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Not getting any attention in the other thread, so I thought I'd make another.

8mm Mauser, left hand

• New Lothar-Walther repro K98k barrel
• Reused parts from a pre-war K98k (except for barrel)
• Unertl 4x Hawk Scope on Leupold mount & rings
• .5 MOA (supposed - I requested .5 MOA accuracy when I commissioned the build, I'm skeptical that it would shoot that well.)
• Reddish stain (applied by my father) with boiled linseed oil finish

I don't have the tools to weigh the trigger, but it's very nice. Smooth with perfect after travel, IMO. I learned to shoot position rifle shooting with an Anschutz 1903 at 25 meters, so I'm not some chump saying "oh nice trigger!" It really is a superb trigger!

I'd say the smith also polished the bolt or the railways, because I see a lot of people commenting on the grittiness of the bolt. There's none here, but there is an occasional hang up if you pull/push the bolt off to the side a bit. Inherent loose-tolerance design of the Mauser? I dunno.

Anyway, onto the pics!





HUGE photo of the bore. This was the best picture I could get of the rifling, sorry it isn't better:
http://i.imgur.com/GOHPFmP.jpg

It's fun to shoot but heavy and hard on the shoulder. Which is sort of why I haven't figured out if it actually shoots .5 MOA - I haven't shot it much.

I've dumped $1200 into this rifle. I'm certain I won't get anywhere near $1200, but I'm curious what you folks have to say.

Thanks!
Jay

Don't want to burst your bubble, but you asked, and I assume you want opinions. I would be surprised if you could get more than $500-550 out of that rifle. It's a fairly recent Charles Daly mfg. by Zastava - same action as Remington 798 - fitted into a 98 military stock and the caliber isn't what most are looking for. I just don't see anything about it that would command a higher price. If I were buying, I would pay for the action and scope - about $400 max. You can buy FN actions from JC Higgins rifles for about $350, altho they aren't left handed.

$400 max? The Unertl alone cost $200 (and go for more, sometimes).

Anyway, think I might get more money if I were to disassemble the rifle and sell the parts? I'll keep the receiver for a different build.

EDIT: Obviously the stock is useless, but the steel parts are freshly parkerized, the barrel has less than 500 rounds though it.

The scope is worth more than I thought. There's one on gunbroker for $150. If I were you I would sell the parts separately, although I still don't think the parts exclusive of the scope would bring more than $400. Not a lot of value in an 8mm stepped barrel nor in Parkerizing.

I think for the rifle(alone )450,, with scope 200,, as a package deal 600-700,, but my gut tells me in this economy 650 max

Think it'd be worth a little more parted out in pieces?

I am interested... give me a shout on the 24cf or email me at yahoo ... dai_sca