Mauser 98 extended floor plate release
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Try Numrich. - dan
Numrich is where I bought mine a number of years ago. I may still have a couple that I won't use; I'll check.
A good way to turn your rifle into a single-shot.
More than a few decades back, I was up in a tree stand that I had built a few yards back into the bush from the edge of a big Alberta field. In the evening I saw a very large-bodied 10-point buck approach the field to my right. He waited at the barbed wire fence for a while, then jumped it and started to cross the field right in front of me. I slid my rifle forward across a branch, a Husqvarna FN98 30-06 with a 4x Leupold. It had one of those protruding floorplate release buttons. The button snagged on the branch and promptly released the full magazine. I could hear my ammo tinkling down through the tree into the snow. I had just the one round in the chamber and the twilight was growing darker. So I concentrated and shot the buck dead at about 200 yards out. I climbed down and found my floorplate, spring, and follower. The ammo I lost in the snow. It was the second largest-bodied whitetail buck I ever shot and the only deer I ever got with a single-shot rifle.
More than a few decades back, I was up in a tree stand that I had built a few yards back into the bush from the edge of a big Alberta field. In the evening I saw a very large-bodied 10-point buck approach the field to my right. He waited at the barbed wire fence for a while, then jumped it and started to cross the field right in front of me. I slid my rifle forward across a branch, a Husqvarna FN98 30-06 with a 4x Leupold. It had one of those protruding floorplate release buttons. The button snagged on the branch and promptly released the full magazine. I could hear my ammo tinkling down through the tree into the snow. I had just the one round in the chamber and the twilight was growing darker. So I concentrated and shot the buck dead at about 200 yards out. I climbed down and found my floorplate, spring, and follower. The ammo I lost in the snow. It was the second largest-bodied whitetail buck I ever shot and the only deer I ever got with a single-shot rifle.
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It all depends on the "style" of the release and how easy it is to disconnect.
Rob gave a very good example of what "can happen" in worst case scenarios, but if care and attention are taken, shouldn't happen.
I know exactly where he's coming from, having done it myself.
In this case with a rifle (98) whose floorplate release was converted to a lever. It looked beautiful, worked very well but the work was simplified and the spring putting pressure on the lever was eliminated, and no "stop" indent was added to make sure the lever would stay in place if "bumped"
I've seen folks who've spent thousands of dollars on a "dream hunt" crying because they lost the "clip" and didn't have a spare.
I used to see so much of that happening, I would only hunt with rifles with "blind" magazines. Especially on horseback hunts, or from ATVs.
The simpler, the better, because on such hunts, what can go wrong often does.
When you put this extension onto your rifle, make it just long enough to be practical and maybe even difficult to use.
If your rifle is a 98 "standard'' length, take a look at the magwells with swinging floorplates on Intersurplus. I put one of those on a build I did last summer, one of the engraved units. It looks good and works well, with the release being a stud inside the trigger guard. No fitting was required, it just slipped into place and its rock solid.
The people at Intersurplus are great to deal with and they're a long time Banner supporter of this site.
Rob gave a very good example of what "can happen" in worst case scenarios, but if care and attention are taken, shouldn't happen.
I know exactly where he's coming from, having done it myself.
In this case with a rifle (98) whose floorplate release was converted to a lever. It looked beautiful, worked very well but the work was simplified and the spring putting pressure on the lever was eliminated, and no "stop" indent was added to make sure the lever would stay in place if "bumped"
I've seen folks who've spent thousands of dollars on a "dream hunt" crying because they lost the "clip" and didn't have a spare.
I used to see so much of that happening, I would only hunt with rifles with "blind" magazines. Especially on horseback hunts, or from ATVs.
The simpler, the better, because on such hunts, what can go wrong often does.
When you put this extension onto your rifle, make it just long enough to be practical and maybe even difficult to use.
If your rifle is a 98 "standard'' length, take a look at the magwells with swinging floorplates on Intersurplus. I put one of those on a build I did last summer, one of the engraved units. It looks good and works well, with the release being a stud inside the trigger guard. No fitting was required, it just slipped into place and its rock solid.
The people at Intersurplus are great to deal with and they're a long time Banner supporter of this site.
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