Mauser Varmint accuracy

[Loyalist84]

Are Mauser rifles inherently inaccurate?

I've been looking at a lot of custom varmint builds over the years to try and get a handle on what I should be looking for in a coyote gun. The CZ 550 in .243 has caught my eye, since every big game rifle I own with the exception of a .303 is a Mauser action I thought it would be a logical choice. In addition, you hardly ever see CRF varmint guns. Why haven't more 6mm Remingtons been built on 8x57 actions when it's such a simple conversion? Why is it that Tikka seems to hold sway compared to a custom from Dakota or the like? Is there an inherent accuracy to a push feed, or is it simply that it's cheaper to slap down a credit card once for exactly what you want the first time rather than build from the action up these days?

 

[Hitzy]

Well the Danes used German '98 actions to build their ISSF target rifles in 6.5x55 and they used them for decades.
Swedes used '96 actions for the same.
Parker Hale built the M82/C3A1 which was used as a sniper rifle, basic M98 action there as well.
So I doubt there is anything inherently inaccurate about the action.

 

[guntech]

One mass produced factory action that has proven to be more accurate than many of the others is a Remington 700.

Varmint accuracy (1/2" is good enough) can be achieved with a good barrel on just about any piece of junk for an action.

Controlled round feed or push feed have no effect on accuracy one way or the other... the controlled round feed is usually more work with a barrel install.

 

[pmatuk]

probably if you go with the mauser action every step could be custom and cost more each time .If you you go with the belly button rem/savage /rugers copy of the savage RPR you can get all sorts of stuff to sitck to it and change about for lesser cost and greater availiabilty