MuzzleBlast
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Just curious: Since barrels exist that convert Remington 700 actions to use Savage-style barrel nuts, is it possible to do the same thing with Mauser 98 actions?
Poor workmanship? That would make Savage equally poor workmanship. Both shoot lights out. When I built my Savage bench rest action 6.5x284, I did it like a Remington without the nut. Rebarreled it the same way. When time to re-barrel it again I was in a mood, so I did it with the nut. The nut shoots as goid as no nut.Remage barrels are mass-produced, and as such are cheaper than fitting a barrel to a receiver. Screw it in, tighten it down with a nut. Damn poor workmanship, if you ask me. But it works.
I know of no one who is making that type of barrel ing system for Mausers. And it's a good thing, they look atrocious.
Harkening back to the 'golden days' is quite a stretch, too. That time is past. That was then, and this is now. We're in now, now. We can't go back to then. We've already passed it. We're in the future. We're looking at now, now.In the Golden Age of Surplus, 1950s and 1960s(...)
You still can. (I bought two from SARCO a couple years ago.) Just don't expect head space to be within SAAMI spec. It might be safe enough for Bubba to not lose an eye. But don't expect perfection.(...) you could buy a ready to shoot barrel for a real 1898 Mauser.
I agree. But they shoot.Poor workmanship? That would make Savage equally poor workmanship.
If you handload, you can adjust for it. You really have to have super long chambers to incur catastrophic failure. I know, you can overwork the brass and make it happen quick, but thats another discussion.Harkening back to the 'golden days' is quite a stretch, too. That time is past. That was then, and this is now. We're in now, now. We can't go back to then. We've already passed it. We're in the future. We're looking at now, now.
This is 2020. There are no longer barrels of surplus rifles priced at $5, crates for $20, or pallets of stocks and parts in every country store.
In the world we currently live in,I believe there are more non-Mauser, Mauser family rifles (Rugers, Winchesters, Interarms, Dumoulins, Whitworths, Springfields, etc...) with commercial brand names on them, than actual Mauser rifles.
(And that's giving quite the cold shoulder to Remington, Marlin, Mossberg, TC, Bergara, Sauer, and dozens of other brands that are definitively Mauser-descendants, but get lumped under umbrellas like "Savage style", "Remington type", or "Browning like".)
You still can. (I bought two from SARCO a couple years ago.) Just don't expect head space to be within SAAMI spec. It might be safe enough for Bubba to not lose an eye. But don't expect perfection.