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The last Mauser Rifle (not made from parts or a rebuilt) produced by
Yugoslavia at the famed Kragujevac arsenal, the
Model
1948 98k Short Rifle or otherwise called the Yugoslavian
M48.
Based in design on the German 98k Mauser and the Yugoslavian Model FN
30 and 24 Carbines and Rifles.
Yugoslavia produced quite a few of these rifles
that now have been brought to the surplus market in
New to Like New condition. These 8mm
rifles are excellent little shooters that are well made
and offer a unique opportunity to the shooter and
collector to purchase a Like New
variant of the very dependable and well
made Mauser 98k. The M48 is a little shorter in overall
length in the barrel and the overall length of the rifle in
comparison to the original German 98k it is modeled
after.
Manufactured all of the way into the 50's
they became obsolete with the onset of the Semi-Automatic
battle rifle. So they were packed up and stored away for the
past 50 years.
The Yugoslav M48 Mauser rifle was manufactured from
1950-65 at the Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Banner Works.
Zastava was known as "Preduzece 44"--meaning Enterprise 44,
from 1945-52. In 1952 it was renamed Red
Banner Works.) The M48 series
came in four versions--the M48 (all milled parts) M48A
(stamped magazine floorplate) M48B (increased use of stamped
parts) and the comparatively rare M48BO
(the BO=bez oznake, meaning "without markings.") The M48BO
versions were new manufactured M48s as well as numerous
captured, reconditioned and "scrubbed" German Kar 98k rifles
(sometimes the latter were called M98/48N, the "N" standing
for "Njemac," which is Serbo-Croat for "German.") The
M48B/M48BO versions were made chiefly for export--and most of
these were sent to Egypt, Iran and Algeria. (contributed by
Michael E. Kreca)
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