Well I ended up buying two handguards, one from a guy on another forum and one on Gunbroker. The one from GB was a good one and is on my M48 now. Turns out that the one from the other forum is for a 24/47, not for an M48 (based on measurements I got from Niner's post). But it is still a nice handgua...

Wow, I just gave one away that was missing the clip about 2 months ago. I can reuse my clip and screws, so no clip would be fine with me. Is your friend using the one you gave him? Just wondering. In the meantime, I have glued mine back together and filled in the missing bits with wood filler. It l...

I have read on other forums that the 24/47 handguard will work, although it is slightly different.
Does anybody know about that?

It sounds like a Russian capture. I have one myself and it is a fine rifle. The Russkies removed the lock screws, sight protectors, and reblued (blacked) everything including the butt plate. Since they just sent a bunch of unrelated parts down the assembly line, they later had to inscribe new serial...

Hey, Mauser guys! I got careless last night while disassembling my M48A, and broke the handguard. The stock and handguard are made of teakwood. I'm kind of upset at myself about this, but that's another matter. Anyhow, I have searched Numrich, AIM, Mitchell's Mausers. Century, and a few others witho...