Need help -- Mauser M48

[Aguila Blanca]

I finally got my Yugo/Mauser M48, and thanks to some members on here at a price significantly lower than Mitchell's Mausers. But ...

As predicted, the thing still has a lot of cosmoline on and in it. Started to clean some of it off today and quickly realized that I need to separate the metal parts from the wood parts to do justice to each.

Needless to say, there are no instructions. Can someone take pity on a Mauser neophyte and either explain how to dismember (I mean "disassemble") it, or direct me to a site that has some sort of manual for Mausers?

Looks like a need a special spanner wrench to remove the flush bolt that extends through the action and both sides of the stock. Is there a special Mauser tool I'm looking for, or is there a readily-available universal tool that does the job?

TIA

 

[noonanda]

go to www.surplusrifle.com for disassembly instructions.

as far as the bolt going through the stock, you dont need to remove it, that bolt helps the wood absorb the recoil without cracking

 

[cracked butt]

Yup, leave that bolt alone, no need to remove it.

When you take the bolt apart, make sure the safety is in the middle position, or else you might be posting a reply on here with the infamous 'mauser newbie thinks he broke his rifle' post.

Also, use a wooden dowel and a hammer to tap your barrel bands off as they might be tight.

The front sight hood is much easier to remove than it is to replace. A pair of reversible snap ring pliers is a tool you need to have if you want to make life easy on yourself.

The M48 doesn't have a 'firing pin' takedown donut, but you can press the firing pin against a block of wood to release the tension on the spring to disassemble it.

 

[cidirkona]

Hahaha, I made that mistake/post once! I had a heck of a time getting it back. Muasers are such a surplus here, I've been very tempted to get a plastic stock for one and have it cut to 16.1" just for the heck of it....

-Colin

 

[jefnvk]

Did I hear chop a mauser? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Eh, if you're gonna do it, might as well be to one that doesn't have much collector's value (the Yugo).

Surplusrifle.com is a great reference, it should be required reading before anyone shoot a surplus rifle.

Other than that, break/carb cleaner can help with the cosmo on metal. Put the stock in a black bag in the sun to get that out of the stock.

The Yugo is a great rifle (honestly, I shot my best groups of any surplus rifle with the Yugo I stupidly sold).

 

[Aguila Blanca]

Thanks.

Yeah, I've gone through 2 cans of brake cleaner already. Still need to separate the wood from the metal to do the job right, though.

 

[jefnvk]

Watch you don't get any of the cleaner on the wood, it will mess it up.

 

[klover]

Save the brake cleaner

Just boil the rifle. It works just great.

 

[Bwana John]

i like oven cleaner and boiling water for cleaning off cosmolene.