C&R · II · 697
Yugoslav M48 Mauser
Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 22 ↗
Yugoslavian M1948 (M48) bolt-action rifles, cal. 7.92 x 57mm, produced at the Kragujevac Arsenal, original military configuration only.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “produced at the Kragujevac Arsenal”
- ATF REQUIRESIn original configuration (ATF wording)ATF: “original military configuration only”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1950–1965.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
Serbia (Yugoslavia)Basis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Kragujevac Arsenal (Zastava)Basis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- BoltBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 7.92×57mmBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1950–1965production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ²
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 22 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Zastava Arms” ↗, maker: Wikipedia: Zastava Arms, headquarters Kragujevac; "The next postwar production rifle was the 7.92×57mm Mauser Model 1948"
- 2. Wikipedia, “Zastava M48” ↗, years: Wikipedia: infobox production date 1950–1965 (design 1948); variants M48 1950-1952, M48A 1952-1965
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1948–1965 → 1950–1965. Wikipedia Zastava M48: designed 1948, produced 1950–1965
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Yugo M48BO.jpg” by Szuyuan huang at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Zastava M48”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Zastava M48 is a post World War II Yugoslav version of the Belgian designed M24 series with some influence from German Karabiner 98k. It was the standard service rifle of the Yugoslav People's Army from the early 1950s until its replacement by the Zastava M59/66, a licensed copy of the Soviet SKS semiautomatic carbine, in the early 1960s.