Description
Item Description
Model: 48A
Serial: 50198A
Date of Manufacture: 1952-56
Caliber: 8mm
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 23"
Optics/Sights: Hooded Blade Front / Hi-Lux LER 2x-7x 1/4" MOA Scope on Insta Mounts 48-Yugo Mauser Scout (S&K Style) Base & Rings
Stock/Grips: Smooth Wood w/ Metal Buttplate
Action: Bolt
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Yugoslavian (Serbia) Model 48A (K98k) Collector Grade Mitchell's Mauser 8mm Mauser (8x57JS, 7.92x57, .323") S/N 50198A (mfg. 1952-56) with Hi-Lux LER 2x-7x 1/4" MOA Scope on Insta Mounts 48-Yugo Mauser Scout (S&K Style) Base & Rings (replaced Iron Sights with No Modifications to the rifle/sights, which can be re-installed and come with the gun).
Developed from the earlier Yugoslavian Mauser the M24 and the famous Mauser 98k, Germany’s standard issue service rifle during the Second World War. The M48 is best described as a Mauser Pattern rifle as it was not a direct copy and has several unique features. It was put into production in 1948 and while they look a like the M48 has several subtle difference when compared to the German 98k. These include: a shorter intermediate-length receiver, a thicker barrel profile and the M48 lacked the 98k's stock bolt-handle recess.
Chambered in the standard 8mm Mauser cartridge it had the same 5-round capacity as its German counterpart. After the end of the Second World War Yugoslavia, along with the rest of Eastern Europe, fell under Soviet influence and as such it was expected to be prepared to meet Western aggression. The M48 was seen as a cost effective weapon to equip the Yugoslav army.
Many M48s were put into storage on manufacture and remained there until the break up of the country in the 1990s. Some saw action during the Yugoslav Wars and some were outfitted as sniper rifles with optics. Many however found their way to collectors markets in the US, they have steadily become less available.
This gun will ship with the original sights and the box that the scope rings came in pictured above!
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