Yes, Mule Deer is correct. What many fail to realize is that the popularity of the mauser action spawned in the '50s and '60s is because they were cheap- a dime a dozen back then, remember they're mil-surp. At the time nobody in their right mind would have taken apart a Mod 70. There was no reason to as they were pretty accurate for the time and they were already "configured" as a hunting rifle. The Argentines had one less thing you had to spend your money on to bring it up to the same "specs" as a Mod 70.
T'aint nothing wrong with a '98, but I prefer a Mod 70.
