The third position, to the right, disengages the trigger and locks the bolt entirely.Due to the coronavirus COVID outbreak and measures imposed by our state government, our operations are temporarily suspended. The second position, straight up, disengages the trigger mechanism but allows the action to cycle, allowing for easy and safe unloading, or for the operator to safely remove the bolt for inspection or troubleshooting without unloading the rifle, which is useful in the field. The first position, to the left, renders the rifle fully operational. One of the most recognizable features of the Mauser action is the three-position safety at the rear of the bolt. Other innovations of the Mauser 98 action are the powerful claw extractor, first developed inand the pound mainspring driving the firing pin. The action is so robust that, when produced with proper materials, it can handlepounds of pressure and still remain operational. The product of years of development by Paul Mauser and his late brother Wilhelm, even today the 98 action may well be the apex of the bolt action rifle system. The action itself, along with quality manufacture, is the secret to the success of the Mauser. Again, interchangeability is subject to wear and headspace.
The M48 bolt is interchangeable with the earlier Serbian-produced M24 Mauser variant, which is also of the intermediate length. The significance lies in that the two are not interchangeable, as are the standard size 98 bolts subject to caliber, wear, and headspace. The handle is shaved flat on the underside, a feature I really like. The bolt handle is curved at approximately an degree angle, unlike the K98k, which is turned down at an angle sharp enough to prompt the need for a cutout in the stock to accommodate it. Maybe not a big deal, but the barrel gets damned hot after a few rounds and that extra protection is nice when handling the weapon after putting it through its paces. The upper handguard on the M48 covers the barrel all the way back to the receiver, while the K98k only goes back to the front edge of the rear sights. Several features of the rifles are different too. According to my scale, my M48B comes in at 8. The M48 is not quite an inch shorter in overall length, measuring The weight of both rifles can vary by a few ounces either way. The M48 was not a carbon copy of the K98k, though there are similarities.
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One of the best examples of the Mauser series was not manufactured in Germany, but in Yugoslavia in the late s and s.Īs part of the reparations Germany had to pay after World War II, Yugoslavia received tooling and equipment to make the Mauser 98, specifically the Karabiner 98 kurz K98k or KAR 98 version which was the standard-issue infantry rifle for the Wehrmacht right through the end of the war.Įven though the bolt action infantry rifle was pretty much obsolete by then, the Yugoslavians set up the Preduzece 44 facility part of Zastava to manufacture what became the M48 Mauser variant. Mauser sued over it too but got sidetracked by a little dust-up known as World War I.
Sure, there are other great designs like the Swiss K31 and British SMLE, but no series of rifles has been more consistently excellent like the ones that are based on the Mauser 98 action.
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