MAUSER 98 BARREL fit to MOSSBERG PATRIOT

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I have a zastava Mauser barrel in 9.3x62 and want to rebarrel/rechamber my mossberg patriot 30-06 with it. A gunsmith told me over email this is possible as long as there is enough material to cut off the threads and then cut new ones. My question is does anyone with knowledge of rebarrelling think this is gonna work out ? anyone think this is a good/bad idea ?
 
Anything can be done if you are willing to spend the money.
Threads on a '98 are 1.1"x12, 1"x20 on the Mossberg. Probably not enough meat to retread 1.1" to 1" so a threaded coller, or cut the tenon off and rethread but that will also require a 9.3x62 reamer which are $200 give or take.
I wouldn't sink money into a Mossberg Patriot personally.
 
thanks very much for the reply, the gunsmith at ellwood epps has a reamer for it says he can do it for $225 aslong as the barrel has enough material to cut off and rethread. Im only thinking of changing this rifle as i have 2 other 30-06's
 
You would probably be better off selling that rifle and getting one of the Husqvarna or Parker Hale '98 rifles Tradex has.
 
Hitzy said:
You would probably be better off selling that rifle and getting one of the Husqvarna or Parker Hale '98 rifles Tradex has.
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I dunno if he already has the barrel, and the quoted price is only 225 to do the swap, that seems entirely reasonable. Assuming the OP actually likes his patriot. lol (and assuming the barrel has enough meat on it.)

I would almost want to do it just so I could have a rifle in a caliber it doesn't normally come in (I am assuming they don't make a Patriot in 9.3x62?)
 
I wouldn't be spending all that money on an old used barrel. If I was going to spend money of rebarreling something I would be using a new quality blank. At least you know it will be a shooter.
 
Very pointless exercise when there are so many better choices. If the OP can't afford to take the step up to a used Tikka or Husqvarna then he should stick to his 30-06. You either need new, more expensive 9.3 brass or a forming die set and some range pickup 30-06 brass and the 9.3 is essentially a handload only proposition (as opposed to the 30-06 which can be had anywhere ammo is sold).

And I'm skeptical about the quoted price to do the job...seems awfully low. And in the end, all that work to tart up a Patriot? Not sure that I see the logic.
 
The price struck me as a little optimistic , and in the end , it's still a Patriot . I'm not disparaging the rifle , they do exactly as advertised , but if you're building a rifle , there are better choices .
 
BigUglyMan said:
Very pointless exercise when there are so many better choices. If the OP can't afford to take the step up to a used Tikka or Husqvarna then he should stick to his 30-06. You either need new, more expensive 9.3 brass or a forming die set and some range pickup 30-06 brass and the 9.3 is essentially a handload only proposition (as opposed to the 30-06 which can be had anywhere ammo is sold).

And I'm skeptical about the quoted price to do the job...seems awfully low. And in the end, all that work to tart up a Patriot? Not sure that I see the logic.
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My gunsmith charges me $200 for a coffee and a smile. :)
 
BigUglyMan said:
Very pointless exercise when there are so many better choices. If the OP can't afford to take the step up to a used Tikka or Husqvarna then he should stick to his 30-06. You either need new, more expensive 9.3 brass or a forming die set and some range pickup 30-06 brass and the 9.3 is essentially a handload only proposition (as opposed to the 30-06 which can be had anywhere ammo is sold).

And I'm skeptical about the quoted price to do the job...seems awfully low. And in the end, all that work to tart up a Patriot? Not sure that I see the logic.
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Assuming the OP can get $300 for his rifle, add the $225 quoted for the smith work, plus shipping both ways, and you're at basically $600. There are multiple 9.3x62 rifles for under $600 (at least one under 500) over on Tradeex. So its not even a matter of whether he can budget it - if he can afford the smith work, he should be able to sell his rifle and buy a 9.3x62 Husky for no more than the project would have cost him.

That said, if the OP likes the Patriot for some reason then maybe I could see it. Unless the smith work was misquoted of course.
 
money isnt the issue here , and i already own some nice expensive rifles ..sako grey wolf 7mm, marlin sbl 45-70 , benelli r1 30-06 ,. The mossberg is my back up bear rifle i only use on rainy days . I do like the mossberg action its smooth and strong , they make a 375 ruger patriot so they must have strong action. the barrel swap is only for fun for something different
 
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