Syrian Mauser

[Calfed]

I have a K98 that was scrubbed, according to a dealer at a gun show, and he pointed out the remnants of the German markings are not completely ground off and noted the plumb colored trigger guard. What nomenclature did the Yugo's use for this rifle?

Ahh, I misunderstood your question...Like Mike said, the scrubbed K98's were full length 98 actions, the 48's were intermediate length.

I have two of the scrubbed German K98's. Mine have the Yugoslavian crest, the "Preduzece 44" on the left side of the receiver ring and "mod 98" on the left side receiver rail. I've also seen some that have "Mod 98/48".

I believe the Yugoslavian nomenclature for that rifle is the M98/48.

[Calfed]

The Yugoslavians also refurbished a bunch of their M24 rifles, which are also intermediate length. These show up most often as 24/47 Yugoslavian Mausers.

[StockDoc]

So Syrian Crested their own rifles?

[Calfed]

So Syrian Crested their own rifles?

Not sure about that.

[dave]

I have only seen one with a Syrian crest, passed on it because I am not particularly fond of post ww11 rifles. Except for .22 rimfires.

What is a Hashemite?

[Calfed]

I have only seen one with a Syrian crest, passed on it because I am not particularly fond of post ww11 rifles. Except for .22 rimfires.

What is a Hashemite?

The house of Hashim or "Hashemite" was the governing Royal family of Iraq from Iraq's founding until the late 50's, when it was overthrown in a military coup.

[Calfed]

Finally got down to my FFL's and got a chance to see the Syrian Mauser. I'm waiting for a few more guns to arrive to save on the DROS fee, so I didn't start the DROS, but did give the Syrian and a Remington model 40X that I also won at auction a good going over.

The Syrian has a crest that looks like this one(this is not a picture of my rifle)


is all matching (receiver, bolt, floorplate), bore is bright and shiny, with strong lands and a tight muzzle, bluing is somewhat faded...maybe 50-60%, stock is solid with no cracks that I could see.

One odd thing...the trigger guard and floor plate are milled, with I did not expect. I thought the 48BO's had stamped parts.

I think I got my money's worth on this one.

[StockDoc]

M 48 is a Milled Trigger guard and floor plate. The M 48 bo and M48 A are stamped. From what I have read.

[Calfed]

M 48 is a Milled Trigger guard and floor plate. The M 48 bo and M48 A are stamped. From what I have read.

That was my understanding also. But I also thought the Syrian Mauser was a 48BO model.

[Calfed]

I picked up the Syrian Mauser from my FFL today. It does look pretty good, except the bluing is somewhat worn and the stock has a few dents and dings. Everything looks solid, though, and the bore is tight and reasonably shiny.




Has the Syrian crest, but no "jeem"



All matching






Had a hard time getting a pic of the bore, but it somewhat shiny and tight. That is a 200 grain 8mm Nosler CC bullet.

[DRAGON64]

Beautiful Mauser. I have a M48BO that is in unissued condition. The only marks are the serial number and manufacturer are marks on either side of the receiver. All parts are milled, and rifle is all matching, no mark throughs. For $105 +fees you did real good... hopefully you got as good a deal on the 40X!

[Hecklerusp45]

You did great on that one. Congrats!!