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I recently picked up a brand new bolt action rifle with this description.

I've got a Pentax 3-9x40 Scope with a 1" tube..

Does this rifle take Model98 commercial mounts or any M98 type mount?

The person at Optics Planet could not confirm anything for me..Brownells says any "commercial m98" mauser mount..so that leaves me confused..

I just want to know my options..the rifle is pre-drilled and tapped from the factory.


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This is in regards to scope bases..


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Probably Commercial M98 mounts. You don't have an M70, you have an M98 made by Zastava. Could also try looking for Remington 798 mounts, it's the same action.


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Zastava does make a Model 70. It also appears to be a Mauser action.


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Here's a link to the rifle..Yes...appears to be a Mauser action..I'll have to take a pic of it tonight next to my K98

http://www.zastava-arms.co.rs/cms/a...arabini/M70/standard/M_70_SLstandard.jpg

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Mark X, Remington 798 mounts will fit that one.


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How about commercial Mauser 98 mounts?

I'm not even sure which Mauser action it's based on..

I'll look up the Mark X and 798

This rifle is brand new..was manufactured within the last few months..I'll look and see who imported it

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k-var probably imported it. The 798 remingtons should work

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[quote=epstud74]How about commercial Mauser 98 mounts.

Nope! They are different

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Very common down here - standard commercial M98 Mauser. So interarms mark X, Rem 798, M98 parts all fit.

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Originally Posted by Loosecat
Very common down here - standard commercial M98 Mauser. So interarms mark X, Rem 798, M98 parts all fit.


The interarms Mark X action that I got last week definately would not accept the standard mouser 98 bases that I had. The mark x is machined slightly different than an original 98 action. The interarms mark x and REM. 798 bases will fit.

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Brown elks sent me am email stating that commercial Mauser bases will fit. Confusing.

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Mauser 98 is military. Zastava, Interarms, Daly, Rem 798, etc, etc, etc. - are commercial, and require different mounts.

What is now being touted as "model 70", is the same as other commercial Mausers - and 'bout as far from a model 70 Winchester, as you can get. Same side-safety, same trigger group as previous commercial Mausers. Any of the commercial versions offer excellent protecion from escaping gas - something a model 70 does not.

I do find it amuzing that for seventy-years, the model 70 touted itself as being a Mauser, and now the commercial Mauser is touting itself as being a model 70.

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It's not bad.

Military vs commercial.

If there are stripper clip and thumb slots, and a safety on the cocking piece - it's a military Mauser.

If there are no stripper clip slots, and the safety is Remingtonish - it's a commercial, Mauser-clone.

*there are other differences, but that will take ya a long way*

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The rear of the receiver does not match the rear of my K98s or VZ24 actions, but the bridge areas are identical.

There is no stripper clip slot

There definitely is a commercial safety.

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I've shot Browning A-bolts, Tikkas, Savages, Weatherby and yet have had a rifle shoot as well as my old K98 BNZ with FN barrel..Granted I take good care of it and don't shoot it that often, but she's a tack driver.

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Your photo is of a commercial action. They are not military k98's.

No slots, the front and rear bridge are on the same plane (the rear bridge of a '98 is lower than the front - look at your bases, it'll tell the story).

Also, note the safety, different type, and mounted on the action's side - not on the cocking piece.

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