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bruceissippi	Difference in 2 Mod98s	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (09/30/09 09:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I now own 2 Yugo refurbished K98s and they couldn't be more unalike. The only thing that they have in common is that they both started out as German K98k and were reworked by the Yugoslavs. The first I acquired at a pawn shop - strictly for the action - several years ago for $30 is marked PREDUZECE 44 and Mod.98 There is no crest where the German factory/date was removed. Most of the small parts have the eagle and/or eagle/swastika marks on them. Unfortunately, the bore has NO rifling left, the stock had been "sporterized", and the whole thing poorly re-blued. Serial # B68xx. The other I got last month at a gun show has the Yugo crest on the top of the ring, Mod.98 on the side, and - so far as I can tell through the grease - has not a single eagle on any part and appears to be in excellent shape. Serial # U90xx. Tag claimed it was an Oberndorf gun. $150 out the door. Good deal, I think. So... 2 questions for now. 1) is the first gun good for anything other than having a custom rifle built on it ( factory ammo keyholes @ 25 yards - perfect profile of the bullet through the paper, couldn't stay on the target backing at 50yd ) ; 2) how does one identify the original factory ( like Oberndorf ) for a gun that went through the Yugo re-work ? Thanks, Bruceissippi
Bear43		#1	[-]
Posts: 599 (09/30/09 10:13 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	1) If it was me I would rebarrel it and find a new stock. But that's me. What you do to it depends on how much you want to spend. 2) You really can't tell the original maker on most of the Yugo re-worked K98's. Sometimes you get lucky and can see remnants of the original receiver markings, but most of the time they were pretty well scrubbed.
nothernug		#2	[-]
Posts: 11424 (10/01/09 11:35 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi there Bruceissippi and welcome to Parallax Bill's Yugo Mauser forum! As a rule (no pun intended) we do not permit sporterizing discussion on these forums. Obviously, with your first there's no concerns about originality. You can do whatever you want with that and it will be an improvement. I just can't allow 'how, or what, to' discussion. You can either restore it to original condition or sporterize it, which ever. Truth be known, sporterizing it will probably bring you greater return on your investment. There's not that great a value in a mismatched rework. Now that's as far as we can go on that topic here unless you do want to restore it. That can be freely discussed. Bear about summed up the rest. Again, welcome! Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggie until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
CR Hound		#3	[-]
Posts: 742 (10/03/09 01:03 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	2) how does one identify the original factory ( like Oberndorf ) for a gun that went through the Yugo re-work ? The original factory acceptance and inspection stamps may still be on the receiver under the wood line. The Yugo rework may not have scrubbed these. Only some of the stamps will be known, and it will take a good reference to identify the other stamps. Any "BK" marks in a circle or trapezoid are Yugo inspection/acceptance stamps. Sometimes original barrels will still have original German stamps on them, usually under the wood line. German rear sight bases were used on new Yugo barrels, so codes on the rear sight base may not be useful. Sometimes shining a strong light at various angles on the top of the receiver ring will show the original German stamp. My 3 Yugo reworked k98ks can all be identified by shining a light on the receiver ring or by the barrel marks. Some pawn shops mark all Mausers "Oberndorf". Last Edited By: CR Hound 10/03/09 01:05 PM. Edited 1 times.