Any nice bottom metal available for the short Yugo Mausers?

We will be making a run of these in July (Sound Metal Products)

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe:
We will be making a run of these in July (Sound Metal Products)

Hurray!!! Will they fit the Mexican as well?

Thanks,
Matt

Oh, sorry...

When I read the title to this thread I thought it was something about Selma Hayak.



I bet she has nice bottom metal!

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Originally posted by ColoradoMatt:

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe:
We will be making a run of these in July (Sound Metal Products)

Hurray!!! Will they fit the Mexican as well?

Thanks,
Matt

OK... I'm not on solid ground here. Chuck Grace is gong to try and send me either bottom metal or an action to measure. I have not worked with the Yugo...Is the bottom metal identical to Mexican? If so..we already have the programs...I just sorta think they are NOT the same...anyone?

Duane the screw spacing is the same as the mex but the mag box is different. The box is real close to the swede's. I don't know if you remember but that's what I got the guard from you to cut down for. Let me know if you need an action, I have several I could send you.
Don

Don.....ol boy..that would be sooooo much appreciated

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe:

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Originally posted by ColoradoMatt:

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe:
We will be making a run of these in July (Sound Metal Products)

Hurray!!! Will they fit the Mexican as well?

Thanks,
Matt

OK... I'm not on solid ground here. Chuck Grace is gong to try and send me either bottom metal or an action to measure. I have not worked with the Yugo...Is the bottom metal identical to Mexican? If so..we already have the programs...I just sorta think they are NOT the same...anyone?

I have trial fit some VZ500 bottom metal to a 1910 Mex reciever.

The VZ500 should be the same dimensionally to the M48 Yugo since it is merely a commercial variant of it & is indeed stamped "YUGOSLAVIA" on the bottom/side of the front receiver ring.

The VZ500 BM fits like it was made for the Mex W/the exception that the magazine box is just about 1/8" longer. That's not a bad thing as the Mex box is IMO just a bit short.

The action screw centers are the same.

A little work on the feed ramp & the stock inletting & the VZ500/M48 Yugo BM would be a great upgrade to the Mex Mauser.

Duane

I have one that was made for a model 24 yugo. I also just happen to be travelling to a skeet shoot at McChord AFB tomorrow morning. I can bring it if you like and you can just mail it back to me.

I will pm you my cell phone #

I just bought a 24/47 for $200.00. It seems to be unissued. I am going to start detailing right away. This is going to be my first attempt at detailing an action, so hopefully it will be ready by July!

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Originally posted by rcamuglia:
Oh, sorry...

When I read the title to this thread I thought it was something about Selma Hayak.



I bet she has nice bottom metal!

Nice top metal too!

Duane,

The mexican bottom metal I ordered from you is going on a Yugoslavian Mauser action as soon as it arrives.

I will let you know how it works.

The Yugo is interchangable with Swede bottom metal, and I believe, the Mexican. I have a couple M48's and M24/47's laying around so I will check the fit.

If Swede is interchangable with Yugo, should fit the Mexican, because I have used Swede on a Mexican.

And I am using Duane's Mex bottom on a Swede.

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Originally posted by wildcat junkie:

The VZ500 BM fits like it was made for the Mex W/the exception that the magazine box is just about 1/8" longer. That's not a bad thing as the Mex box is IMO just a bit short.

The action screw centers are the same.

A little work on the feed ramp & the stock inletting & the VZ500/M48 Yugo BM would be a great upgrade to the Mex Mauser.

The Mexican/Yugo bottom metal will not be universally interchangable.

The Yugo can be fit to the Mex IF the mex feed ramp is relieved about 1/8". Same for the stock inletting.

I just went into the shop & measured the Yugo & Mex magazine internal lengths.

The Yugo internal magazine length is 3.225".

The 1910 Mex is 3.125".

The external dimensions vary accordingly.

Close but no cigar.

That doesn't mean that either can't be fit to the other, but if you want to fit a Mex magazine into a stock already inletted for the Yugo, yer gonna have to either fill in the front of the magazine inletting in the stock or extend the Mex magazine to the front.

Going the other way will be easier. A Yugo magazine can be fit into a stock already inletted for the Mex by removing some wood & relieving the feed ramp of the Mex reciever a bit will allow the magazine to match the receiver opening. Of course you COULD add an internal filler plate to the front of the Yugo magzine, but that would be kinda stupid IMO. I would think it would be better to have that extra magazine length.

These dimensions are from factory VZ500 (M48 Yugo) & 1910 Mex triggergaurds.

Custom aftermarket pieces may vary.

I think you will find your box measurements are at least an inch off.

Make the front wall of the Mexican bottom metal .100" thicker and the installer can thin it if required to fit the action. In this way it can be fitted to either Swede, Yugo/FN intermediate, or Mexican actions.

The Tangs on the Yugo are not as wide as the Mexican/Swede tangs. But that is no big deal since an existing Yugo stock could be altered to accept the Mexican or Swede bottom metal. The reverse is not true. Fitting a Yugo unit to a Mexican ro Swede will leave gaps in the stock around the tangs.

Depending on the magazine length of Duane's bottom metal as-is and the thickness of the front wall, it may yet be adapted to the Yugo action.


In any event, while a nice Mexican bottom metal unit may not be drop in, it certainly isn't rocket science to make one work on a Yugo action..

I'm not speaking for Duane, but a while ago he made up two types of Mex TG's. One had a wide tang that was a drop in fit to the Military TG inlett. So that would take care of filling the gaps.
Bob

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I bet she has nice bottom metal!

Who cares when the "top metal" is so nice?

Not opposed to peep shows...but..com'on there are other web sites to flog your willy.