Remington Making 98 Mausers for 2006

[Mauser98]

You are right about that...
Here is my Interarms Mark X .338 ...virtually identical action.

Nice rifle, BIGREDD

I see you put a decent safety on it. What brand is it?

 

[cjcocn]

Nice rifle, BIGREDD

I see you put a decent safety on it. What brand is it?

Yes .... and them birds are sweet too! Do you get wood ducks and teal in full plume in your part of the country? Teal are gone pretty quick here and are nowhere near full colour when they leave.

 

[Algonquin]

Dead ducks and Mauser 98s

Whoa! That's some pretty darn nice taxidermy work evidenced by the Woody and G/W Teal in Bigredd's pic--is that done locally? Dam'n fine.

I shoot left handed and can't relate to left-handed bolt actions. I have several bolt actions and all are right-handed. I can cycle these without losing my target because I use the pistol grip to support the rifle and cycle the bolt with my right hand quick and easy. Never understood the let-go-of-the-trigger thing with lefty rifles. Oh, well--that's what works for me...

M98; still sets the standard in hunting rifles.

Any 45-70 Gov in a M98 action in this wide world??

 

[kombi1976]

Any 45-70 Gov in a M98 action in this wide world??

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think only the Siamese Mausers were ever chambered for 45-70 and they're hard to find these days.
You can do it but SMLEs are more popular for conversion, No4s for choice although if you want to hot load a bolt gun a P14 might be a good solution.
Or are you after a new gun?

 

['Boo]

So is Remington actually shipping the 798 and/or 799?

If so are they available in Canada yet and what are the prices?

 

[Slooshark1]

Do they have an adjustable trigger like the 700? I love that feature.

 

[Levi Garrett]

I prefer the stubby PH 1100 bolt handle. Good idea to keep the 98 alive thouigh, its safe and accurate , if someone does not have one yet.
Frank

 

[BIGREDD]

Nice rifle, BIGREDD

I see you put a decent safety on it. What brand is it?

Dakota bolt shroud and a Model 70 style three position safety... I don't know the manufacturer, it looks like a Gentry. I did not build this rifle... it found me.

 

[Silverado]

That is a fine looking rifle Bigredd... do you know what kind of stock that is?

 

[Mauser Oberndorf]

Like mentioned a few times in this thread already, I too would love to see that 798 in an 8x57IS. I would not hesitate one bit to buy one.

 

[Ultramag]

Who is importing Remington's on this board ?

I'd sure like to know how long until we can see these.




UM

 

[BIGREDD]

That is a fine looking rifle Bigredd... do you know what kind of stock that is?

Yeah it's a custom done by Fajen.

 

[Claven2]

They have an adjustable trigger, but not like the Remmy 700. They use one similar to the Bold or Timney adjustable trigger.

 

[Claven2]

Dakota bolt shroud and a Model 70 style three position safety... I don't know the manufacturer, it looks like a Gentry. I did not build this rifle... it found me.

I have a Gentry on my Mauser. It's a FANTASTIC shroud/safety.

 

[Dosing]

I am assuming that Remington is going to be all over the QC issues.

I don't know about that, the company who's QC has been in the toilet for a few years (hates Canada), and who brought us the 710. To me this marriage is one made in Remington heaven, Zastava and Remington, dear lord what a nightmare.
Even if the cosmetic finish on the Zastavas has come up.
This is like hearing Chevy is going to start selling Ladas made by Yugo, hardly a concept that excites me.

If someone wants a real 98 there are still a few new ones out there, granted you pay more, but a few Euro sources still have ones made by Mauser available. Mind you Frankonia Jagd is still selling thier retreads as well.

Anybody know the pricing on these 98s and what calibers they are coming in?
sc

 

[1899]

I don't know about that, the company who's QC has been in the toilet for a few years (hates Canada), and who brought us the 710. To me this marriage is one made in Remington heaven, Zastava and Remington, dear lord what a nightmare.
Even if the cosmetic finish on the Zastavas has come up.
This is like hearing Chevy is going to start selling Ladas made by Yugo, hardly a concept that excites me.

If someone wants a real 98 there are still a few new ones out there, granted you pay more, but a few Euro sources still have ones made by Mauser available. Mind you Frankonia Jagd is still selling thier retreads as well.

I thought Frankonia Jagd and Kettner were selling Zastava built mausers under their own "label". Is this not true?

 

[Dosing]

Frankonia sell refirbs, and those made by others as well, yes. Its amazing to me the effort they still put into stocking 98s

 

[Mauser98]

I'm very please with this development. It will provide the shooting masses with a reasonably good quality CRF rifle at, hopefully, a decent price.

But you would think that someone at Remington would know what a square bridge looks like.

This is not a square bridge action, it's marketing hype. The dead givaway is that it takes conventional scope bases.

These are square bridge actions

 

[SuperCub]

Those "Mauser" brand 98 Mausers are very nice rifles.

http://www.mauserwaffen.de/index.php?id=27&lang=en

Anybody know what they are going for?


I see they come in magnum actions as well



sc

 

[1899]

Those "Mauser" brand 98 Mausers are very nice rifles.

http://www.mauserwaffen.de/index.php?id=27&lang=en

Anybody know what they are going for?


I see they come in magnum actions as well



sc

The magnum action versions are ~$10,000+
The Mauser 03 is ~$3500 IIRC, it is available in Vancouver, or will be very soon.