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Anyone know if the Yugo Mausers that Kranks sell are any good?
Not fussed about Waffenampt - but need a decent shooter.

Do they have them in stock?

Redcat

Its on the website - so I guess so

http://www.henrykrank.com/index.php?mai ... 40_843_845

I would ring - "Call to order" sometimes indicates they are not in stock.

Redcat

Most of the time call to order means they don't have them in stock.

If they are in stock then you really need to inspect them. Like all s/h rifles they will have "history" and no two will be in the same condition.

Try here http://www.cwclassicarms.co.uk he has recently taken in a shipment of Yugo Mausers all mint condition and matching.. Cliff knows his stuff with Mausers. Lucky dip with Kranks.

If I recall correctly, the Yugo Mauser's that Kranks hold are the M24/47 versions. These have a straight bolt, whereas the M48 versions have a bent bolt. The M24/47 is "older" than the M48, and it features milled parts whereas some of the M48 iterations (M48A and M48B) will have some stamped parts. I have a standard M48 with all milled parts and it is a very nice rifle! The rifle was still lightly dressed with cosmoline but the bore had a mirror shine. There was a split in the upper handguard close to the receiver but did not affect the function of the rifle in any way.

As Dromia mentioned, if the aesthetics are important to you, then you should inspect them. In addition, a large majority of the Yugoslavian Mauser's were kept in storage and were not issued, so the parts "should" be all matching (I say should, only because my M48 was all matching except for the magazine floorplate). The Russian captured kar98's tend to have mixed parts which were electropenciled. Having a different bolt may have an effect on headspace. I don't know whether the Yugoslavian's would swap out these parts but it's important to check that all parts are matching.

In terms of accuracy, my Yugo M48 is excellent! It will easily perform under 2 MOA at 100m, and when I do my part will dispatch Fig11's at 900m once you get the windage correct (with the correct elevation too, I may add). If you buy factory ammunition from PPU/Privi make sure you buy the "8x57 IS" and not "8mm Mauser", the former is the full power load whereas the latter is a much lower velocity load which I believe was designed for the .318 bore of Mausers, not the .323 bore of the standard kar98 & Yugo Mauser's.

EDIT: to clarify a statement made.

How would you rate the K98 Yugo vs a rebuild .303, any pros or cons.

I don't want the straight bolt one so that's probably Kranks out.

Stick with the Yugo Mauser ... I have a M48b which has the pressed steel mag floor plate all matching numbers was like new when bought, bent bolt, shoots like a dream.

With the rebuilt .303 depends a lot on who does them.