Yugoslavian - Mauser
Zastava M48

Calibre 7.92x57mm (8x57mm)
Serial No: T3779

Price: £550

Very Good Condition - Including The Bore

The Zastava M48 is a post World War II Yugoslav version of the Belgian designed M24 series with some influence from German Karabiner 98k.

It was the standard service rifle of the Yugoslav People's Army from the early 1950s until its replacement by the Zastava M59/66 SKS semiautomatic carbine, 1960s.

After World War II, Yugoslavia took the design of the M24 rifle series and restarted production with minor modifications based on the German Karabiner 98k.

Although very similar in external appearance, many of the parts of the Yugoslav and German rifles are not interchangeable, especially the bolt and related action parts.

M48s are usually distinguished from the 98K by the top handguard, which extends behind the rear sight and ends just in front of the receiver ring.

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Yugoslavia also supplied the M48 rifle to Burma, Algeria, Chad, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Egypt, Iraq and Syria.

These were used in the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962), the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988), the War in Yugoslavia (1991-2001)
and the civil war in Syria 2011

This rifle shoots great, knocks down the Fig 11 & 12 targets on the 300 ETR Range

A Nice Example to add to your Mauser Collection