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So......after watching SKS's go from $199 a couple of years ago to $300+ today and Mosin's go from $99 to $175+ in the same time period, I've been on the lookout for the next big thing. The flow of milsurps into the States has pretty much dried up (it's a cyclical thing anyway) and the hope is that a Conservative Executive Branch will open the gates again with the Garands in South Korea likely being the next flood of imports (fuk obama and his goddam executive order bullsht preventing surplus "assault rifles" from being imported).
I have done a bunch of research on the Serbian and Yugoslav Mausers as of late, it's an interesting story that starts during WW2 and involves Germany, Serbia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Russia and runs right through the most recent Eastern European conflicts. The M48 Yugo's have captured my interest and they can be had these days for $250-$350. They are, for the most part, late production (1950-65), use a mid-length Mauser action, and are really nice accurate carbines for the $$$.
There are 4 different versions of the M48:
- M48 (all milled parts) 1950-52
- M48A (stamped metal floorplate, remainder milled parts) 1952-65
- M48B (more stamped parts) 1956-65 (these are still stamped "M48-A" on the receiver and all of the "M48-A"'s that you will see for sale are actually M48-B's....there has yet to be a verified M-48A to appear as an import into the States)
- M48BO (bez oznake--"without markings") 1956-65 (Many M48BOs were scrubbed and reconditioned German 98k rifles. The German reworks (which have the standard length receivers) were also called M98/48N, the "N" standing for "Njemac" which means "German" in Serbo-Croat.)
The Yugo girl that I recently posted is an M48B (marked as M48A). I just picked up an original M48 (all milled parts), pictures to follow.
I have done a bunch of research on the Serbian and Yugoslav Mausers as of late, it's an interesting story that starts during WW2 and involves Germany, Serbia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Russia and runs right through the most recent Eastern European conflicts. The M48 Yugo's have captured my interest and they can be had these days for $250-$350. They are, for the most part, late production (1950-65), use a mid-length Mauser action, and are really nice accurate carbines for the $$$.
There are 4 different versions of the M48:
- M48 (all milled parts) 1950-52
- M48A (stamped metal floorplate, remainder milled parts) 1952-65
- M48B (more stamped parts) 1956-65 (these are still stamped "M48-A" on the receiver and all of the "M48-A"'s that you will see for sale are actually M48-B's....there has yet to be a verified M-48A to appear as an import into the States)
- M48BO (bez oznake--"without markings") 1956-65 (Many M48BOs were scrubbed and reconditioned German 98k rifles. The German reworks (which have the standard length receivers) were also called M98/48N, the "N" standing for "Njemac" which means "German" in Serbo-Croat.)
The Yugo girl that I recently posted is an M48B (marked as M48A). I just picked up an original M48 (all milled parts), pictures to follow.
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