Gentlemen, here is my stunning M98/48N pre 1950's build.
The receiver sits in a beautiful laminate stock with a lovely pattern to it's grain. You'll notice it is capped off with a full butt-cap, as well as supported with a wrist and recoil lug rather then just the regular center-stock recoil lug. The receiver is held in place by both capture and set screws,with a milled and receiver-numbers matching floorplate.
The stock has been force matched to the rifle, however it is within a few serials of difference. This also applies to the bolt and receiver, which are within a few decimal places of one another. You may also notice the solid-milled barrel band up front. This is a key indicator of an M98/48N, as well as the sight ring further up. You can see the nice Yugo crest stamp on the buffed receiver, and one of my favourite parts of the rifle is the deep plum bluing of the barrel itself.
In line with the later M48 series of rifles, the bolt has been polished and left in the white. The stamps on the reiceiver indicate the factory in which the rifle was assembled, the plain "Mod.98" stamp indicates a pre-1950 built weapon, as later weapons featured a "Mod98/48N".
And in the vein of the hobby, I actively shoot this rifle whenever I can, having a steady supply of factory ammo to play with and have also amassed a small collection of surplus ammunition from a few different nations. The weapon shoots amazingly, ranking right up there with it's Swede cousins among the finest shooting Mausers in my humble opinion, especially since the pictured rear-sights have, oddly, a very fine adjustment ratio having 3 clicks between each 100m increment, something I have not seen in other Mauser rear sights.
The receiver sits in a beautiful laminate stock with a lovely pattern to it's grain. You'll notice it is capped off with a full butt-cap, as well as supported with a wrist and recoil lug rather then just the regular center-stock recoil lug. The receiver is held in place by both capture and set screws,with a milled and receiver-numbers matching floorplate.
The stock has been force matched to the rifle, however it is within a few serials of difference. This also applies to the bolt and receiver, which are within a few decimal places of one another. You may also notice the solid-milled barrel band up front. This is a key indicator of an M98/48N, as well as the sight ring further up. You can see the nice Yugo crest stamp on the buffed receiver, and one of my favourite parts of the rifle is the deep plum bluing of the barrel itself.
In line with the later M48 series of rifles, the bolt has been polished and left in the white. The stamps on the reiceiver indicate the factory in which the rifle was assembled, the plain "Mod.98" stamp indicates a pre-1950 built weapon, as later weapons featured a "Mod98/48N".
And in the vein of the hobby, I actively shoot this rifle whenever I can, having a steady supply of factory ammo to play with and have also amassed a small collection of surplus ammunition from a few different nations. The weapon shoots amazingly, ranking right up there with it's Swede cousins among the finest shooting Mausers in my humble opinion, especially since the pictured rear-sights have, oddly, a very fine adjustment ratio having 3 clicks between each 100m increment, something I have not seen in other Mauser rear sights.
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