![]() When these rifles were first imported and offered by Century Arms there was a choice of rifle with Mauser Banner marked mount or ZRAK marked mount. This is a M48 rifle that has had EAW style Hebelschwenkmontage style scope mount bases added at some time. To better understand the many variations and models of Mauser rifles produced in former Yugoslavia I highly recommend the article "Yugo Mauser Rifles Explained" presented on the Marstar Canada website. Any of these may have been found in the same sniper configurations as the M48 for use in the Bosnian Civil War. To confuse things there is a whole line of models and variations of Yugo Mausers. In order to reduce production costs the Preduzece 44 factory used stamped barrel bands, stamped trigger guards, and stamped floor plates. The exception is the M48A and M48B rifles. Practically all parts of the M-48 rifles were milled as opposed to using stamped steel. All M48 Mausers were made in Yugoslavia at the Preduzece 44 factory, part of a group of factories for Zastava. The M48 was made post war by Yugoslavia on the pattern of the K98 with some changes such as the full handguard and a shorter intermediate length action. What is a M48 Mauser rifle and Preduzece 44? It has a range finding reticule cammed for the 8mm cartridge. ![]() The rifle above has mounted a Zrak ON-76 Sniper Scope. ![]()
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