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An old airgun, vaguely remembered
« on: November 14, 2010, 06:05:48 AM »
As a kid born in 1942 I remember being allowed to play with a German air rifle. I now understand that it was a German training rifle brought back from Europe by one or another of my five uncles who served in WW-ll. At the time it was just a toy. It operated just like a Mauser bolt action. to load and cock it one raised the bolt handle, pulled it to the rear, then pushed it back forward and down to lock. It had a magazine in the form of a hemispherical depression on the receiver ring, with a pivoting metal cover, into which one could drop BB's. I now know it was intended for lead BB's but at the time I fed it steel BB's. I've seen quite a few training rifles, all singleshot, but I distinctly recall this one being a repeater with that little magazine on top. It floated around among the kids of my extended family and I don't know what ever happened to it. Does anyone have any information on a rifle like that?
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Re: An old airgun, vaguely remembered
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2010, 06:39:42 AM »
I have one!! There is no magazine thou it's strictly a single shot. There is a little " manhole" cover above the barrel for a " bb" to be dropped in. It operates just like a 98 Mauser and as indeed intended as a training rifle. Mine was made by CZ.
I have many times contemplated selling never do.

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Re: An old airgun, vaguely remembered
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2010, 02:08:35 PM »
I thought posting the question here would be a "longshot" and who should reply? ;D
 I think I found it with a Google search, the VZ-35 illustrated here seems exactly as I remember. Of course I was a pre-schooler the last time I saw it but I 've always been a gun guy and remember it pretty well. My mother thought it was too powerful a toy for my age so it was taken away and replaced with a single shot Daisy which loaded a single BB from the muzzle, so I guess you could say I've always been into muzzleloaders. I still have a couple of cap pistols which are styled to resemble muzzleloaders too.  ;D
http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2009/01/vz35-and-vz47-two-interesting-military.html
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Re: An old airgun, vaguely remembered
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 12:46:45 AM »
YUP, That's the rifle!!

 Mine is the VZ35. I never thought of putting then one ball in they little hopper!!! Guess I was mistaken, its exactly as in your links pictures!!

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