We sent two M98 actions to a gunsmith to be rebarreled, a year later he finally sends them back. My barrel is 22 inches long, I ordered a 24" barrel, and the crown was unbelievable bad. Plus he didn't leave a 1.5" shank like I ordered. I can't set back because there is little to no shank.
The other rifle was chambered about .125" too long. We noticed the shoulder 1/8 longer after a firing a round. The second rifle was/is a 375-06. We even paid for the reamer, that he kept and wanted us to pay for a headspace gauge, be we refused that and told him to use standard 30-06 gauges.
Basically with all said and done, we were lucky to get our rifles. Some others didn't. The guy croaked and is out of business now.
