I would like to hear any thoughts that owners/collectors might have...

Thx in Advance,
Jeff

The Yugo K98s were made in Germany or Czecholoslovakia originally and rearsenalled by the Yugoslavians. Mostly they are simply K98s that have had the receiver stamped with the Yugo crest and sometimes the waffennampts have been ground off or pinged out. They are of higher quality for the most part than anything the Yugoslavians ever made.
There are also some Russian rearsenalled K98s floating around out there, that have had the bolts blued and will almost always have mismatched bolts,but on the upside, the Russians knew how to use headspace guages.

If you are talking about the m48s, they are not K98s at all, but are more similar to FN-24s of which Yugoslavia made a clone of before the war and rearsenalled after the war. The M48s are a decent cheap rifle but they lack the fit and finish and overall quality that a pre war Mauser 98 has. There are also some well known issues with the M48 rifles such as rough locking lugs that make for difficult extraction, and out of spec or or poor quality bolt parts that can cause the safety to not work.

Thx Briman,

Yes I am discussing the honest k98 rearsenalled and crested Yugo's.

As I view it the difficulty with discussing these pieces is the fact that the original markings have been removed. This of course means you can't simply look at the reciever to determine the year it was manufactured. Withoutproduction datesyou have no idea of relative quality of maufacture...(early model vs late)

Are you aware of any secondary charectoristics that would help determine the original year of production? (Assuming the gun has all original parts, as most seem to be very close.)...For example would it be safe to assume that if the gun had matching bolt, reciever, floorplate, and the stock featured an early flat style buttplate that it was in fact an earlier k98 model?

As I mentioned earlier an additional info would appreciated...

Also any idea of fair price on a good quality model...

Usually, they still have the Mod98 on the left side of the action and also have PREDUZE stampped on the left side. Usually, all the Waffenampts are polished off. Basically they were captured Mod98 Mausers that were scrubbed and used by the Yugo Army. Many of them are sensational shooters and in excellent condition. A piece of history as it were. Briman is on target. These are darn nice rifles! Regards, Rick.

Yes 48th,

Exactly the typeI am discussing, Mod98 on the left side, Preduzece 44 on the reciever.

That would be a pretty good assumption. Most of the rifles I've seen did have their build marks intact though.

Actually, most of the surplus military rifles I bought that had all matching numbers turned out to be later models. Earlier models that may have actually seen action in combat usually have been stripped down for parts at some point and then reassembled with whatever working parts they had. Post War rifles tend to be the ones with matching numbers.

I would think if you found a verified war productions K98 with all matching numbers and in fair condition, it would be worth a little more. Good luck.

[quote]ORIGINAL: elgallo114

had to scratch the post I mistakenly was thinking about Yugo M24/47's. as the yugo K98 is concerned they are captured german K98's though they dont bring a heavy price tag they are of high interest of some collectors especially in very good to excellent condition. if you have the opportunity to get one Id say go for it they usually more often then not excellent shooters. Just a word of advice dont pay tomuch for it anymore then 300 to 350 bucks is to much even in arsenal excellent condition. hopefully you found one at a good price but if you are seriously interested in one let me know I can stear you into the right direction for a good price.