I've only messed around a bit with a few Yugo Mausers (M24/47 and M48). I usually mess with US stuff otherwise. My local store bought a milsurp collection and started posting them this week. I went in and browsed, and this on called to me a bit, but I was a little leery of jumping on it since I know so little. So I walked away and came home to do a bit of research.
Its a S/42 dated 1935. There is a mark above the S/42 that almost looks like an asterix. Its an X but it looked like little separate - - wings on each side. So I'm guessing its a Russian Capture. However, all the parts I found with serial number matched. Not electro pen, actual factory looking stamps. From memory, the receiver, barrel, bolt handle, bolt shroud, trigger guard, magazine plate were all marked. Those are the matched parts I remember. I might have missed some.
The stock also had the serial stamped on the left side and its been sanded. Another indication of an RC if my short amount of research holds up.
The bolt is in the white, so I know that's wrong now. It didn't stand out in the store since I was used to Yugo's. The rifle is import marked on the left side of the end of the barrel, but I was having a hard time reading it. I could tell it didn't look like the MMC Mitchell's Mausers mark. I've seen that on Yugo's at gun shows. It had a different 5 digit serial or code in the import mark.
I don't have a 8mm muzzle gauge, but I used a dummy round and there was about a 3/16 gap between the muzzle and the brass. So... not bad, not great as far as the wear does. They have the bolts tied down, and since I wasn't sure about it, I didn't take it to the counter to have them open it up so I could inspect the bore. If I decide to go back tomorrow, I'll take a look.
Anything else stand out on this one? Any reason to avoid? What would be a reasonable price on it?
Its a S/42 dated 1935. There is a mark above the S/42 that almost looks like an asterix. Its an X but it looked like little separate - - wings on each side. So I'm guessing its a Russian Capture. However, all the parts I found with serial number matched. Not electro pen, actual factory looking stamps. From memory, the receiver, barrel, bolt handle, bolt shroud, trigger guard, magazine plate were all marked. Those are the matched parts I remember. I might have missed some.
The stock also had the serial stamped on the left side and its been sanded. Another indication of an RC if my short amount of research holds up.
The bolt is in the white, so I know that's wrong now. It didn't stand out in the store since I was used to Yugo's. The rifle is import marked on the left side of the end of the barrel, but I was having a hard time reading it. I could tell it didn't look like the MMC Mitchell's Mausers mark. I've seen that on Yugo's at gun shows. It had a different 5 digit serial or code in the import mark.
I don't have a 8mm muzzle gauge, but I used a dummy round and there was about a 3/16 gap between the muzzle and the brass. So... not bad, not great as far as the wear does. They have the bolts tied down, and since I wasn't sure about it, I didn't take it to the counter to have them open it up so I could inspect the bore. If I decide to go back tomorrow, I'll take a look.
Anything else stand out on this one? Any reason to avoid? What would be a reasonable price on it?
