The next custom an Oberndorf M98: What to chamber it in?
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Ardent
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Many great points and thoughts all around, 9.3 thank you! I’ll open that link soon just about to take off, looks like a source for a proper .318 barrel. Would be wonderful and a heavy front runner for this one, for me.
I’m not worried about action work to make a belted Magnum feed, it’s something I enjoy and kills the long winter evenings in bush camp better than TV does. No magic to it just time and slow methodical changes, and the H&H is an all time classic in an M98 so happy with the magazine mods required. In fact it feeds better in a well tuned M98 than most original M98 chamberings with its long, highly tapered case. 7 Mag would be more problematic but totally workable as well, I’ll be frank and say I’ll never do the 7 Mag on a classic M98 just put it up as it’s sensible, fails to make my heart jump though.
On range, peeps work swell for me to 300+, they’re no more limited than the small scopes I’d put on a light rifle, except at very last light. Heck we shoot peeps, albeit match ones, at 1,000 on our range, hunting ranges are not a concern and can still make full and proper use of a .270 without glass.
.303 dogfish is a major pain in an M98 and offers no benefits to my eyes, had a nice WW Greener M98 .303 and sold it, I’d hate to try and replicate that magazine arrangement. The .303 belongs in a falling block. Barrel and stock aren’t for sale unfortunately and you’d hate the price I’d place on that worn out .30-06 barrel.
I’m not worried about action work to make a belted Magnum feed, it’s something I enjoy and kills the long winter evenings in bush camp better than TV does. No magic to it just time and slow methodical changes, and the H&H is an all time classic in an M98 so happy with the magazine mods required. In fact it feeds better in a well tuned M98 than most original M98 chamberings with its long, highly tapered case. 7 Mag would be more problematic but totally workable as well, I’ll be frank and say I’ll never do the 7 Mag on a classic M98 just put it up as it’s sensible, fails to make my heart jump though.
On range, peeps work swell for me to 300+, they’re no more limited than the small scopes I’d put on a light rifle, except at very last light. Heck we shoot peeps, albeit match ones, at 1,000 on our range, hunting ranges are not a concern and can still make full and proper use of a .270 without glass.
.303 dogfish is a major pain in an M98 and offers no benefits to my eyes, had a nice WW Greener M98 .303 and sold it, I’d hate to try and replicate that magazine arrangement. The .303 belongs in a falling block. Barrel and stock aren’t for sale unfortunately and you’d hate the price I’d place on that worn out .30-06 barrel.
Ardent
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Like your points all around, I just did a .375 2 1/4 Nitro / 9.5x57 last year unfortunately on a Titanium Satterlee build as was really underwhelmed, not a potato gun fan, want bullets meeting the animal over 2,500fps on impact. Have noted a significant cutoff in shock effect around there outfitting, have become a moderate speed fan. Except for .458 as it’s just too classic,
Mystic Precision
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Ardent
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No 6.5s, .30s, 8mms, or 9.3s as I have those bases more than covered and don’t want to stock new bullet diameters- except for a .318. .404 is a fine point 8x68, and jimmyjazz like your style.
Probably hard to pick one. Just never warmed up to feeding it, and not as slick to cycle as the boring version and .270.
Probably hard to pick one. Just never warmed up to feeding it, and not as slick to cycle as the boring version and .270.
pete dobinson
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I think the 375 HH would be the right choice. Do you still have that gorgeous piece of lumber for the M98?
