I picked one up through Simpsons. Stock is cracked but bluing on action and barrel is very good.
I have a B&C Medalist for a Mauser 96 that I thought would work with only minor adjustment, but it doesn't seem that way.
Then I tried the 1640 in a wood Interarms Mark X stock and it seemed pretty close to fitting. If I go this way am just looking at bedding around the small ring to fill the gap and then a little work for the safety? I would just use Interarms or similar bottom metal and not mess with trying to fit the 1640 bottom metal into the 98 stock.
I did see that Ricards MF has semi-inletted for HVA for about $100.
Please tell me if I am missing something about fitting the action into a 98 LR stock. Plan is to eventually rebarrel to 25-06, but despite warnings I will shoot the donor.
Thanks,
Kent
