The stocks are usually found made of Elm or beech, which confused many The rear notch is V shaped and quite small, making close aiming The sights are the simple Mauser style, with a front upside down V blade onĪ hooded ramp and the rear a typical ramped military Mauser sight graduated toĢ000 meters. Handing more efficient and operation quicker. Will not clear a traditionally mounted scope. The bolt was bent down, although not in the usual American sense. The origins of the design are made clear when looking at the front bands andīayonet mount, which are pure K-98 to the eye. Which stiffened it considerably and made it faster to operate (although just barely). The M48 was a fairly faithful copy of the German K-98, with some changes.Ĭhief among these was shortening the action to an ‘intermediate’ length, On a theme, with most staying quite true to the original. In the early ‘50’s Yugoslavia designed the model 1948 Mauser type rifle, Reworked and standardized in Yugoslavian armories. They had production facilities left over from the Nazi occupation,Īnd large numbers of captured German weapons. This specimen is a fine example of a Yugoslavian M-48B 8x57 Mauser typeįollowing WWII, the Yugoslavs moved to rearm themselves with an eye to Last year I was fortunate enough to acquire a Mauser rifle in excellent condition.
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