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Mailman (lady) dropped this off at the door this morning.
A Yugo M48 Mauser and good grief was it ever covered in cosmoline.
Spent about two hours cleaning it up but it will weep cosmoline for a good time yet.
Took it to the range and was getting pretty good groups with it but about 8 inches high.This was with Hornady custom 196gr softpoints.I might have to try different brands to see what it likes best
Anyway I love the blond stock on it and the metal looks good too.
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oops...nevermind.I had a good look and some numbers were force matched so it's a refurb but it still looks good.
Not a hundred percent sure, I wouldn't want to lead you in the wrong direction. I'm sure someone else can chime in if there's anyway to tell, I don't know how probable it can be. Nonetheless the rifle looks absolutly beautiful! Nice buy
Nice looking rifle, bad news it isn't cosmoline, it's grease. Cosmoline is our stuff, it's a wax like protectant that is applied hot and dries to a slightly sticky coat, you wash it off with rags and diesel fuel. As it doesn't absorb that deep the weeping is kept to a minimum. Grease on the other hand is jelled oil and it absorbs excellently into wood and will seep out for the next 20 years The commies were cheap bastards.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Mine (M48A) was a private seller on S&W Forum. Got lucky, as 98% of the cosmoline was cleaned off prior to getting it in hand. Just had to take down the bolt and get it out of some harder to reach spots... but A LOT easier than my Yugo M59/66A1, which came from the distributor. That took me like three months of cleaning... sitting on the floor in my office, knocking some out as I got time. So fun that I'll never do that again. [emoji23]
What's the serial number range? I'll check my book for a production year.
Mine (M48A) was a private seller on S&W Forum. Got lucky, as 98% of the cosmoline was cleaned off prior to getting it in hand. Just had to take down the bolt and get it out of some harder to reach spots... but A LOT easier than my Yugo M59/66A1, which came from the distributor. That took me like three months of cleaning... sitting on the floor in my office, knocking some out as I got time. So fun that I'll never do that again. [emoji23]
What's the serial number range? I'll check my book for a production year.
The commies were cheap bastards.
