Hahaha but...but...but...
Nah I have nothing more to say besides to reiterate what I said via PM. There's something special about the feeding of a rifle that has a mag box tuned to the cartridge dimensions, an action/bolt that are hand fit by a dude with a file, that just isn't present in mass produced rifles and has to be felt to be appreciated. You'll notice that with an original Mauser inn 8x57 and one that was converted to some other cartridge but the mag box/follower etc was not tweaked. Herr Mauser knew what he was doing. Maybe that claw helps that too!
But the triggers need some smithin.
*ducks*
I have a few 98's that S&L worked over into target rifles in 6.5x55, it's pretty impressive when a CRF feels like working a push feed.