This is an older ad, but I still see M48s in excellent shape online for ~$270 (not from Mitchell's)
- They're calling it a Mauser 98K, trying to confuse people into thinking "WWII German".
- The crest is dated 1943 because it's from Tito, not because the rifle was made in 1943. :banghead:
- How can the rifles be preserved since WWII if they were made after WWII?
- The ad says German 3x and Serbia once, doesn't say Yugoslavia at all ...
and here is Mitchell again trying to confuse people into thinking that post war Yugo M48s are German 98Ks.
Looking at their website it appears that since Mitchell's got their hands on Russian capture real German 98ks that they've stopped trying to pawn off their M48s as WWII German Mausers. Now they're trying to pawn off Russian capture 98ks as normal 98ks and charging accordingly.
I paid $360 last year for a Russian capture 98k from a website that didn't try to mislead as to the rifle's origin. I'm no expert in 98ks, but to my understanding non Russian captures easily go for twice that. I got lucky and got one that still had the German markings intact, a receiver from 1938, and no Russian markings that I could find.