Well I suppose at this point I'll do one of two things. Option #1 Screw the 8mm barrel back on and keep it as is or possibly sell it and the kit, or Option #2 Do nothing and let it find its way into the dark recesses of a closet somewhere for another 5 years or so and then see what happens. I'd like to think that option #2 won't happen but realistically its the most likely. Ideally I'll find some time in the next week to work on putting the rifle back together but methinks the wife has other plans for me.
8 mm is a nice round. So is the 7 x 57 as are several others like 06, .284 , etc. Maybe put the old 8 barrel on it and leave it alone. There are a lot of bubbed rifles out there just begging to be fixed.
Got to looking at putting the rifle back together and one thing I forgot about that I did screw up was the stamped trigger guard. I had already started removing material where the magazine release was going to go. Luckily those aren't very expensive and somewhat easy to find...
+1 Larry- the milled one will be cheaper and easier to find I think. I searched unsuccessfully for a BRNO 98 winter trigger guard for a year once.
cOwbOy- how about some pics before you put it away again???
I was considering this as I like the milled ones better but hadn't really looked to see what was readily available yet. I'm trying to finish another project that is closer to completion first and then try to get this one wrapped up which is dragging on a little being in the middle of rut here.
I don’t know if it was mentioned already but you could go with the 8mm-06. I would think this would be a quick option that gave you something that wouldn’t deter from the original to much, keep some resell value and is a nice option for hunting etc.....
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I believe the official designation was M98/48, but yes it was originally a german k98 that was scrubbed of the german markings except for the "mod 98" on the side (although not very well as there are a few proofs and eagles still visible when removed from the stock) restamped with the yugo crest and reissued for use until the m48 was put in service.
The M48 is a Yugo version of the K98. The M48 has a shorter magazine than does a standard M98 action as does the K98....
The M48s are newly made on the CZ machinery which made M98s (CZ24s which are 47/24s when Yugo made) and K98s (became the M48 and M48A when Yugo made) that was moved to Yugoslavia after WWII ended by the commies.
Larry Gibson
“Deficient observation is merely a form of ignorance and responsible for the many morbid notions and foolish ideas prevailing.”
― Nikola Tesla
Cowboy I say sell the M48, sell the Rhineland conversion kit and buy that SS 41 mag you want!
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Larry Gibson
“Deficient observation is merely a form of ignorance and responsible for the many morbid notions and foolish ideas prevailing.”
― Nikola Tesla
the rifle pictured which is the rifle we are discussing is a k98, and they are not the same as an m48. the m48 action length is different than the k98. the yugo's took piles of german k98's after the war and scrubbed the rcvr rings and stamped the yugo crest on top, and preduzece44 on the side rail, but other than that they are 100% k98.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |