M48 Rifle Sold OutA genuine Mauser 98, the Model M48 is a strong, good example the original bolt-action Rifles. Made on German Tooling set up in formerly occupied Serbia. Military-New condition with clean, Bright Bores, and solid stocks, with an American Owner’s Manual covering history, operation, and safety. “Military-New” means it is ready for you; cleaned and tested to assure safety and your satisfaction. Maintained Combat-Ready (and it still is) for over 50 years, now it can be yours. Original Factory matching serial numbers on all rifle parts.
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Markings some code on german mauser 98k receiver code on long mauser gew 98. As promised, here are pics of my 1895 dwm chilean mauser serial number. Production of military Mausers was resumed in Germany during the mid 1930’s when Hitler disregarded the Versailles Treaty. During this period, Mauser produced a large quantity of Model 98k carbines for Germany and Standard-Modell Mauser short rifles for export. Many other firms also produced the 98k.
Preserved by an accident of history, supply is limited. Original accessories as issued at the time are sold separately, while supplies last. This Mauser is ideal for collecting, target shooting, hunting, or customizing. Satisfaction Guaranteed!Some people may be getting the mistaken impression that these rifles were manufactured by Germans during the occupation. That is not the case. These rifles were manufactured with German and FN technology in Serbia after the people had driven the Germans out of Yugoslavia.This is an important distinction, because that is one of the reasons why the Model 48 is recognized as an excellent example of the Mauser 98 Karbine type military rifle. The factory in Serbia was not bombed, like the German factories during the war.
The factory in Serbia had a good supply of raw materials. And the Model 48 was produced by free people, instead of forced labor.
All of which resulted in an excellent rifle in its own right, as well as an interesting piece of history. Model NumberDescriptionPrice in USDM48-35Service Grade M48 Rifle$349.00M48-25Collector Grade Rifle$449.00M48-28Collector Select Grade Rifle$499.00M48-26Collector Grade Rifle, BO (Stealth)$549.00M48-15Premium Grade Rifle$649.00M48-18Premium Select Grade Rifle$699.00M48-16Premium Grade Rifle BO (Stealth, without Crest)$749.00M48-73Consecutive Serial Numbers, when available, price per gun+$50.00.
David,Imperial Military Lugers of WWI were numbered from 1 at the beginning of each year. At every 10,000 guns the number series was started over again at 1, with a letter suffix added, progressing through the alphabet until the next year. This practice was followed by both DWM and Erfurt.Mauser P-08 began production at serial# 1 with the K date in 1934, and simply progressed through the number-suffix irrespective of year. Mauser cycled through the complete alphabet three times, ending in the n suffix block in 1942.Complete serial number tables can be found in Jan Still's 'Imperial Lugers' and 'Third Reich Lugers', respectively.Commercial serial numbering began with 1 in 1901, and continued to the 92,000 range in 1921. In that year DWM converted to numbering in the military style (four digits followed by a letter), beginning with the letter suffix i. The commercial serial range is separate from military production, the numbers are not intermixed.-Dwight-Dwight. JanThe - Y - block is a good place to look for the first of the 1940-42 dates.
In your opinion, do you feel that all Mauser Luger production blocks went to 10,000? Or maybe 9999. I have read about 1937-S/42 number 10,000 and observed K-date number 10,000.
To my knowledge, no other number 10,000 has ever been reported. I suspect these were unusual pistols, odd numbers created by the man doing the numbering. In my opinion, Mauser used only 1-9999, the same as DWM and Erfurt. There certainly must have been WaA. Directive that spelled out the numbering process, obviously there was for the Imperial pistols. No where in my research do I find that anyone has ever reported a number 10,000 Imperial or Weimar pistol. Opinions anyone???
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