Thanks for the summary, Jim 222. You wrote that?
I'm a hopeless Mauser crank, I have been scarfing up whatever commercial 98's I can find, including the store-brands -- which were pretty darn nice rifles on the merits. I now have a lifetime supply of build platforms.
It would be a simple matter to haunt pawnshops for a while, find a nice Higgins or Sears and then get an A and B from Brownells for a "home brew" sporter.
