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Shotgun News 98k Article And Rebarreling ?


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In the latest shotgun news theres an article by Dave Fortier on scoping a 98k Using a copy of the german EAW mounts by IOR Valdada. These mounts are awesome looking. I decided to build a mauser just like Fortier's

 

I have ordered the bases already, I will use an already sporterized 98k but I need a new barrel because mine was cut down and pitted

 

What are the chances of a takeoff 98k bbl fitting on my 98k receiver without having to ream it or set it back.

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For what it's worth, the two turkish recievers I've rebarreled with take-off barrels both headspaced without having to ream or set back the shoulder, but if that's normal I can't say. I considered myself lucky with those projects. I haven't read the article in SN but any German reproduction scope mounts I've seen are always big$. If it were me and I was already spending good money for a special rifle and I wanted a military profile I'd spend a little more and get a Lothar Walther barrel. Sporter Express offers them for less than $200.

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For what it's worth, the two turkish recievers I've rebarreled with take-off barrels both headspaced without having to ream or set back the shoulder, but if that's normal I can't say. I considered myself lucky with those projects. I haven't read the article in SN but any German reproduction scope mounts I've seen are always big$. If it were me and I was already spending good money for a special rifle and I wanted a military profile I'd spend a little more and get a Lothar Walther barrel. Sporter Express offers them for less than $200.

Thanks for the reply. The Valdada rings and base is $150 Certainly thats more than a Redfield 1 piece but they look COOL!!!!!!

 

They arent as much as a set of repo high turrent mounts $600 I believe.

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Since I am a cheapskate, I do not know much about the claw type mounts.

 

But as to the question of whether there would be a problem headspacing a barrel (a military barrel) with the 98 action, as another poster put it---probably not.

 

Much less likely than using a new after-market barrel (which will be short chambered). Even then, a hand-held reamer will do the job.

 

As stated before, I also have had many military barrels that headspaced correctly on my receiver. That is no excuse for not checking very carefully with the proper guages, but it just seems to be the case most times.

 

fritz

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