Hello Briman. Please allow me to disagree. The Red Banner Works is the oldest continuous military foundry on earth. They used some of the best machinery in the world when they built the M48. The M48 being lacking is a myth. The only discriminator is that for some reason, the Serbs shortened the M98 action about1/4 of an inch. This makes it difficult torebarrel the action to '06 length cases. If you do some research on the Zavodi Crevna Zastava factory, I think you'll agree. They also built some high end sporters in the late 50's early 60's for theHerzegovinaforest barons that essentially copied many of the Steyr characteristics including sensational double set triggers. Some of these fine rifles found their way to the US, however, Kennedy halted these imports after the Cuba fiasco. They built the InterarmsX10, Charles Daily actionsand currently are building the new Remington 798/898 sporters.

One of my favorites is a Mod98 capture rifle that went thru the Preduzece plant during the war. The Serbs hated the Nazis and scrubbed all the waffenamps off the rifle and reissued it with the Preduzece 44 stamp and Serbian crest. The slickest action I have ever felt bar none. I take umbrage with the phoney (I think) Mitchell Arms copies.....but that's another thread. Regards, Rick.