Radioactive Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) Not really a mystery when I finally opened the box story - about a year ago my moms second husband died and she gave me a box that had a gun in it. She didn’t know what it was and I didn’t look at it until this weekend. Inside the box was a like new still covered in cosmolene m48 mouser. Complete with bayonet, leather goods, cleaning kit and 70 rounds of 8mm ammo. Obviously it’s a yogoslovian post war bolt action surplus rifle. Kinda cool even if it’s not worth too much. I’ll get it all cleaned up once I figure out how to disassemble it and see how she shoots. I’ll post up some pics too. Edited May 26, 2020 by Radioactive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belt Fed Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Man, you got better restraint than me, id'a been in that box ten seconds after it was give to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 New in box might be worth more then you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Belt Fed said: Man, you got better restraint than me, id'a been in that box ten seconds after it was give to me. I was really busy at the time and forgot about it till this weekend - I’m like what’s in this box? Oh yes now I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Sisco said: New in box might be worth more then you think. I haven’t looked on gun broker for going rate but I’d guess about 350 - 500ish. I think they imported a shiit load of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 I pulled my 8mm Mauser the same way - guy had it, never even unpacked it, and needed about $375 in service work to his rig. I traded him the rifle for the service work bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted May 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 7 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I pulled my 8mm Mauser the same way - guy had it, never even unpacked it, and needed about $375 in service work to his rig. I traded him the rifle for the service work bill. Has the 1999 receipt and cheesy little pamphlet telling how for over 50 years it was taken from storage, cleaned, tested, and repacked for storage until honorably discharged. Just need to find instructions how to take it apart. I’m sure it’s not too complicated just don’t want to break anything in the process. Kinda cool piece of history even though it never saw actual battle service. One thing about it is everything is tooled no stamped parts. Those Germans new how to build things, then sold all the machining equip to the Yugoslav’s who stockpiled a bunch of weapons built with that equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 15 hours ago, Radioactive said: Just need to find instructions how to take it apart. I got you covered on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Posted May 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 8 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I got you covered on that. Roger that I’ll get it apart this weekend also redoing a bathroom vanity/ sink and painting one of my rifles. Whew gonna be a busy weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 15 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I got you covered on that. That video comes from a game called "World of Guns: Gun Disassembly". It is available for free on Steam for a number of platforms. Even available on Android phones through some app stores. The Mauser 98k is an early gun; but there is likely some work required to unlock it (I can hardly remember now). This promo code may help if it's still active (press `, then type promo AF1CJ7QG); it would unlock the Mauser 98k among other things... Might be useful if you want to be able to look at the disassembly in 3D instead of the views provided in the video. And, there are other guns available of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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