Local gun store had this used Zastava M98 Mauser on the rack. It is in 8 X 57 Mauser. Not a GI barrel, absolutely new barrel, almost feather weight contour. New wooden stock.
typical military notch on left side of receiver, so you don't jam your thumb using a stripper clip.
military bolt stop.
stripper clip slot on top of receiver.
clearly a military floor plate
I removed the bolt and disassembled the bolt. The bolt was new, it was not a military bolt converted to a bent bolt handle configuration. The firing pin and shroud are pure M98 military, similiar to this FN Mauser bolt and firing pin but with the standard military wing safety.
The bottom of the bolt handle had been flattened and checkered, similar to my FN Mauser. When I looked in the receiver, it had the military C ring, not the cut ring, used by FN and Dumoulin
If there were military markings they had so been removed that nothing was visible. But, looking at the polishing of the action, and the milling on the feed ramp, it really did not look like a used military receiver. It looked very good.
So, did Zastava make duplicates of M98 actions, or did they re use surplus M98/K98 actions?
typical military notch on left side of receiver, so you don't jam your thumb using a stripper clip.
military bolt stop.
stripper clip slot on top of receiver.
clearly a military floor plate
I removed the bolt and disassembled the bolt. The bolt was new, it was not a military bolt converted to a bent bolt handle configuration. The firing pin and shroud are pure M98 military, similiar to this FN Mauser bolt and firing pin but with the standard military wing safety.
The bottom of the bolt handle had been flattened and checkered, similar to my FN Mauser. When I looked in the receiver, it had the military C ring, not the cut ring, used by FN and Dumoulin
If there were military markings they had so been removed that nothing was visible. But, looking at the polishing of the action, and the milling on the feed ramp, it really did not look like a used military receiver. It looked very good.
So, did Zastava make duplicates of M98 actions, or did they re use surplus M98/K98 actions?