#YUGO MAUSER M48 FOR SALE LICENSE#

As noted, the M48 is not a K98k, and doesn't share any but a few small parts in common. They did not use captured German 98k machinery. 24s after WW2, but those were known as the M24/52c. The Yugos did use a small number of captured and refurbished Vz. Rather, the M48 was based on the FN M1924 Mauser.

24 (other than that they both happen to be built around the venerable Mauser 98 system).

They had nothing to do with the Czech Vz. Here's a M24 Mauser, the basis for the M48: 24s into M24/52c rifles, but those were secondary to their primary M24/47 and M48 rifles.) (They did also refurbished a number of captured K98ks into M98/48 rifles and captured Vz. The M48 is essentially a FN-pattern M1924 intermediate Mauser with a K98k-style bent bolt and buttstock and some different markings.

#YUGO MAUSER M48 FOR SALE LICENSE#

They eventually purchased a license from FN to produce these, and tooled up several arsenals in country to produce M24 intermediate Mausers in the late 1920s and 1930s.ДЄfter WW2, the Yugoslavians began refurbishing stocks of their remaining M24s into a slightly updated configuration known as the M24/47, remarking them with their new Communist crest in the process, and they used their existing rifle production infrastructure to begin production of new M48s, based on the M24s they had been producing prior to the war. In the 1920s, Yugoslavia (then known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes) purchased a number of M24 intermediate Mausers in 8mm Mauser from FN. The M48s were produced on existing Yugoslavian rifle machinery, which was already set up to produce similar intermediate Mausers. But the majority of parts, especially the larger parts (receiver, bolt, barrel, stock, handguard, trigger housing, etc.) are not the same as a K98k and are not interchangeable. The M48 is an intermediate length Mauser action, based on the FN M1924, with a similar overall configuration to the K98k. The partisans on Octoreoccupied the factory and found 15,000 Gew 98 barrels and other parts and began assembling rifles.They were built with captured German 98k machinery that the Soviets gave to the Yugos. They felt most of the arms found were of second class. They closed the Uzice factory soon after taking it over April 15, 1941, and focused on industries related to aircraft production in other Yugoslavian factories. However the Nazis never actually produced rifles in Yugoslavia as far as I know. I have one that i bought from a forum member a few years ago and its an M48. What you do get is a new shooter grade gun.which you can use and shoot and hunt maybeВ (a Slovenian acquaintance of mine hunts with it in Alaska). I was in the last generation of recruits that went through this process training on an M48 and had an SKS issued to me in Basic Training for 3 months. They also were used in classrooms for demonstration and learning the gun and disassembly (we had preparatory classes for 2 years to prepare you for mandatory service) as well as going to the range and shooting them when you 'Graduate'. So although he claims this you dont have a guarantee that you ll get a 100% never fired gun as Mitchells refinishes some of them and nowadays most i believe.ДЄs they became obsolete with the SKS being introduced in the 50s because it was a semi and became the standard Yugo Army Rifle until 1972 (AKs started being issued) they still remained in storage and ultimately were sold to Mitchell and surplus dealers for sales in Canada,US and such. They have no collector value as he embellishes the story behind them and he s been known to re stamp old guns and surplus guns that were used (most were in storage but some issued during the 90s Yugo Wars). I ve seen pictures of him purchasing them from the Macedonian Army depots in the early 90s when i lived over there.

Yes, The Nazis did take over the production in the 1941-1944 time periods but these guns were made after Tito`s conflict with Stalin in the 1948-1953 tim period. Many of Mitchells mausers come from Ex-Yugoslavia successor states where they were sitting in surplus National Guard armories since the early 50s. Here is a bit of information on Mitchell as i am somewhat familiar of where he s been getting them for years.

Yugo mauser m48 for sale