I bought a heavily modified 98 in 224 Durham Jet from an estate sale. 224 DJ is a 243 case necked down to .224 and improved.
The barrel was a straight cylinder 27-28 inches long.
Wide fore end and raised cheekpiece on the custom stock along with it being modified to single shot.
The trigger was an unmarked custom make and set pretty light.

It was interesting and I had fun with it for a while but the barrel was a 1-14 twist which limited bullet selection.
The lock time was typical Mauser, heavy enough to fire an 8mm Mauser cartridge and long enough to be positive, which didn't help me squeeze the best out of it...

It was an example of taking what you have in hand and going about as far in a different direction as you possibly could.

It was given to my brother who subsequently gave it to a gunsmithing school graduate to practice on, so it lives on with a re-contoured lighter barrel in 22-250,


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You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
Isak Dinesen