For Sale: Restored Rare Pre-War Lion's Crest Czech VZ-24 Sniper Build 8mm Mauser manufactured by BRNO in 1937. First of all, this rifle has been restored to how it left the factory via rust bluing which is how these would have originally been done. The stock has been refurbished with boiled linseed oil. This is a build I have always wanted to do. VZ24s are regarded as one of the best Mauser variants ever produced, this is why I chose it specifically to do a sniper build with. This is one of the rarer VZ24s as it obtains the Lion's Crest. This indicates it was made for the Czechoslovak military before the German occupation in 1939.