Introduced in 1954 for use by the Czech Army as a sniper rifle, the VZ54 saw limited use before being phased out in favor of the Dragunov SVD. The heart of the weapon is a Mosin-Nagant 91/30 receiver, which has been built up into a precision weapon. Hooded post front and tangent rear sights, with the latter graduated to 1,200 meters (50 meter increments up to 700 meters), with an angled dovetail scope rail installed on the left side of the receiver. The bolt is factory turned and lengthened, with the head slotted to double as a wrench for the scope bolts. The scope itself is fixed power with integral windage/elevation knobs, marked "yal/2,5x6(degree)P" on top, with an integral rail, rubber eyepiece and leather/wood end caps. Fitted with a smooth pistol grip stock, with a canvas sling, and includes an "56" dated canvas field case with cleaning gear.

Fine as arsenal assembled, with 95% of the black finish, showing some light handling marks overall. Numbers are mixed on some parts. The varnished stock is very good, with contrasting color to the upper handguard and mild handling marks overall. Optics are clear. Mechanically excellent.