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Bias towards the Mauser action for long range hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 907499" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>The OP asked about the '98's because of limited availability of other action types in South Africa, where he lives.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is also the case with most off-the-shelf commercial rifles. Most Remington builds involve an aftermarket trigger. The custom Remington clones use aftermarket triggers as a matter of course. Replacing the trigger is hardly something unique to a '98 mauser. The trigger on a current production commercial mauser is fully adjustable and does not need to be replaced.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Regardless of the action being built upon, a good rifle smith is first and foremost a competent machinist. ANY rifle smith should be selected with care. The AR and 1911 parts changers who call themselves gunsmiths would not be allowed anywhere near my rifles, regardless of the make of the action.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Every mauser I own wears a picatinny style rail. It is no more difficult to fit a picatinny type rail than it is to fit the old style bases. I have drilled and tapped several of them myself. The end product turned out to be straight enough that very little windage adjustment was required during boresighting. The same cannot be said of the Remington 700's I have owned, which were/are so crooked the only mounts I could use on them were the old style windage mounts.</p><p> </p><p> As for 7mm RUM, that is a cartridge that I wouldn't try to put in any mauser short of a CZ 550/BRNO 602.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> I guess that depends on where you get your reamers. A "tight neck" reamer is fine for a benchrest rifle, but is neither needed nor particularly desirable in a hunting rifle. My 6.5x55 will easily refute your contention that the reamers in such chamberings are not suitable for long range work. When I have encountered issues with generous chambers, they were invariably in original military barrels.</p><p> </p><p>The ONLY chambering issue I have ever had in a commercial barrel was with a 22-250 chamber that had wildly excessive freebore. I am still not sure if it was the leade angle of the reamer used or if it was the short chamber cut when the barrel was made. I stopped buying PTSC barrels and had a new chamber cut. The problem went away.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Slow lock time is one of the mauser weaknesses that can be trimmed, but not eliminated. Still, I have not found it to have a measureable effect from the bench or in the field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 907499, member: 22069"] The OP asked about the '98's because of limited availability of other action types in South Africa, where he lives. That is also the case with most off-the-shelf commercial rifles. Most Remington builds involve an aftermarket trigger. The custom Remington clones use aftermarket triggers as a matter of course. Replacing the trigger is hardly something unique to a '98 mauser. The trigger on a current production commercial mauser is fully adjustable and does not need to be replaced. Regardless of the action being built upon, a good rifle smith is first and foremost a competent machinist. ANY rifle smith should be selected with care. The AR and 1911 parts changers who call themselves gunsmiths would not be allowed anywhere near my rifles, regardless of the make of the action. Every mauser I own wears a picatinny style rail. It is no more difficult to fit a picatinny type rail than it is to fit the old style bases. I have drilled and tapped several of them myself. The end product turned out to be straight enough that very little windage adjustment was required during boresighting. The same cannot be said of the Remington 700's I have owned, which were/are so crooked the only mounts I could use on them were the old style windage mounts. As for 7mm RUM, that is a cartridge that I wouldn't try to put in any mauser short of a CZ 550/BRNO 602. I guess that depends on where you get your reamers. A "tight neck" reamer is fine for a benchrest rifle, but is neither needed nor particularly desirable in a hunting rifle. My 6.5x55 will easily refute your contention that the reamers in such chamberings are not suitable for long range work. When I have encountered issues with generous chambers, they were invariably in original military barrels. The ONLY chambering issue I have ever had in a commercial barrel was with a 22-250 chamber that had wildly excessive freebore. I am still not sure if it was the leade angle of the reamer used or if it was the short chamber cut when the barrel was made. I stopped buying PTSC barrels and had a new chamber cut. The problem went away. Slow lock time is one of the mauser weaknesses that can be trimmed, but not eliminated. Still, I have not found it to have a measureable effect from the bench or in the field. [/QUOTE]
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