Early Yugo M48 - Beauty & the Beast

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Some M48 mausers are very nice but wow this early production M48 is rough. Look at that milling towards the end. Unbelievable... Compared to a Vz.24, Pre or Early WW2 German K98k, Swedish Mausers, etc this early manufacture M48 is crude. The level of proficiency of those Kragujevic employees was very low - essentially being trained as they manufactured rifles. Post WW2 Yugoslavia was a very difficult time for it's people. The limitations of the milling machines and supply of tooling heads may have also contributed to the poor over-all quality of the rifle. It actually looks like this rifle was finished off with an angle grinder to de-bur edges. This particular rifle was no doubt built on dull tooling and the over-all milling quality shows it. What does a guy do if the rifle is hard to run because of this issue? Here are some ideas... The good news is that these rifles shoot very well and the head space is tight enough. Excellent shooting rifles - they got the barrels right. Plus I love that meaty elm stock. Ugly as sin but a great rifle once you smooth it out. This video is dedicated to Dave L. Thanks brother... and thanks for your service to Canada. MAPLE LEAF UP To donate to the Riflechair Youtube channel   / riflechair   Riflechair on Facebook   / riflechair   Riflechair Links http://www.riflechair.com/