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Bias towards the Mauser action for long range hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 902271" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I doubt it makes financial sense. You can buy a Savage target accutrigger action for $455 and put a $350 match barrel on it + a $200-400 stock and have a guaranteed fractional MOA shooting rig, that accepts current one piece scope bases. </p><p></p><p>Why would you invest time and money in a 60-70 year old action that was made in time of crisis with imperfect metallurgy / heat treatment / and machining for which the accessories are now becoming scarce and expensive (forged bolt, low profile safety, replacement parts like extractor etc). I also doubt that you will get a Mauser trigger even close to a target accutrigger or any of the other aftermarket triggers for the other brands (Timney, Jewel etc).</p><p></p><p>The mausers that are available in the US currently are the Yugoslavian M24 or M48 series. Price for a rifle = $280. But by the time you have paid the gunsmith to make something of it, you could easily have bought a stiller or other custom action for $950 and the stiller will always be worth more than a Mauser.</p><p></p><p>Here, Mausers are built by people who have all their own machining resources at home and do all the work themselves. And generally they bought a pile of the K98's when they were about $50-60 each, not $600+ that is asked for them now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 902271, member: 35183"] I doubt it makes financial sense. You can buy a Savage target accutrigger action for $455 and put a $350 match barrel on it + a $200-400 stock and have a guaranteed fractional MOA shooting rig, that accepts current one piece scope bases. Why would you invest time and money in a 60-70 year old action that was made in time of crisis with imperfect metallurgy / heat treatment / and machining for which the accessories are now becoming scarce and expensive (forged bolt, low profile safety, replacement parts like extractor etc). I also doubt that you will get a Mauser trigger even close to a target accutrigger or any of the other aftermarket triggers for the other brands (Timney, Jewel etc). The mausers that are available in the US currently are the Yugoslavian M24 or M48 series. Price for a rifle = $280. But by the time you have paid the gunsmith to make something of it, you could easily have bought a stiller or other custom action for $950 and the stiller will always be worth more than a Mauser. Here, Mausers are built by people who have all their own machining resources at home and do all the work themselves. And generally they bought a pile of the K98's when they were about $50-60 each, not $600+ that is asked for them now. [/QUOTE]
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