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The Yugo rifles, M48 and 24/47 have always been rather looked down upon by the "authentic German K98k" crowd. But, the fact is, the Yugo rifles often are just as good, where it counts. As regards fit and finish, they may have a point (at least, in comparison to early WW2 and pre-WW2 K98k's - but not really to the late-war rifles). There are some early production Yugo rifles that exhibit odd characteristics, such as "stiff-bolt syndrome"....with hot loads. The majority, however, are good solid battle rifles, that do the job just as well as any other variant of the Mauser 98.
With prices of the "authentic" Mausers climbing all the time....and the scarcity of good examples that haven't been used up....the Yugo rifles are very attractive indeed. That's what got me into them.
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