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Posted: 4/3/2006 3:56:38 PM EDT
| some guy brought one of these in today and sold it for cheap. i am thinking about buying it and bringing it home... what do you guys know about this rifle? where was it made? what does it shoot? and who used it? i heard from the guy that sold it that it was a military rifle... is this factual? any help is appreciated. |
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The M48 was indeed a military rifle produced in Yugoslavia in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It's a bolt action rifle chambered in 7.92x57mm. It's supposedly pretty fun to shoot, and ammunition is plentiful and dirt cheap. We have a special forum for guns like that here at ARFCOM, it's called the Curio & Relic forum. Make a post about it in there; they'll tell you everything you need to know. If you want to get some more information and read some articles on it, you can head on over to www.surplusrifle.com. It's a whole website that is dedicated to older military rifles such as the M48. Here is their page for the M48; you can see a big ol' list of M48-related articles on the right side of the page. Hope this helped.  ETA: Yes, 7.92x57 and 8mm Mauser are the same thing, just different names. |
They're fun rifles. The M48 has a milled trigger guard, the M48A has stamped parts. Both are nice. Here is my M48; I would not pay more than $175 for one, if you look hard enough you'll be able to find nice ones for around $100. Here is a forum on Yugo mausers; p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforumsfrm9 |
I think it is a fun gun. I like it, but I wouldn;t mind seeing it go for the price i paid for it. I initially purchased 2, one for a project gun. My Yugo and my .30-08 custom Yugo I made. I haven't shot the 30-06 scout yugo alot, but it will definitly be a nice deer rifle. My Yugo hasn;t seen a range trip since I got my Beretta storm .45 and my Remington 700. |
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I like mine well enough. It was the best surplus Mauser rifle for the money at the time I bought it. The average M48 is more accurate than the average M48 owner. I will admit that the early and mid-war Russian capture K98k's probably have a better fit and finish on average than their communist counterparts. But for the money they're good rifles. Galland |
| thanks galland. i am really looking forward to bringing mine home.. i just need to get some more money.. i am waiting until i have the chance to take her to the range and shoot it.. i looked at the barrel yesterday and it had some dust and crud in it from where it has been sitting for so long.... i put some break free in it and am going to run a brush bore through it and get the crud out. |
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Here's mine. M48A. I took the picture in the parking lot after leaving the gun show where I bought it. This one has fully matching serial numbers and is very clean. I paid $200 for it. That's a higher price than what you need to pay. I wanted a nice one, so was willing to pay the price. I haven't cleaned off the cosmoline yet, so can't say how it shoots. I love the stock, how it fits the hands and shoulder. It's a beautiful gun. GL  |
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I've handled several of these. The stocks are nice, but very rough. It's obvious not much emphasis was put into finishing the wood so when I buy one of these (I'm planning on it), I'm definitely going to refinish the stock or at least sand it down a little bit. I like the fact that teak is water-resistant and these rifles have less collector value than an authentic German Kar98k, so you can do things to them without worrying about a loss of value. |
That looks great. That is actually a good price for one that looks new/unissued. Mitchell's Mauser slaps a $400+ price on those. I'll give you $200 for it and an extra ten dollars for your trouble. 
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I fully belive that my .308 Rem 700 kicks harder then my M48. The M48 is a blast to shoot, even with the steel pad. But yeah, it still packs a mean punch. |
Really, my 700VS in .308 is a pussy cat but it has a 24" bull barrel and weighs 12 lbs. That being said, I can shoot about 100 rounds of 8mm before it starts to bother me.
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