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The Zastava M98/48 (often called Mod.98/48, Model. 98/48, Yugo K98k) was a refurbished bolt-action rifle, chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser, a cartridge that was temporarily adopted in the years after World War II by the Yugoslav People's Army.
From 1936 to 1942, the company manufactured the Karabiner 98k, the standard service rifle of the German Wehrmacht. The K98k is a bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser M 98 system. As a means of hiding the identity of manufacturers, the German Army required manufacturers to mark their equipment with codes rather than brand names. For the K98k ...
Mauser Jagdwaffen GmbH is a subsidiary of SIG Sauer. The Mauser M 98 series rifles are practically a civilian version of the Karabiner 98k, which was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser 98 military rifles of World War I and World War II. Vaguely similar to the latter rifle in appearance, the M 98 is offered in many ...
Modification of Polish vz. 29 rifle to more closely conform with standard-issue Karabiner 98k. The factory was run by the Austrian firm Steyr. Gewehr 33/40(t) Äeskoslovenská Zbrojovka Brno: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht: Adaptation of Czechoslovak vz. 33. 131,503 produced from 1940 to 1942 for German use. Gewehr 41(M) Mauser-Werke: 7.92×57mm ...
During the late 1950s, the IDF converted the calibre of their Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles from the original German 7.92×57mm Mauser round to 7.62×51mm NATO following the adoption of the FN FAL rifle as their primary rifle in 1958. [58] The Israeli Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles that were converted have "7.62" stamped on the rifle receiver.
Fusil Mauser Model 1889: 7.65 mm Gewehr 262(b) Fusil Mauser Model 1935: 7.65 mm Gewehr 263(b) Fusil Mauser 1889/36: 7.65 mm Zielfernrohrgewehr 264(b) Fusil Mauser Model 1935 (sniping variant) 7.65 mm Karabiner 420(b) Carabine Mauser FN Modele 1924: 7 mm Karabiner 451(b) Mauser Model 1889 Carabine: 7.65 mm Karabiner 452(b) Carabine Mauser 98: 7 ...
The also rare 8×64mm S cartridge offers a comparable rechambering option for Mauser Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k rifles sporting 8mm S-bores. Due to its larger case capacity the 8×64mm S chambering offers better ballistic performance than the 8×60mm S. Some custom rifles were made using Mauser 98's and rechambering them for the 9×57mm Mauser.
After WW2, large numbers of German Mauser 98k were confiscated by Norwegian forces. Most of the rifles were re-barrelled to .30-06 and used as normal service rifles, but a number of Mauser 98 actions were used as the basis for building both military sniper and civilian target rifles at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk.