Blackpowderresearcher
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Classmate bought one and we learned that some scratches were covered up with marker pens. All marketing, no skills.
Mitchell’s Mausers
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phillillillip
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Here we are. Opening this old box up, turns out yes it is an M48A. Got photos of any markings I could find, mostly serial numbers which all seem to match except for those on the bayonet and its sheath, but whatever on that part I guess. Also has some Serbian writing which, according to Google translate and a Reddit thread of someone looking for the same translation, says "FNRJ [Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia] Enterprise 44," apparently being the name of the factory where it was refurbished? It also came with these pouches and their contents.
The story behind why I have this at all is that my grandpa, a WW2 vet, used to have an actual kar98k which he found unfinished in a workshop somewhere in Europe, sent back, and had it finished after the war before losing it somewhere down the years and buying this as a replacement. The original was eventually found, but it went to some distant relation while I got this one. And so here I am, knowing essentially nothing, on the search for any useful information about this.
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phillillillip
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Either way I still want to know more about it. Anyway, I have other more meaningful stuff of his to remember him by than the discount replacement rifle that he kept in his attic untouched for I don't know how many decades.
Gerst
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It couldn’t have been too many decades. Mitchells started around 1996.
CZMothaTucka
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My grandfather bought a Kar98k through Mitchell’s about 10 years ago. Gave it to me as a birthday present. The thing is gorgeous and came with the “certificate of authenticity” saying it was made in ‘44 at the concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria. It baffles the mind to think there’s no legal recourse for false advertising. It’s just heartbreaking that it’s fabricated history.
But I will say, I’ll never get rid of it. Killed a nice buck with it a few years back, even though it shoots about 8 inches high at 100 yards. Had to damn near aim at the ground to heart shot it!
But I will say, I’ll never get rid of it. Killed a nice buck with it a few years back, even though it shoots about 8 inches high at 100 yards. Had to damn near aim at the ground to heart shot it!
Nehalem Man
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I was unaware of these until I saw one at a local pawn shop about a year ago. I think they had a price of $1200 on it. Even then, before I knew absolutely anything about K98s, my spider sense was saying "that thing looks too clean/too new to be legit". Always trust your spider sense.
Someone bought it about a week later.
Someone bought it about a week later.
Nehalem Man
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Did MM also force match the M48s?
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Gerst
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Muncher 1953
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you shot it through the HEART? Dang, man that’s good meat! (I have a friend who covets deer heart & liver, she gets mad if I shoot one through the heart, especially) She made out this year, small deer, but had a large heart.
You own one?
I have fun shooting mine. Take it any day over a modern day $400 budget rifle-any day.
Herk1994
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I’m excited to see where this thread goes
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Seems like he showed up with a solid mix of anger and attitude. That usually ends well.
