There are even more differences, between the M48 and K98k, however. For example, the handguard of the M48 begins at the receiver ring rather than at the rear sight as is the case with the K98k. In fact, the M48 that we received more closely resembles these rifles than a German K98k. These rifles were essentially copies of the Czech/FN Vz24 rifle, short rifle or the Czech Vz 12/33 Carbine. In fact, Mauser 98 variants had been in production at Kragujevac on machinery purchased from FN for many years prior to 1948. Variations of Mauser rifles had been produced at the Kragujevac Arsenal since the 1920s, contrary to some advertising press that claims that the M48 rifles were produced on captured or Nazi-provided German machinery. Not only did many nations adopt the M98 or one of its variants, most of those who did produced their own versions of it, including Serbia/Yugoslavia. Most M98s were produced in 7.92x57mm caliber, although it was manufactured in other calibers, as well. The Model 98 originally was adopted by Germany as the G98 and later as the K98k, which was the mainstay of the German Army during World War II. The M1903 design was little more than a M98 with magazine cutoff and a few other minor modifications to suit US Ordnance.
The classic Mauser M98 defined bolt action military rifles during the first half of the 20th Century, having been adopted by over 40 nations in one form or another, including the United States, which paid Mauser a $200,000 licensing fee to produce the venerable M1903 rifle.
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