Milsurp After Hours

I’ve had this .22 k98 Mauser trainer for almost a year now and just got round to posting it. It was manufactured at the Gustloff-Werke factory in we think 1937 and shipped to England to be converted from 7.92 to .22 by parkerifled AGP then sent back to Germany to train there troops it has a eagle stamp with a N below it I believe it stands for Nemecka-Germany

I also have a Yugoslavian Mauser manufactured 1943 we think that I just got and when I was fiddling I found a eagle on the mag spring I have not checked under the stock yet but will. it has preduzece 44 stamped on the side. They both have the laminated stocks and in great condition.

The bolts are similar just differ in size safety catch is the same. the bolt in the .22 can be fitted in to a french MAS model 45 .22 trainer i have not seen the MAS but the only difference is apparently the sights and that the MAS has a ten round mag and the Mauser is a single shot this is due to the French take over at the end of the war.

I also have a bayonet with matching numbers to its scabbard I think the frog is wrong though. I’m not sure on the marking on the rifles or the bayonet could anyone help me.

The .22 fires really well and has a really smooth action I used it in a competition shoot recently and did quite well. I have not fired the 7.92 yogo Mauser yet but will on Saturday and will post the result

That .22 is really something special.

I got a couple of those Yugo factory 44 K98K's too. The commies really hated the Nazis. They would scrub every last sign of the German origins from them. Every once in a while they would miss a spot like with yours. There were a bunch of them floating around the import market in the US a half dozen years ago.

Yeah I think the .22 is one of my favourites

Young Damon got to try out his "new"Yugo on Saturday at 6c.

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Its a good shooter, but the firing pin is striking a little light resulting in a high percentage of "misfires". At first we thought it was the East Bloc ex mil ammo but after trying the ammo in another members Yugo Mauser....

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.....we found the rounds were'nt the problem.

He should hopefully have it sorted for the next range day.

Joe

PS Yes, that is the sun shining again at Catterick

apparently it depends on where the rifle was made and where the ammo came from i used czech machine gun ammo i think and apparently it has a shallow primer but i dont know lol can anyone help lol

Buy another Enfield and give the Yugo to Joe to help build up his British rifle collection.

Those Yugos are very good cast boolit shooters, a wining combination of a low cost rifle and low cost ammo with at least 2 moa accuracy potential.

Ditch that cheap surplus, clean out all copper form the barrel and start loading and shooting cast loads.

Be happy.

The preduzece 44 was the last Mauser rifle produced by Yugoslavia at the Kragujevac arsenal. It is the Model 48 Short Rifle.

Preduzece 44 was a factory that both made and refurbished rifles. What we are talking about here are actual K98K's that were war spoils that were refurbished and kept as reserve weapons. The M48 looks a lot like...but not the same.

In all the attached photos the M48 is top and the refurb K98k's are bottom.

Note the different top grip covers more metal in the M48. Notice the bolt knob is flat on the inside on the M48 and there is no cutout in the stock, unlike in the round knob K98k.

Notice the front band is further back on one than the other.

Note the Preduzece44 mark on the refurb K98K.