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I happened to be home on the 4th of July and was following Numrich's 2 hour revolving sales. Nothing really caught my eye, until they listed their M48 Yugo bayonets. I didn't know anything about these or the rifles they fit, but for $13.00 each, I figured I couldn't go wrong in picking one up. Since shipping was pretty cheap, I ended up buying two so I could keep the best one and sell the other.
The came in about a week and were covered in cosmoline. The one in the white is numbers matching. The other is not, but appears to have been re-arsenaled at some point. Both were in great shape.
After cleaning them up, I got to thinking more about Yugo firearms and about the rifles these bayonets fit. The more research I did, the more interested I became in them. That interest turned into, "I have to get one....NOW!" Having a strong interest in history, I decided since I didn't own a K98 Mauser, I would go with a K98 Yugo capture. I browsed around a bit, but for some reason kept coming back to this one being offered by Allan at Allan's Armory:
It wasn't the best of the bunch that Allan had, but I thought I could see some tiger striping in the stock and for some reason I really liked the plum colored extractor. I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on it.
It arrived in about a week and was covered in really thick/hard cosmoline. Being a vet of the Chinese SKS Cosmoline Wars, I was well prepared to tackle it. The only issue I had was removing the front barrel band. It felt like it was welded on. After some Kroil, a rubber mallet, a C-clamp and a wood block from my daughter's building blocks, it came off with no problems.
Not the greatest of photos, but here is the finished product. I am very happy with how it turned out. There is something to be said about breathing some new life into a beat up old warhorse. The whole process was truly a labor of love. (A special thanks to Trap55 for some guidance on cleaning the stock and Bobby R. for the second opinion about these Yugo captures.)
The came in about a week and were covered in cosmoline. The one in the white is numbers matching. The other is not, but appears to have been re-arsenaled at some point. Both were in great shape.
After cleaning them up, I got to thinking more about Yugo firearms and about the rifles these bayonets fit. The more research I did, the more interested I became in them. That interest turned into, "I have to get one....NOW!" Having a strong interest in history, I decided since I didn't own a K98 Mauser, I would go with a K98 Yugo capture. I browsed around a bit, but for some reason kept coming back to this one being offered by Allan at Allan's Armory:
It wasn't the best of the bunch that Allan had, but I thought I could see some tiger striping in the stock and for some reason I really liked the plum colored extractor. I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on it.
It arrived in about a week and was covered in really thick/hard cosmoline. Being a vet of the Chinese SKS Cosmoline Wars, I was well prepared to tackle it. The only issue I had was removing the front barrel band. It felt like it was welded on. After some Kroil, a rubber mallet, a C-clamp and a wood block from my daughter's building blocks, it came off with no problems.
Not the greatest of photos, but here is the finished product. I am very happy with how it turned out. There is something to be said about breathing some new life into a beat up old warhorse. The whole process was truly a labor of love. (A special thanks to Trap55 for some guidance on cleaning the stock and Bobby R. for the second opinion about these Yugo captures.)
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