New girl in the house.

[Chupathingy]

 Picked this up at a pawn shop today, and while I know she ain't nothin special, I thought she was too pretty to be sitting on a shelf.




It's apparent that it has been refinished and the irons were removed, reciever drilled and tapped. I mounted the Redfield on it even though I'm not sure I'll ever shoot her, afraid I may be disappointed. But the bore is bright and shiny with strong rifling. This is my first 98 and I like the way she looks.
 
 Chupa

[dougk]

Hey Chupa,

Congratulations!

Doug

[tacklebury]

Congrats, what's the chamber, 7mm, 8mm ?

[Chupathingy]

 Ooops, that is an important nugget to forget huh? It's an 8MM. What kind of recoil can I expect? My shoulders are in pretty rough shape(both rotator cuffs torn) and don't want to be seen crying in public
 
Chupa

[Czech_too]

If I'm shooting jacketed in the Yugo 24/47, I'll wear a recoil pad.  I've found as I've gotten old(er) that the recoil bothers me some.

[oleman]

Very nice rifle. It may be my 62 year old eyes or the photo, but that scope looks cocked foward. maybe the front ring belongs in the rear
 
Oleman

[Chupathingy]

Had a smith look it over today to make sure she was in good working order and he gave me thumbs up. Also, I learned that it is not a K98, it's an M48 from Yugoslavia. That's ok by me, like I said, I just thought it looked good, so I bought it. Bought some surplus ammo to run through it, I should be able to re-use the brass right? I can get pictures of the ammo if need be.
 
 Chupa

[tacklebury]

A lot of the surplus 8mm Mauser is berdan primed and albeit not impossible to reload it's tough.  Might be better off to get some Wolf Gold or S&B (Sellier & Belliot) for some nice reloadable brass that's boxer primed.  If you want to get an idea how hard it is to use berdan primed brass, do a search on YouTube and you'll see really quick that it's not worth it. 
 
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/wolf-gold-line-8-mm-mauser-196-gr-sp-20-rds.aspx?a=762851&e=Y
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/sellier-bellot-rifle-8mm-mauser-8x57-js-196-gr-spce-20-rds.aspx?a=148320&e=Y