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This rifle is a rare Brno (945 marked) 1940 WWII G 33/40 mountain. These G33/40 mountain carbines were a shortened version of the K98 rifle patterned after the Czech 33 carbine. They were manufactured by the BRNO factory in Czechoslovakia from 1940-1942 and were used by the Alpine Mountain troops who required a shortened, lightweight rifle. The carbines themselves used a small ring action and with lightning cuts on the sides of the receiver, bolt and trigger guard and a small diameter lightweight barrel. The stocks was correspondingly shorter and lighter with a sheet metal plate on the side of the stock to protect it from wear during use. The receiver is marked: "945/1940" (the first wartime code for the Brno factory) over "40" (the year of manufacture) with the side wall marked "G33/40". It has one of the rarer 3 piece stocks and all matching serial numbers on stock, bolt and action. In very good condition for a rifle of its age. Price does not include postage or insurance.