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<blockquote data-quote="Jud96" data-source="post: 975931" data-attributes="member: 69478"><p>My Dad has a like new M-48 Yugo that he purchased back when they were first imported and he paid like $90 for it in the cosmoline! He also bought a couple others for plinkers but saved one to become a "sniper". My Dad always liked the German K98s with the high claw mounts but he didn't feel like butchering his mint BYF 44 K98 bring back souvenir rifle, so he converted his Yugo into the scoped Mauser. He opted for a solid cheek weld and traditional rings and mount so went with Redfield rings and a one piece Redfield base. For a scope, he had luck with Nikons at the time before he discovered Vortex, and topped it with a Prostaff 3-9x40 with Nikoplex reticle. He had the bolt professionally bent and used a Buhler safety. </p><p></p><p>The rifle shoots as good as it looks and keeps them under an inch without bedding or any kind of accurizing work. Don't know the charge off hand, but he shoots a good load of IMR 4064 behind a Speer 170gr Spitzer but soon will be trying the 170gr Hornady SST. This isn't a long range rifle and he uses it just for thick and hilly woods where long shots are not possible. So far he has taken a couple bucks with it, a nice eight point and another busted up fighter that was also an eight. One dropped in its tracks at 90yds and the other one ran 25yd or so if I remember correctly and don't recall the range but was under 50yds. Not long range, but it makes for an excellent deer rifle for your average close shots in the woods around here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jud96, post: 975931, member: 69478"] My Dad has a like new M-48 Yugo that he purchased back when they were first imported and he paid like $90 for it in the cosmoline! He also bought a couple others for plinkers but saved one to become a "sniper". My Dad always liked the German K98s with the high claw mounts but he didn't feel like butchering his mint BYF 44 K98 bring back souvenir rifle, so he converted his Yugo into the scoped Mauser. He opted for a solid cheek weld and traditional rings and mount so went with Redfield rings and a one piece Redfield base. For a scope, he had luck with Nikons at the time before he discovered Vortex, and topped it with a Prostaff 3-9x40 with Nikoplex reticle. He had the bolt professionally bent and used a Buhler safety. The rifle shoots as good as it looks and keeps them under an inch without bedding or any kind of accurizing work. Don't know the charge off hand, but he shoots a good load of IMR 4064 behind a Speer 170gr Spitzer but soon will be trying the 170gr Hornady SST. This isn't a long range rifle and he uses it just for thick and hilly woods where long shots are not possible. So far he has taken a couple bucks with it, a nice eight point and another busted up fighter that was also an eight. One dropped in its tracks at 90yds and the other one ran 25yd or so if I remember correctly and don't recall the range but was under 50yds. Not long range, but it makes for an excellent deer rifle for your average close shots in the woods around here. [/QUOTE]
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