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Yugo mauser serial numbers3/15/2024 ![]() ![]() A nice example will be priced at around $350. The Russians loved to electropencil non-matching parts as if they were matched and would mark each capture with an “X” mark on the receiver. Even though they removed many of the markings a lot of rifle still have a lot of marking including waffenamts and the serial numbers of parts of the. 4 Note the opened bolt and the bolt stop. 3 Note the serial number stamped into the elm stock. 2 Full length view of rifle and typical accoutrements. A Yugo Serial number in a letter prefix followed by 4 digits One on the bolt handle, another on right side of the receiver, one on the magazine floor plate, lastly on the stock in front of the buttplate on the left side. Full length view of M48 Mauser rifle and typical accoutrements. The Russians “refurbished” these captured rifles after the war re-bluing the metal and refinishing the wood with a kind of deeply stained shellac. Speaking of serial numbers, there are only four standard places on a Yugoslavian K98k that contain its Yugo serial number. A Russian capture is the most commonly commercially available K-98k in the United States. The example shown here is a Russian capture K-98k. After the war, these rifles ended up in the arsenals of many nations giving rise to many interesting varieties and variations which are too numerous for treatment here. This rifle became the main German battle rifle of World War II, and was exported by the Germans to several other countries. ![]() The K-98k is a bolt action rifle that was built on the Model 98 system in the 8mm Mauser caliber. ![]()
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