bluing.
And here's what everyone wants to see:
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on walnut ! There’s at least 2 walnut on the first pic. You need to check your prescription!!! 
