Most parts will be stamped with a "BK" surrounded by a circle.
#Yugoslavian m48 mauser parts series#
The receiver side wall of the M48 series rifles will be stamped Preduzece 44 which is the marking used for the Preduzece Crvena Zastava (Red Flag Factory) and the cyrillic FNRJ which is an acronym for the Federal National Republic of Yugoslavia. M48B's differ only in the use of additional stamped parts, the most obvious part being the trigger guard. M48A and M48B rifles both have the same receiver crest and are both marked M48A on the receiver. Production of the M48A ran from 1953 through 1956 when it was replaced by the M48B. The M48A's chief difference from the M48 was the use of a stamped metal floorplate. The M48A which replaced the M48 was essentially the same basic rifle, but with production time saving changes involving the use of stamped sheet steel parts. M48 production is broken down by year as follows: The M48 remained in production for only 3 years before being supplanted by a simplified version, the M48A. The K98k type of band and spring arrangement was used and no provision was made for a bolt-takedown mechanism in the stock. The receiver was shortened by 6.35mm to minimize bolt travel and the bolt stop was redesigned such that the ejector spring was integral to the bolt release spring. Instead, the bolt handle bend was less severe and the bottom of the bolt handle knob was flattened to give the fingers room and purchase on the handle during operation. The bolt handle was turned down like on a K98k, but there was no dish cut in the side of the stock. It was made entirely out of milled steel parts with wood stocks (walnut, beech and elm were used throughout production). The M48 borrowed on pre-war M1924 and wartime K98k features and combined both in the finished product. Based on prototyping begun in 1948, in 1950 the Model 48 Mauser was finalized and adopted for service. Many of the necessary machines to manufacture rifles were acquired abroad, most notably from stocks of captured German machines in the Soviet Union. These became known as the Model 24/47.ĭespite the continued availability of refurbished German K98k and M24/47 rifles, the further need for arms continued. In the cases where older stocks with VZ24 type side-swivels were used, the side-mounted hardware was removed and the holes plugged with dowels. The guns were converted using new and old parts and were stocked in new and used wood identical to pre-war Model 1924 rifle stocks. Beginning in 1947, many of the old rifles and barelled actions on-hand were upgraded and rebuilt into serviceable arms to further bolster the military and satisfy their need for equipment. These rifles provided the Yugoslavian armed forces with the backbone of their equipment until a longer-term solution could be found. Re-armament began by refurbishing the German K98k rifles on-hand at the time of the German surrender. After the war's conclusion, Yugoslavia had effectively no remaining capacity to build complete rifles and the technology to do so would have to be re-developped and relearned by its craftsmen. Note: Pics of rifle provided courtesy of moderator Claven2.ĭuring the second world war, Germany had absorbed the Yugoslavian government's inventory of Mauser rifles into its military and had stripped the Military Technical Institute, Kragujevac (fore-runner to the Zastava factory complex) of most useable machines for use elsewhere in the Reich's armaments industry. SERBIAN AND YUGOSLAV MAUSER RIFLES (2005) by Branko Bogdanovic - ISBN:1-88Ĭanadian Collector Market Value Estimate: $
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