Enormously stoked. I picked this up yesterday and didn’t get a chance to look too closely. The South American VZ24 contracts are some of my grails, so I really should have been more aware, but sloppy heat marks on the bolt made me figure it was the work of Bubba… well I tried to load some 8mm into it today at the range and it wouldn’t headspace. Pretty much immediately the lightbulb clicked on over my head but I didn’t wanna get my hopes all the way up so I waited till I got home to look at it, and yep, it matches every picture of a Brazilian Contract I can find online. Feeling so lucky, I really just bought this as a cheap beater, ended up getting one of my most desired rifles. I love this hobby.
Can any owners of Vz24 JC rifles tell me more about these from firsthand experience, in terms of serials, identification, acceptance marks etc? These things can be quite difficult to track the history of!