According to my scale, my M48B comes in at 8.2 pounds unloaded. The M48 is in the same range, with 8.6 pounds being the standard. The listed weight for the K98k is 8.2 to 9 pounds. The weight of both rifles can vary by a few ounces either way. The M48 is not quite an inch shorter in overall length, measuring 42.75 inches, with a 23.25-inch barrel compared to 23.62 inches for the K98k. The M48 was not a carbon copy of the K98k, though there are similarities. Preduzece 44 was later known as the “Red Banner” plant. Even though the bolt action infantry rifle was pretty much obsolete by then, the Yugoslavians set up the Preduzece 44 facility (part of Zastava) to manufacture what became the M48 Mauser variant. As part of the reparations Germany had to pay after World War II, Yugoslavia received tooling and equipment to make the Mauser 98, specifically the Karabiner 98 kurz (K98k or KAR 98) version which was the standard-issue infantry rifle for the Wehrmacht right through the end of the war.
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One of the best examples of the Mauser series was not manufactured in Germany, but in Yugoslavia in the late 1940s and 1950s. Here are some things to know about the Mauser M48 - weigh in afterward and help us tell some more of this MILSURP gem’s story! The M48 Mauser, Yugoslavian style Oh, and a MetArt discountcode for those of ya who might need one… You know damn well we ain’t gonna judge ya. So.By a Looong stretch, this arm may have been sent to China from the Factory.This link is Safe For Work (SFW) ! Don’t worry - it still has its benefits. Roughly, it translates as group practice, and that you can google up cao lian and probably get more infotranslations. She said that from what she can see, it looked like modern Chinese writing, and that it says cao lian and there are lines over the as if you write it with English characters. She said that half, or part of the characters are missing, as you can see from the line of rust or whatever, and there is traditional Chinese and modern Chinese writing that are different and to be considered here as the Chinese government simplified the written language in 1950 to encourage more literacy. I am Intrigued by it, and Am putting it in a pretty good piece of wood and Hang it on the wall. He told me one was a good shooter after having difficulty opening the rusted bolt. The other one having some exterior finish and a piece of rope attached to the front swivel was like a rust bucket inside.īoth had heavily pitted bores but according to the 80 something year old man that bought them.
One was completely painted black with a Chinese symbol spray painted white on the buttstock. I ordered two 03 Springfields, opting for and paying a few bucks more for the fair vs poor condition. Some were well preserved, some were crudely preserved and most were simply buried.Ībout that time I recall seeing an 03 Springfield and several Mauser Broomhandles with Chinese stampings at a gun shows. Uncovered huge caches of arms that were buried underground by the Maoist regime. The Red Chinese although being Commies but not opposed to making a fast buck. Lion 38 would mean it was accepted by the Czech army in 1938, the mark should be on the right side of the receiver as you sight down the rifle near the wood line, there may also be the same mark on the underside of the barrel for when the barrel was accepted. Needless to say, that explains the large trigger guard for gloves. These guns saw fighting on the Russian Front when Romania was allied with Nazi Germany. See if there is a partially obliterated royal Romanian seal on the receiver. Also, this rifle does have a very large trigger guard, which I know was made for winter combat with gloves.