B Grade Yugo M48 Mauser 8mm Rifles without bolt

The Yugo M48 Mauser 8mm rifle was made after WW2 by Zastava Arms in Yugoslavia. The metal condition on these rifles is generally fair, the wood condition is generally poor to fair. We have both M.48, M.48A, and M48BO (no receiver marking) rifles in this batch. Rifles may have cracks in the upper hand guard and cracks in the stock. The stocks will have dings, dents, scratches, and wear. Rifles may be missing the upper handguard. Some of these rifles will have surface rust and/or some pitting. Hand select is unavailable on B Grade rifles. These rifles are great for restoration projects and/or parts guns. These rifles come straight out of Ethiopia. They were delivered with other defense products in the 1950’s and 60’s to Ethiopia. The Yugo M48 Mauser 8mm rifles require a C&R or FFL to purchase.

The Zastava M48 (Serbo-Croatian: Puška M.48 7,9 mm / Пушка M.48 7,9 mm, “Rifle M.48 7.9 mm”) is a post World War II Yugoslav version of the German Karabiner 98k designed by Mauser and the Belgian designed M24 series. It was the standard service rifle of the Yugoslav People’s Army from the early 1950s until its replacement by the Zastava M59/66, a licensed copy of the Soviet SKS semiautomatic carbine, in the early 1960s.

History From Wikipedia:

After World War II, Yugoslavia took the design of the 98k rifle series and produced its own domestic variant with minor modifications. 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, although this feature exists on other models as well. The M48 was designed with a stock similar to the 98k, but it has a shorter intermediate-length action and receiver, as does the similar M24 series Mauser.

The M24 series Mausers were built from prewar Yugoslav Model 24 Mausers and then refurbished with newer Belgian parts, and usually have straight bolts, while the M48s have curved bolts. Most M48 stocks are made from thicker Elm or Beech wood and have a thick stainless-steel butt plate at the rear of the stock. The M24/47 stocks are mostly made of thinner Walnut or Beech wood and do not have a milled stainless steel “cupped” butt plate. The M48 was also designed to remove the follower from stopping the bolt from closing when the magazine is empty.