VZ 24, Yogo M48 or Kar 98k????

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Hey boys:I'm planning to get into mausers....but I am not sure which of these three I should get? I am into Russians rifles very much but not mausers, so please feel free to give me some ideas.

Thanks in advance and have a nice week.
 
I guess it depends ,

Are you wanting a plinker, target rifle, are you wanting something in great condition or matching?

What is your budget?
 
mosinlover said:
Mine is around 500 or 600, I do want to shoot but mostly, collection.

Thanks Talquin.
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Go for the Yugo M48bo if they are still selling them.
You get a 70 year old mint condition rifle.
Excellent fit and finish made out of top quality post war materials and manufacturing.
They are very accurate, excellent hunting rifles and very cool to collect.
The 8mm Mauser catridge is a beast of a round especially with soft points.
It was actually my first rifle.
I highly recommend them. They also aren't making any more of them. So who knows, 20-30 years from now......
And to top it off, right in your price range! :rockOn:
 
Russian capture Kar98ks seem to be going up in price and becoming more difficult to find as they do not sit for long on the exchange.

I would recommend a VZ-24, TraadeEx and P&S Militaria have them. Many are pre-WW2 made and are of exceptional quality. A number of these found their way into German WW2 service and were captured by the Soviets during WW2 and refurbished by them right alongside Kar98ks.

Yugo M48s are nice and very well made but do not have the same claim to fame.

Just my 2 cents.
 
Travis Bickle said:
Go for the Yugo M48bo if they are still selling them.
You get a 70 year old mint condition rifle.
Excellent fit and finish made out of top quality post war materials and manufacturing.
They are very accurate, excellent hunting rifles and very cool to collect.
The 8mm Mauser catridge is a beast of a round especially with soft points.
It was actually my first rifle.
I highly recommend them. They also aren't making any more of them. So who knows, 20-30 years from now......
And to top it off, right in your price range! :rockOn:
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Marstar has sold out.
 
Aside from examples making it to Egypt for their war in the 1960s, many were in packing crates in grease when they left the factory and stayed there until our time. This is great for some collectors but not of the same appeal as a firearm that has "been there and done that" that other collectors crave.

Everyone thinks of this point very differently so please do not take offense.
 
Go with a yugo m48 or a k98k, sights are nicer to use at the range. K98k sights start at 100Meters witch is pefect, m48 starts at 200 meters whitch is okay and the vz24 starts at 300 meters which is kinda hard to use when hunting. Out of these 3 rifles i find that i like the k98k because it was used by our enemies in world war 2.
 
i've got the sweedish 98k mauser in 6.5x55
Damn this thing shoots accuratly like you wouldn't believe
dont know about the other 2
 
Nabs said:
Aside from examples making it to Egypt for their war in the 1960s, many were in packing crates in grease when they left the factory and stayed there until our time. This is great for some collectors but not of the same appeal as a firearm that has "been there and done that" that other collectors crave.

Everyone thinks of this point very differently so please do not take offense.
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No offense taken at all Sir. I meant no ill by my question.

To me it always seemed like peoples perception and opinion who put down the M48 were definitely not based on technical, reliability, quality or accuracy factors and more on personal factors.

Pound for pound the M48 is an outstanding rifle all around. It's also the cheapest to buy in the best condition. Very very well made all around.

Like you said though, if you're purely looking at it from a collector stance and which rifle may be worth more later down the road, the M48 probably comes in last.
 
Can't go wrong with a nice RC K98k. As the other guys have pointed out, they've got that "been there done that" mystique to em and they're really fun to fire. They also seem to be going up in value so it would also probably be the best return on your investment if you ever decided to re-sell it somewhere down the road.
 
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