And accessories are available for the following firearms: Zastava M48 Mauser rifle. The 3/8 dovetail side base fits on German K98, Swedish M38/M96 and. The diameter of the rings is 26.5mm, it also comes with 4 steel 1 inch inserts so that 1 inch scope can be installed. This all steel Long Side Rail mount can also be clamped on Accumount steel Swiss K31 clamp-on mount. Yugo Mauser Steel Long Side Mounts - Additional Photos.
It's a bit beat up, but I like that as it makes it look authentic. San Antonio In a fit of weakness, I went and bought a Yugo M48 Mauser this morning. I don't say this to glorify war, but merely to state a fact: Mauser rifles were and remain very effective weapons.Aug 27, 2009. Millions of Mauser and Mauser pattern rifles (I'll explain the difference later) were produced, and to this day, you can bet that someone, somewhere has one of Paul Mauser's progeny in his hands, ready to do violence to those who would oppose him. Paul Mauser's designs were some of the most influential and lasting contributions to firearms development in the late 19th and early 20th century, and indeed, many of these contributions live on today in modern hunting and target rifles ( like the Winchester Model 70).
As such, the '98 action could handle whatever cartridge you threw at it, and Paul Mauser provided that cartridge in the form of the 8 x 57mm Mauser. This design was a significant departure from the earlier 1893/1895 design I wrote about here. It had a new, stronger bolt with no less than three lugs that locked into the receiver at different points. The new rifle was adopted as Germany's battle rifle, and variants of the '98 were sold to countries around the world. If you have a bolt action 8mm Mauser, you will want 8x57mm JS Mauser.Thousands of Russian captured Mauser rifles in stacks during WWII, awaiting refurbishment.The Mauser design reached its zenith in 1898 with the appropriately named Mauser Model 98. To be honest, my initial impression was that it is very similar to my Finnish Mosin M39.Secondly, the M48 wasnt the last Mauser-type rifle fielded to military and police.
The standard loading was a ~150 gr bullet at 2,900 fps, making it the most powerful battle rifle cartridge of its day.I mentioned earlier that there are Mauser rifles, and Mauser pattern rifles. The Germans even used it in their fighter planes. The 8mm Mauser cartridge served admirably in two World Wars and was chambered in everything from bolt action rifles to crew-served machine guns. 323" bullet which remains the current diameter to this day. 318" diameter projectile this was later changed to a. The cartridge was originally designed with a.
At any rate, this stipulation resulted in the creation of Belgium's state run firearms company, Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre, otherwise known as FN. This of course made sense for various reasons, not the least of which is that you don't want a powerful rival like Germany being the sole source of your military hardware. Belgium also got the rights to manufacture the Model 1889 themselves, in their own country. Instead, it was Belgium who placed the first orders for the new rifle.
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In 1924 FN released the appropriately named Model 24. This picture is of a Soldier I served with in Iraq in 2004.FN was a bit ahead of the curve on some things, and they made good use of their license to use Mauser actions. The M24 was one such design.Not to be confused with the M249 SAW, also a FN design. The difference amounts to little other than semantics in most cases, but there are some Mauser inspired designs that are unique to these licensees. I consider the rifles produced by FN and other manufacturers (licensed and unlicensed) to be Mauser pattern rifles, while the rifles produced in Germany by Ludwig Loewe and DWM (who both owned Mauser) are properly referred to as Mauser rifles.
The M24 was a beautifully built short rifle in its own right, a good 11 years before Germany would officially adopt the legendary K98k that was the mainstay battle rifle of the Wehrmacht in WWII. This shorter length action is known as the "intermediate length" receiver. This took a total half inch of travel off of the bolt, which in theory meant that the action could be manipulated a bit faster. Additionally, the action was shorter by about 1/4" of an inch. The M24 was based on the Mauser 1898 action, but it sported a barrel that was about 7" shorter than the Gewehr 98 rifle.
It looked as if the bolt-action was dead and gone, but there was some life in the old girl yet.After the war, Yugoslavia went Red along with the rest of Eastern Europe, and the new Communist regime went about preparing itself for the inevitable WWIII. By the 1950s, the major powers in Europe had fielded semiautomatic and select-fire weapons for their militaries. Some stayed in storage, some were relegated to second and third line civil defense forces, and some were sold as surplus to poorer countries. I prefer the Venezuelan for its superior fit, finish, and 7mm Mauser chambering.World War II was the bolt action rifle's last hurrah, and as the Cold War loomed, millions of Mauser and Mauser-pattern rifles sat in armories throughout Europe. Generally, the Venezuelan is worth about three times the Yugoslavian. Bottom: M24/30 Venezuelan Contract Mauser.
Yugoslavia made them from 1950 to the early 1960's, and mechanically they were the same as the 24/47. These new bolt action rifles are known as the M48. Alongside the 24/47, Yugoslavia produced new rifles built on FN tooling. The "new" rifles are known as the M24/47, with the 47 indicating the year of the refurbishment program.
Soldiers do all kinds of things (ranging from constructive to disgusting) to stave off boredom during war.Yugoslavia made at least three variants of the M48. That's not to say that the M48 just collected dust: some saw combat during the recent unpleasantness in the late 20th century that saw the dissolution of Yugoslavia, indeed, variants of these with custom stock carvings are sought after by some collectors.A Yugoslavian M48 with stock art. I speculate that this is because the Yugos were fielding their variant of the semiautomatic SKS at about the same time. The M48 would accept the K98k sling and bayonet, but most other parts were incompatible as the M48 had an intermediate-length receiver, like the M24 before it. Most of the M48s that were made were put into storage soon after manufacture. A cup-style steel buttplate was also adopted. Like the K98k, the M48 featured a turned-down bolt which supposedly made it easier to manipulate from certain positions, as well as a new stock with a sling cutout instead of sling swivels.
These folks have stretched the truth in advertising, often referring to these rifles as 98ks, which is inaccurate. Mitchell's Mausers, a company of somewhat ill repute in collector's circles, also advertised these rifles as having teakwood stocks. The turned down bolt and stock cut-out of the M48 made it resemble the K98k to the untrained eye, and some unscrupulous individuals have used this to their advantage over the years to deceive the ignorant. Believe it or not, these rifles stirred up a bit of controversy when they were imported. Alas, those days are long gone. When they first hit the market, you could snap up greasy, unissued specimens for under $100. Often these rifles came with accessories such as slings, ammo pouches, and bayonets.
The grease hasn't improved the wood's integrity the last half century, and though elm is reasonably hard, it splinters fairly easily. It was coated in Grade A Communist Cosmoline, and it was a flat out pain in the ass to get it all out. I acquired a M48B model about a year ago in that range, but mine came with a sling. Nowadays, unissued examples of the M48 without accessories go for $350 and up, depending on the variant. They're also sometimes advertised as "Serbian" Mausers, which is probably done to make the rifle sound "fancier", as many people don't equate the word "Yugoslavian" with quality.Fortunately, Yugoslavian guns and Yugoslavian cars are two different animals. Most collectors now agree that the M48 is stocked from elm, not teak, so don't be deceived.
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