German Kar98K VS Yugo M48 Comparison
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The m48 is an intermediate action m98, the k98k is a full length action m98. That’s the main difference. The handguard and bolt handle are different too as pointed out. The m48 handguard clips onto the barrel like other Mauser m98’s with that style of handguard, the little screw isn’t what is holding it on. It’s easy to break if one isn’t careful when taking it off.
The m48 was basically the old Yugoslav m24, which in turn was a licensed copy of the FN m24, which had a flat butt plate straight bolt handle etc. but that same intermediate action. The m48 added the later cup buttplate of the later k98k as well as the front sight hood and German cut through sling arrangement. The later m48a has some pieces stamped instead of milled.
The hole in that k98k is for the Gew. 98 style detachable sling swivel, it was for parade use as you’d take the swivel from the buttstock, put it in that hole and put the front of your sling on a little hook on the H-band. As the k98k didn’t use that arrangement, that particular piece is probably from an old Gew. 98 or Standard Modell.
Is your K98 all matching? Nice find if it is. The Yugo M48 is probably all matching ,
The correct triggerguard on the Kar98 should be one without the hole. That is possibly from a pre-war "Standard Modell" or WW1 Gew98. They are actually quite useful when paired with an old '98 with the under the wood style detactable rear sling swivel. When time allowed, one could unhitch the rear swivel and attach it to that small hole, and shorten the sling length to fit tightly around the left arm, just above the elbow, to give a very rigid hold for more accurate shooting.
That was for parade use. The Germans didn’t do the whole shooting sling thing besides just sticking your arm in it while it was at carry length.
@@Dominic1962The parades must have stopped about 1938 or so, as the hole vanished about then. Still, there's no denying it does work well for a more accurate hold.
@@steveh4962 The Gew. 88 and Gew. 98 (and a few others based on them) have that detachable swivel and a hole in the trigger guard (mag for the 88) that, combined with the older sling, sets it up for parade configuration. Unfortunately I can’t post pics here but they are easily found online. The k98k has a completely different sling configuration taken from the Kar. 98AZ, which in turn took it from older carbines. The k98k sling can be tightened along side the gun for the same purposes but its simpler and doesn’t need to be moved or hooked to the H band. If there is a hole in a k98k trigger guard it was recycled from an older gun.
No one besides the US ever issued a dedicated shooting sling like the m1907 except for the Swedes, but then only for their m41(b) sniper rifle. It’s just not combat practical 90% of the time. The Germans were no exception, they never taught using a sling for stability except for just the very basic “hasty sling” technique which you can do with even the most basic carry strap style slings.
Dominic, all I was saying is that when time allows, one CAN do it. And, if one does shoot this way, he will find that it does act as an esatz Ching sling that will assist in more accurate shooting.
@@steveh4962 Gotcha. 👍🏻
Love all Mauser rifles.
The yugo m48 is a slightly crude copy of the FN model 30
The yugo m24/47 is a straight up copy of the FN model24
So much so that Yugoslavia was originally buying model 24s from FN
Until domestic production started. And the early 24/47s are incredibly nice rifles the one is have is butter smooth and very well finished with very fine machining
The m48 is just a notch below finish wise and is rougher cycling…..
There is no means of bolt disassembly on yugo mausers…. They went so far as to omit it from yugo made k98 stocks when they rearsenalled the k98s they had
And almost every single piece of a yugo rifles will interchange to a k98 except for the stock
The trigger guard. And bolt body And firing pin
Everything else like sights
Barrel
Action screws
Trigger assembly
And safety, cocking piece and bolt sleeve and I think even the extractor claw will swap onto a k98 bolt.
Barrel bands from 24/47s will swap but I believe the m48 bands might not because of the stock dimensions being overall thicker but I could be wrong there.
The m24/47 is a post-war refurbed Yugoslav or FN made m24. It’s not new production like the m48.
@@Dominic1962 I’m well aware of that. Seeing as I own one.
But for expediencies sake. And the sale of others who aren’t as well versed is just refer to them as the 24/47…. Since practically all of them went through the refurb process from what I understand…. The one I’ve got is a very finely made rifle … very deep bluing
Very crisp markings… it’s a very early Kragujavec m24 1.TRZ that got crudely restamped as a 24/47
…. That was then bubbad…. Before I got it for $200 back in 2010…. Im only just now getting to unbubba-Ing the poor thing.
@@matthewjames4334 Well, since this is commentary under a video of comparison I figured the details matter.
The m24/47 is the official Yugoslav designation for them. The configuration was accepted in 1947 and the work was done through the late 1950s, so right along side the m48. They were fixed up however needed, refinished and even rebarreled and given a new stock. Like most Yugo refurbs, the refurb work was very thorough and it’s usually impossible to tell where it was originally produced. Hell, the receiver could have started out as one of the rare Chetnik or Sokolska carbines, but there would be no way to tell. As such, they were remade to basically the same level of quality as the early m48’s, not any better. My very early m48 has a butter smooth bolt and very deep bluing. All of these earlier guns are better fit and finish from the m48a though, which was accepted to be cheaper and easier to make.