Trz-5

You're very welcome. Most of what I learned was on that forum and through a friendship formed with author Branko Bodganovic. He has shared much with me that I have passed on. His 2005 book just scrapes the tip of the ice berg that is Yugoslav Mauser rifles.

Btw, do not be concerned about a lack of 1.TRZ stamp. That is a rework shop which is generally believed to have been concerned with stock maintenance and repair.

Your rifle is in a German manufactured stock that may or may not be original to that rifle. There's no telling since the Yugoslavs renumbered it to match the rifle which was given a new Yugoslav serial #.
Now that I think of it, your rifle was refurbished in or before 1950. From 1950 on, the Yugoslavs added a "/48" behind the side rail designated M. or MOD.98 on the rail.

Regrettably, I cannot identify those stamps. Actually, at least some of those stamps will be original to the weapon as the Yugoslavs were not always diligent in removing all original markings. Also, the records of lesser Yugoslav stamps and their meaning are long gone- lost, destroyed and/or forgotten. Old workers have even been interviewed in attempts to fill out the records. The most common known Yugoslav markings you should encounter on the weapon are possibly a 2 or more commonly 3 digit assembly number, a proof stamp- "T", or a 5pt star over "T."

Sorry I can't really tell you more.

I checked and I have your receiver ring crest on file with another block font TRZ-5 so it's typical to that shop.

Just so's you know, here are images of some of the markings I described...
In this case (a 24/47) the two digit "21" is the assy # used to keep parts and rifle together during manufacturing. The second image shows the locations to find them.
The third image are the proof marks used. the crown over-T was the pre-war proof mark which was supposed to have been eradicated and not used after the communist take over but was sometimes retained or a stamp used in absence of any other. The 5 point star was the official communist era proof and in some cases a simple "T" stamp was used. Btw, the "T" stood for "torment" which, as far as I can find is the same as the English word.

Another stamp I forgot to mention and might be a couple of stamps I couldn't make out in your pictures was the letters "BK" usually found in a circle but sometimes in a square and rarely but, occasionally by themselves. The "BK" are actually Cyrillic characters for the Latin "VK" representing Vojna Kontrolla- Military control.
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Thanks again, Jim. I'm going to have to learn that thumbnail trick. This rifle doesn't have assembly numbers of the manner you describe. Doesn't have a "T" that I can see either. Your note prompted me to give it another thorough going over. Cosmoline is probably never completely gone, but another good whack at it was done.

Anyway, I can imagine that it has a couple "BK" in rectangle marks, but this is a situation where getting older and forgetful was an advantage. My best guess at this microscopic mark was "SY" before I returned to your post and had my memory refreshed. I did find a waffenamt with no manufacturer code on the underside base of the bolt handle.

It's funny. I have friends who don't understand the allure of milsurps. "Why do you want to mess with all the issues with those relics?" Once they are done reading their owners manual, there's nothing left to learn about their guns aside from operational quirks, which makes me sad for them. Finding the owners manual is just the beginning for us. :-)
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I just don't know. The best I can do here is guess since we have so few examples of this code's rifles. But, here's my oh-2 for whatever it may be worth.

Item, the receiver ring crest is crude and lightly struck. (typical of this code)
Item, the rail marking is atypical and crude, some examples considerably moreso than yours.
Item, no assembly numbers*
Item, no proof stamp...
* I checked my script fonted TRZ.5 model 24/47 to verify that it had an assy.# suggesting that they used such and that the practice was not restricted to Kragujevac.

Now, the siderail marking with a stand alone "MOD.98 suggests a rework of 1950 or earlier. But it is my opinion that these few are put togethers from the last left over parts from the run or Mauser reworks, the... 'sweepings of the shop floor' so to speak. I figure the production line had or was being torn down and somebody just managed the markings with whatever they could manage.

There you go. That's the best I can come up with barring additional examples, explanations.