Yugo 24/47 Bolts-Blued or No Finish?

[.45&TKD]

Just picked up my first $100 Yugo 24/47 from Big 5. Even though I came late to the party, I did shop several stores and ended up finding one with matching bolt, receiver, and floorplate, which was uncommon now from the one's I had seen.

My question, though, is that my bolt is blued and a lot of the 24/47 bolts were not finished:
So, which is preferred or which is more correct?
Blued or not blued, and why the difference?

 

[grimjaw]

Mine was blued, but I honestly have no preference. It doesn't seem to affect the operation of the action.

jm

 

[Niner]

Mine is not

Mine is not blued and the rifle is in premo condition and the numbers match. Didn't know they came any other way.

 

[JonB]

Mine isn't blued either. All matching #'s.

 

[Jackal]

I had ordered 2 from Classic Arms. One had a blue bolt and the other unfinished. Guess which I kept? The blued one, it just looks better.

 

[.45&TKD]

Any chance that the ones with blued bolts were reconditioned Czech VZ24's?

My VZ24 is blued the same way and I read this recently.

...M24/47 rifles were rebuilds using recycled Belgian, Yugoslav, German, Belgian and Czechoslovak parts....Most of these reworked rifles had the old German, Czechoslovak or Yugoslav royalist markings wiped. The new Yugoslav Communist crest was stamped in their place

http://carbinesforcollectors.com/yugo_serb.html
towards the bottom.

I know its a stretch, but I really am curious why they would be different.

 

[.45&TKD]

Of course, that could not be it.

The VZ24 has a full length bolt and the Yugo's have an intermediate length bolt.