History of a CZ 242

[rouse]

I have recently purchased an old CZ rifle that I can not find any information on. It's a .22LR, single shot, bolt action rifle. It is blued with a wood stock. The stock has finger grooves and a round knob grip with fine checkering. The stock is marked underneath and behind the grip with 40132 then about two inches down an inverted 50. The receiver is marked with the CZ logo and 242. The side is marked ceska zbrojovka a.s v praze. There appears to be a Lion over an N next to the serial number (1588.41.). It has a leaf rear sight graduated from 50 to 200. On the left rear side, at the wood line, it looks to have been factory tapped for a scope mount with 4 screws still in place. The bolt is polished bright with a turned down knob. The blued steel butt plate is smooth with the CZ logo. The rifle is in great shape and appears original and unmessed with. Any information would be greatly appreciated.Thanks
Also see: http://www.thehighroad.us/showthread.php?t=417931

 

[natman]

Try the CZ forum at www.rimfirecentral.com . There are some real CZ/Brno experts there. Nice gun!

 

[JohnBT]

Should be pre-WWII, there were other 24x models. Not made by CZ-UB (what we know as CZ today), but in another weapons factory. CZ simply means Czech weapons factory and there were quite a few. Okay, details, let's see. See the 3rd post in this thread for some history of the various CZ factories.

www.xdtalk.com/forums/non-xd-handguns/26420-anybody-know-about-8mm-mausers.html

 

[rouse]

Any idea of value?