FWIW, they're getting harder to find but are still available. If you are wanting to scope\sporterize it, something besides a mid-size Yugo will be a better choice. I'm not saying it can't\shouldn't be done, just that the other large-ring models have better selections of mounts\accessories available. I have a 24-47 that I really like, but the VZ-24 I had awhile back was a bit better.
I have a vz 24 with a bent bolt and weaver mounts I picked up in pawn shop for 100 bucks. The stock was in bad shape, so I put a used sporter stock on it. A very good shooter.
These rifles come in waves - the Spanish in the seventies, the Turks awhile back, the spate of Russian-capture K98's - so when they get all bought up, we wait to see what comes in next. The Yugos had their big day.
We in the US have been a ready market for the armies of the world to dump their obsolete guns into - and we love it, don't we!?
Hard to say - what with the Useless Nations and NATO getting so many nations to sign onto their ill-thought policies of destroying surplus arms and ammo, instead of exporting them to us!
I keep hearing of M1 Carbines from Greece that are ready to come over, but some legal snafu is hindering it. Same with the supposedly hundreds of thousands of captured German G43 rifles that are said to be in Russian warehouses, ready to come over! They are now on the list of rifles okay to import - but where the heck are they!? I want mine . . .
I'm also thinking that China should have many old Mausers they'd like to unload on us - that pesky anti-Chinese firearms import law is keeping them out, I think.
Once Uncle Fidel croaks and Cuba can get out from under the Red Fist, they can trade with us - bet they have some old Mausers and CZ52 carbines they could send us. Not to mention classic old fifties Chevy cars with clattering Russian engines . . .
try Century Arms International for relatively inexpensive Yugo's...
They have a deal going on, three for $135.00, now they could be missing bolts and such, but parts are interchangeable with the 98 K EXCEPT triggerguards (93-95 Model Mauser triggerguards will work, not the Swede 94 or 96 tho) , the Bolts , and Stocks. I'm waiting for a shipment to see what I get. The three actions are probably worth that much. The Yugo action is a great action for anything under the 8mmx57 in length, certainly too short for magnums, but I have heard of people using them for .30-06 length cartridges without too much modification. Dave
Yugo M48 and M48A parts WILL NOT interchange with the K98. Guess how I know . . . ?
There are at least three separate action lengths for the Mauser M98 design.
The K98 is the 'long action', the Yugo M48 is the 'intermediate length' action. Stock inletting is different too.
I'm in the middle of modding a Turk M38 stock to fit the longer Turk M1903 action.
try Century Arms International for relatively inexpensive Yugo's...
They have a deal going on, three for $135.00, now they could be missing bolts and such, but parts are interchangeable with the 98 K EXCEPT triggerguards (93-95 Model Mauser triggerguards will work, not the Swede 94 or 96 tho) , the Bolts , and Stocks. I'm waiting for a shipment to see what I get. The three actions are probably worth that much. The Yugo action is a great action for anything under the 8mmx57 in length, certainly too short for magnums, but I have heard of people using them for .30-06 length cartridges without too much modification. Dave
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Some of the parts interchange with the K98 EXCEPT----EXCEPT the triggerguard/floorplate the stock and the BOLT/ejector. Triggers, bolt shrouds, safeties, magazine springs, screws and pins are are interchangeable.
I received my three rifles today, they are 24/47's and I was very pleasantly surprised. Other than missing some sight parts on one, a follower and spring on another, the the third was complete with everypart intact. I liked em so much at $45.00, I just ordered three more and will put them away once I complete them from parts I have.
take a look!!!
Dave
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Last edited by tackleberry; 12-06-2007 at 09:32 AM.
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Ah! Certain small parts, yes. I had tried to interchange the bolts of the Spanish M43, the Yugo M48A and the Turk M1903 - each had a different action.
Some stock makers are making sporter stocks inletted for the Yugos now - makes sporterizing them easier.
I would expect firing pins to be bolt-specific too, but can't vouch for that.
by the way, two of these rifles were matched rifles, except on one of them the stock had been renumbered. Otherwise bolt, receiver, and floorplate all had matching numbers. The third of them did not have any matching parts and will probably be a donor for a future project....308? 7 x57?
Exactly...two of them will stay together, Except for the straight handle on the Model 24/47's, they are similar to the Yugo 48's, but i think they are nicer overall in machining and finishes.
Those look nice and greasy tackleberry. I'm so tempted to do this, I figured even if you only got two complete rifles, that's still a good deal. And you could keep/sell the other for parts.
How hard would it be to find the correct replacement parts, especially the bolt?
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I'm also thinking that China should have many old Mausers they'd like to unload on us - that pesky anti-Chinese firearms import law is keeping them out, I think.
Once Uncle Fidel croaks and Cuba can get out from under the Red Fist, they can trade with us - bet they have some old Mausers and CZ52 carbines they could send us. Not to mention classic old fifties Chevy cars with clattering Russian engines . . .
I wonder what would prevent some enterprising Cubano from setting up a corporation in Cuba, buying the rifles from the ChiComs, and then re-exporting them to us? I'm sure there must be some reason, or somebody would have done it already.
Also, my understanding is that the Batista-era cars don't have Russian engines in them. What the Cubans do is take the pistons out of the Russian engines and rework them to fit in the old low-compression 1950s Detroit engines.
If/when it's ever legal to trade with Cubans again, and you manage to get your hands on a piece of Detroit rolling iron (note: I'd suggest buying something like a Mercedes Benz 240D and offering the Cuban with the '50s dream machine an even swap - you'll come out ahead), the first thing you will have to do is pull the engine and completely overhaul it. The fact that they run at all is a tribute first to the engine designers of that era and second to the ingenuity (or should that be 'enginuity?') of the Cubans who have kept them going by decades of improvisation.
I wonder what would prevent some enterprising Cubano from setting up a corporation in Cuba, buying the rifles from the ChiComs, and then re-exporting them to us? I'm sure there must be some reason, or somebody would have done it already.
Aren't we unable to trade with Cuban entities as well? At any rate, we need to figure out a way to get all the rest of commie weapons in our hands before the UN has their way with them or Hillary bans all firearms imports of any kind.
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My first priority will be to reinstate the assault weapons ban as soon as I take office.
Aren't we unable to trade with Cuban entities as well? At any rate, we need to figure out a way to get all the rest of commie weapons in our hands before the UN has their way with them or Hillary bans all firearms imports of any kind.
Sorry,I wasn't speaking clearly. I meant "after Fidel is gone, Cuba throws out the Communists, and the trade embargo is lifted," why couldn't some Cuban entrepreneur do what my earlier post described? Is there a legal reason it could not be done now, say by someone in Panama; or is it just that no one has thought of it before?
