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Not entirely sure what I have here, maybe someone else recognizes it? I posted this in hunting rifles, but it was suggested I come here and get some advice from the gunsmithinh crowd.

Seems to be a Mauser-type action, BNP proof marked. Trigger group has “Parker Hale 98/148” on it. No other markings besides a “6.5x55 Cal.” on the barrel). Based on that, BSA commercial rifle? CF-2? I’m not well versed on that line of rifles.



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I was going to build something out of it assuming it was an M98 design, but now I’m not too sure how close it is to a 98. Don’t really want to have a rifle build with scarce parts, if that makes sense.

Thanks to anyone who can help me out with this, cheers.
 
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Looks like any of a number of Parker Hale Mauser 98 rifles - probably a commercial Santa Barbara action if there is no thumb notch along the left action rail. Absolutely standard Parker Hale adjustable trigger with side safety; commercial bolt shroud; no doubt a flat bottom on the striker that would work with that Parker Hale trigger. My guess would be it is the remnants of a Parker Hale, not BSA, made rifle. Because I do not see the little threaded stud brazed to the bottom of the action, I would say that it used either a fixed magazine or a hinged floor plate originally - the "clip" aka "C" aka "Detachable Box Magazine" types usually had a stud brazed to the underside of the action that held the rear parts of the DBM assembly.
 
Potashminer said:
Looks like any of a number of Parker Hale Mauser 98 rifles - probably a commercial Santa Barbara action if there is no thumb notch along the left action rail. Absolutely standard Parker Hale adjustable trigger with side safety; commercial bolt shroud; no doubt a flat bottom on the striker that would work with that Parker Hale trigger. My guess would be it is the remnants of a Parker Hale, not BSA, made rifle. Because I do not see the little threaded stud brazed to the bottom of the action, I would say that it used either a fixed magazine or a hinged floor plate originally - the "clip" aka "C" aka "Detachable Box Magazine" types usually had a stud brazed to the underside of the action that held the rear parts of the DBM assembly.
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So will most 98 parts work? More or less.
I don’t have any spare parts on hand to try it out, and I wouldn’t want to order some just to confirm they aren’t compatible.

I’m also looking for a stock, so if I got a Boyd’s stock or something similar this would just be a run of the mill commercial 98?

Thanks again
 
Not certain what "parts" you have in mind?? From what you show you need a magazine / floor plate assembly and a stock to get a working 6.5x55. Its a "Large Ring Mauser 98" - anything from $25 milsurp to $400 custom bottom metal will work. For a stock, Boyd's (among others) supplies Mauser 98 stocks inlet for both milsurp and for sporter barrel contours. Their sporter contours may or may not fit the barrel that you have - will take some accurate measuring on your part to determine what you need. Might want to get a set of barrel channel scrapers.
 
Another observation - Mauser 98 trigger guards come in multiple lengths. First, establish the centre-to-center distance of the action screw holes. This is needed to get the correct match for a magazine/trigger guard and for a stock. Then, on the magazine, measure the length of the tongue - that is, from the centre of the front action screw hole to the forward tip of the guard - there are at least two lengths that were made - the underside of the stock will be inlet for one or the other size. A short tongue guard will fit in a long tongue stock, but leaves about a 1/4" gap showing in the inletting.
 
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