They sand the stocks, and renumber to match. This 1890 dated 7.92x57mm Spitzer converted Commission Gewehr Model 1888 has a 29 blued tapered round barrel encased in a metal tube for protection and mounted with an adjustable rear sight and. They take Russian captures or surplus stuff, they will grind serials and re-stamp to match, they pimp shine the bolts, and re-number to match. NEW TODAY Commission Gewehr Model 1888 7.92x57mm S Stk C212. I am going to moderate my statement a bit.Here's the deal.Mitchells are what are known as pimp shined. Pretty sells to the unknowledgeable, so, yeah, you can probably squeak $400-$500 to an unaware person, or someone who wants a "pretty" shooter to sit in the rack.more like $300 to a knowledgeable person who just wants a shooter.įriends don't let friends buy Mitchells. His "pretty" pimp shined guns and slick advertising BS fool a lot novices and new collectors into thinking they are getting nice collector pieces. His "$400 value collectible accessories" he "includes" with his pimp shined rifles is in reality about $10 worth of Russian junk. The reality is, they have no collector value.ĭon Mitchell is a carnival barker huckster, and all around scumbag. Each stock is complete with upper hand guard and comes with all of the hardware, except the cleaning rod retaining nut. Stocks may show some slight wear or discoloration from age and being stored against each other in the crates. They take Russian captures or surplus stuff, they will grind serials and re-stamp to match, they pimp shine the bolts, and re-number to match. Yugo M48 Mauser Stock Set with Hardware - Surplus VG / EX Condition. The partisans on Octoreoccupied the factory and found 15,000 Gew 98 barrels and other parts and began assembling rifles.View QuoteI am going to moderate my statement a bit.Here's the deal.Mitchells are what are known as pimp shined. They felt most of the arms found were of second class. They closed the Uzice factory soon after taking it over April 15, 1941, and focused on industries related to aircraft production in other Yugoslavian factories.
Marked on receiver ring with Yugoslavian crest over ''M48'', and on left side receiver rail with Cyrillic ''NPEAY3EKE44''. However the Nazis never actually produced rifles in Yugoslavia as far as I know. Yugoslavian M48 Mauser Bolt Action Rifle, M27357, 8x57mm cal., 23.25'' barrel, blued/bright finish, hardwood stock, cleaning rod, inverted ''V'' front sight without hood and adjustable tangent rear sight. I have one that i bought from a forum member a few years ago and its an M48. What you do get is a new shooter grade gun.which you can use and shoot and hunt maybe (a Slovenian acquaintance of mine hunts with it in Alaska). I was in the last generation of recruits that went through this process training on an M48 and had an SKS issued to me in Basic Training for 3 months. They also were used in classrooms for demonstration and learning the gun and disassembly (we had preparatory classes for 2 years to prepare you for mandatory service) as well as going to the range and shooting them when you "Graduate". So although he claims this you dont have a guarantee that you ll get a 100% never fired gun as Mitchells refinishes some of them and nowadays most i believe.Īs they became obsolete with the SKS being introduced in the 50s because it was a semi and became the standard Yugo Army Rifle until 1972 (AKs started being issued) they still remained in storage and ultimately were sold to Mitchell and surplus dealers for sales in Canada,US and such. They have no collector value as he embellishes the story behind them and he s been known to re stamp old guns and surplus guns that were used (most were in storage but some issued during the 90s Yugo Wars).
YUGO ZASTAVA M48 Mauser 7.92 x 57mm (8mm) This auction is for a Yugo ZASTAVA M48 Mauser 7.92x57mm (8mm) in very good condition, all original except for the sling which appears to be a new replica German K98 sling marked ewx1943 WaA1947 w/a Waffen mark, probably from IMA. I ve seen pictures of him purchasing them from the Macedonian Army depots in the early 90s when i lived over there. Guns for Sale - Zastava Arms - YUGO M48 Mauser.
Yes, The Nazis did take over the production in the 1941-1944 time periods but these guns were made after Tito`s conflict with Stalin in the 1948-1953 tim period. Many of Mitchells mausers come from Ex-Yugoslavia successor states where they were sitting in surplus National Guard armories since the early 50s. Here is a bit of information on Mitchell as i am somewhat familiar of where he s been getting them for years.
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