New Arrivals from Ex Yugoslavian Army Stocks

[Ronjon73]

My M48 showed up yesterday, got it all taken apart and cleaned up. Very happy with the condition on this one, the bore is absolutely pristine. There is some slight " rub marks " on the underside of the stock, just forward of the rear barrel band. I imagine it was where it contacted the spreader in the storage crate, Not a big deal to me. Took it out to the range today and let fly some lead...I really like it. As of right now the stock is wrapped in paper towel inside of a black garbage bag and sitting on the dash of the truck to sweat out more of the cosmoline, and man was it ever sticky when it showed up.







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[Ronjon73]

?????? Where are the pics of everybody's M48's. ??????

[cornelunc]

?????? Where are the pics of everybody's M48's. ??????

How much shipped to your door?

[Tbolt]

These pics of the M48s make me think that my 24/47 needs a friend

[Prairie Plinker]

?????? Where are the pics of everybody's M48's. ??????

We're all lazy procrastinators who still have to get up the gumption to clean the cosmo!

Yesterday I got my Mosin cleaned up, had it for over a year! Today I got most of the SVT cleaned up, just have to do the barrel tomorrow and reassemble, had this for about a month. I'll get started on the M48 tomorrow, hopefully have it all cleaned up for pics by Friday.

Looks like yours cleaned up real nice Ronjon! How'd it shoot? I did the stock in the black garbage bag trick with the Mosin and SVT, put them out in the sun for a couple days wrapped in newspaper, worked real well. Had the SVT stock wrapped in paper towel today for round 3, but the sun wasn't really cooperating, nor were the clouds. Tomorrow it'll get a few more hours.

Did you use anything to remove the excess cosmo before putting it in a bag? I've been using mineral spirits for all the metal bits, works like a charm, the cosmo just melts off. Not quite sure about how I want to tackle this M48 stock though.

[Prairie Plinker]

How much shipped to your door?

Mine was $645 all-in.

[st1264]

?????? Where are the pics of everybody's M48's. ??????

Me thinks that the nicest ones were posted and the other people weren't overly enthused... that and some people don't know how to post pics. I didn't get one in time so that's my excuse.

Mine was $645 all-in.

$595 + shipping + tax? No provincial tax or something?

As for cosmo, I use really hot water (almost boiling) with thick gloves and a brush, Q-Tips, rags, etc, for the metal parts. I bought a heat gun for the wood stock. Works great. No need using other chemicals and such.

[Ronjon73]

We're all lazy procrastinators who still have to get up the gumption to clean the cosmo!

Yesterday I got my Mosin cleaned up, had it for over a year! Today I got most of the SVT cleaned up, just have to do the barrel tomorrow and reassemble, had this for about a month. I'll get started on the M48 tomorrow, hopefully have it all cleaned up for pics by Friday.

Looks like yours cleaned up real nice Ronjon! How'd it shoot? I did the stock in the black garbage bag trick with the Mosin and SVT, put them out in the sun for a couple days wrapped in newspaper, worked real well. Had the SVT stock wrapped in paper towel today for round 3, but the sun wasn't really cooperating, nor were the clouds. Tomorrow it'll get a few more hours.

Did you use anything to remove the excess cosmo before putting it in a bag? I've been using mineral spirits for all the metal bits, works like a charm, the cosmo just melts off. Not quite sure about how I want to tackle this M48 stock though.

I took mine apart completely and boiled all the metal parts, poured about 4 or 5 litres of boiling over and down the barrel. I also set up a space heater and had the stock set up on the gun vise and moved the heat all over the stock for a few hours while wiping away the cosmo that leeched out, I then gave it a cleaning with simple green. I thought it was pretty good until I shot about 25 rounds through it, needless to say more cosmo came out. Checked it today after work and wiped off more grease, it wasn't all that sunny out today so I re wrapped it and it will spend tomorrow on the dash.. Supposed to be about 28c so should see lots more tomorrow.. Now I just have to find out what to put on the wood to protect it after all the Cosmo comes out, I'm thinking a hand rubbed boiled linseed oil. Is that what the original finish was ?

Ps it shot really well, I'll have to get some target pics next time.

St1264.. Mine was 651 total, gun + gst + shipping...no sales tax in AB.

[Mr. Friendly]

I've seen this thread on the front page a lot but never looked into it until now...and only to ask what is probably an obvious question.

why in the world would someone want to buy ex-yugo army socks?

for the commie collector? okay, but surely that's really niche.

is there another reason, aside from personal use (really? buying surplus army socks from Europe?) that someone would want to buy these?

[Claven2]

I've seen this thread on the front page a lot but never looked into it until now...and only to ask what is probably an obvious question.

why in the world would someone want to buy ex-yugo army socks?

for the commie collector? okay, but surely that's really niche.

is there another reason, aside from personal use (really? buying surplus army socks from Europe?) that someone would want to buy these?

They are generally matching with like new bores in 8mm Mauser, which a lot of people like. Hard to get near-new 8mm mousers with perfect bores at any price these days.