As if they’re in opposition or mutually exclusive lolol

​@@reccecs4They objectively are. And the fact that you can't have a serious conversation makes me immediately dismiss your opinions.

How did that “unity” in commie socialist Yugoslavia work out? How did that diversity fair ? It ended in a blood bath, and the commie socialist leader of Yugoslavia was a socialist tyrant just like the rest of them. they would have faired better with the axis than with the communists and stalin that’s for shure-the communist ussr was responsible for far mor death genocide and atrocity than the Nazis in realistic analysis of history and were more brutal and tyrannical. but the communist ussr was the anglosphere elite/atlantacist establishment (the wests proto globalists)old guards puppet pet project science experiment/socio political data gathering social experiment and were they’re controlled oppositional force to create the east west hegalian dialectic and justify they’re establishment of a global!st liberal world order . wherethe same British establishment who educated Marx anf guided him, are the same ones funding the ussr. So when you hear the current marxist ideologies of diversity and equity spouted by the British establishment and london banking elite and the rothschild j connection is it any real surprise? the ussr commies would have never been able to defend themselves, upkeep their nation, sustain their nation, create adequate arms and resources without the generous and bountiful support of western powers, liberal world order banking powers and the lords of london/anglosphere establishment-just research how the west helped create, orchestrate the rises, and sustainment of communism and the ussr. look up the British wealthy elites and 1% known as TANKIES (who supported Stalin running over protestors/civilians with tanks)who were staunch communists and socialists and supporters of stalin in their countryside stately manors, who’s children have now turned the west into this tyrannical leftist world gov. Stalin would be proud of. How these same tankies, western leftist are bringing the good old marxist virtues of diversity and equity, tyranny to the west… the history you were taught in school is lies, and the first reply on this thread shows just how brainwashed the sheeple of the west truly are.

Find some Turk surplus 8x57mm ammo. It's very HOT 😅

Guns definitely encourage me to learn more about what they were used for (and why).

Glad you liked it!

Definitely not beech on the M48 its Elm. Beech was used in laminated German K98k stocks.

7,9_mm:Yugodlav M48

Exposing children to that level of trauma and violence has long term implications. He probably suffered from it his whole life.

My father was born in 1926 and died early this year 96½ old. Bombed out first day of the war (april 6 1941) saw his Jewish girlfriend be thrown on a lorry never ro bee seen again, a cousin tortured and shot. There is a long list. He and his older brother joined Tiro partizans before Italians capitulated. He was taught loading grip and that was his whole military training before first assault. At the time they where more hunted than hunted, very inexperianced and sought soft targets: Italians. It was "learning on the job". His order was run forward and pick up a gun from a fallen. In the Italian trench he still had no gun. But a young Italian had. "He was so good looking in his new uniform, with black feathers and all !" my Dad said. This is how my dad got his first gun, a Carcano carbine. There are lot more to be said. Most important is that to his last day he stood by Ukraine. "Germans did in Yugoslavia what Russians do in Ukraine." de SA3BOW

You're right the sample is too low to say anything with confidence. This us simply a look into one example from two specific periods. I understand T values confidence limits and basic statistics but to accomplish this as a KZfaq channel would be impossible.

You are right in principle. Just comparing one example of each model is not evidence enough to reach a conclusion. Still I think it's good enough to demonstrate the difference in quality between a standard 1930's M98k and an (early) M48 which is more or less undisputed and to which probably even Zastava workers would agree to. You have to remember that germany had much a longer tradition in the production of quality firearms and a far greater pool of skilled labour that knew how to handle a lathe or a mill. Especially in the early days of the SFRJ the average foreman was a worker that had some previous experience while the average worker was a traineee.

I guess my comment is a bit obvious. I do think that precision and aesthetic finish are two different things. My nasty Carcano holds it's own with my pretty Swede.@@Riflechair

I would love to play with the M69

@@Riflechair I've never had the joy of handling one, but I suspect that the main difference from M70 is the stock and the scope that goes in pack with it. Do you know if Zrak facility in Bosnia is still in business? The one that made sights for Yugoslavian army. It seems like they've stopped updating their site few years ago and I don't seem to be able to find their newer scopes anywhere for sale. Except for some weird Australian place.

Failing vision is terribly depressing. My visual acuity is not what it used to be and so I have prescription lenses. The less screen time I have the better my vision is. I use prescription safety eye wear for open sight applications. I am definitely thankful for adjustable focus on today's rifle scope and binocular eye pieces.

@@Riflechair As am I. Scopes, red dots, and aperture sights are becoming really helpful. My corrective lenses are fine for seeing the target with V-notch iron sights, but then the front sight is blurred. Without correction, the front sight's pretty sharp, but the target gets fuzzy. Getting older sucks, but option B is much less attractive.

I scoped my worst Yugo K98k for a ersatz sniper deer rifle. Bore is decent and it's quite accurate. It was already wrecked because of the Yugo crest, a bent triggerguard, and a replacement Yugo stock with no takedown disc.

@@browngreen933 Did you see a hole in the side of the Buttplate? That was where the hole was moved to late war. Though the stock on my Yugo KAR98K is a early war hardwood stock with the takedown disk.

@@michaelbenjmitchell1 No, my K98k Yugo replacement stock has the early style flat buttplate not the cup type. It has the sling slot, but no takedown tube/disc.

It is definitely underpowered compared to full house 8X57 handloads or S&B grade factory ammo. I also need to have my rear sights set to 300m in order to hit near my point of aim at 100m with tht PPU and generally prints 4-6" low and groups have never been great. PS: RWS also makes good quality 8X57 factory ammo. To be honest I'm shooting the PPU in this video because I needed the empty brass for more handloads and getting ready for hunting season.

I frequently shoot with sling support and in this case it would have been very appropriate. By the way these Yugo M98 slings have no adjustability but I can still get at least one wrap around the forearm supported by the lower tricep.

Probably a good thing the rifle is heavy

Life caught up to me in a real way. Built road, logged a patch and built a house during covid. I have learned that building a house during a global pandemic is a bad idea.

​@@RiflechairAs long as the plumbing works,and the roof don't leak,you are golden.

YUGO STUFF on ebay - go to www.ebay.ca/str/yugostuff and tell him Riflechair sent you

I do own a Yugo KAR98K and I also own a M1903A3. I still can't figure out why they say the KAR98 has a heavy recoil when shooting? I shot mine and it didn't kick my ass but when firing my M1903A3 it was kicking my ass due to the 185gr ammo I was putting through it. LOL

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He has 798K subscribers and and I have 15K. He is definitely winning! :)

Yes definitely

Yes but I do not believe I am pronouncing it correctly.

I totally agree.

The Yugo Capture K98's were refurbed a little better than the Soviet captured ones. The bluing on the Yugos are correct to the K98 right down to how the rear sight was supposed to be blued even the bolt has the correct violet hue to it. With the Soviet ones everything was blued and the stock shellacked (Which isn't even beautiful!)

@@michaelbenjmitchell1 I agree that the Yugos look better, but it is still nice to have all of the original markings intact.

This was never intended to be a conclusive representation of precision and accuracy for either rifle. Just a simple test in austere conditions. The uneven terrain, blackflies, heat, low grade ammo and my over-all performance should not be confused with either rifle's ability to shoot.

The KAR98 bayonet is just a M1924 bayonet with the barrel ring milled off. Both of them are identical right down to the grips screws and other parts of it's operating mechanism.