Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats So which Mauser 98 actions do run?

I have 5 of them right now, all a little different...I have one of each in use(or in progress)


DWM 1908 Brazilian
DWM Gew.98
Danzing Gew.98
BRNO 98/22
BRNO Vz.24

I chose these particular actions based mainly on the fact that I was able to buy them "right", don't think you can really go to wrong with either German or Czech production 98's. When you get right down to it, I guess my biggest criteria has been they were already set up for optics and under $200. There are not many 98's that I would say are unusable, there are some that I would pay more for than others. So how about it, anybody got particular favorites?

I have these;

1908 Brazilians made by DWM x2
1909 Argentine made by DWM x2
1910 Mexican
1929 Colombian made by Steyr
24/30 Venezuelan made by FN
1936 Mexican x2

I think that the 1908 Brazilians are under-rated, but are hard to find in good condition due to the tropical climate that they saw service in.

VZ-24

Tim, I have a '94 Brazilian action I built into a 250-3000Improved years ago. My Dad left me a '95 7x57 action w/Douglas barrel that was built back in the late 80's. I'm having one built on a Turk at present time that is going to be pretty slick. I really like the small shank Turks. Their really a good buy in these inflated times. powdr

These are 7x57mm VZ24 rifles I got from Century


These are 1908 Brazilian 8x57 Mausers I got from Century


These are 1903-1905 Turkish Mausers I got from Century

I like the VZ24 Mausers and the J.P. Saur Mausers the best.

From what you list, the DWM 1908 Brazilian.

I have two BRNO ZG-47.. best factory action ever made!

Oberndorf square bridge mausers were better made than the ZG47.

ZG47s were made on late-war time shortcut production method tooling.

Oberndorf also has one piece bottom metal, while ZG47 has a seperate
pressed metal magazine box that attaches.

Wow...that is a very nice collection of Mauser rifles sir. I salute you.

Thank you. I have been sporterizing Mausers for 52 years.

Many are a work in progress, but I am almost done with the first one.

Starman: Ok.. thats the only one I would accept as better. But how many of those where made?
Though its safety is not conclusive to scope use. The ZG-47 safety is brilliant.

My only complaint is the pressed metal magazine, instead of one-piece.


My ZG-47 are made in 57..so not wartime, but obviously not polished up to the Oberndorf standards.
If you look at the M21/M22 produced at the same time, you can see that BRNO obviously had that capability.

CZ 550
Interarms Mark X
Gew 98
Santa Barbra

Yes I do.

Surprised that no one yet has mentioned FN.

A Husqvarna M146 9.3x57 that was factory built on C-ring FN action.

Forgot,have a FN also.

Brno Model 21/22 are pretty slick. Std length 98, small ring.

Two Argentine 1909s, one in 7x57, another in 7mm-08
Two GEW 98s one in 35 Whelen, one in 270 win
Two Brazilian 1908s, one in 35 Whelen, one in 7x57
Three Turk 1903s, one in 6mm Rem, one in 6.5x55 swede, one more in 7x57
Two Cz 98/22s one in 257 roberts, one in original garb, 8x57
Three unaltered Swedes, a 96, a 38, and a 94 carbine
A commercial (probably sears) FN in 30/06
a VZ-24 in 308
Thats all I can think of right off hand- yes I was a regular SARCO addict in the early '90s, I blame a neighbor who had an FFL and myself for a subscription to Shotgun news- and the Midway barrel/stock combos they sold real reasonable back then too

Desertshooter

1910 Mexican SR 7X57
BRNO ZG-47 LR .30-06
BRNO 21H SR 7X57
F.N. (J.C. Higgigins) LR .30-06
Safari International LR .338-06
Zastava Mini Mauser MSR .223
Mitchell's Mauser (Zastava) Tanker M98 LR .243

Terry, You have the best.

I have one FN built military Mauser action in service, a Venezuelan 24/30 and four FN built commercial actions, all Husqvarna 640s in 6.5x55, 30-06,and 8x57 (x2).

I thought that we were talking military 98 Mausers, so I only posted the nine of those that I still have. If we're talking commercial 98 actions, I have a few post-WW2 commercial 98s, mostly Mark Xs made in what used to be Yugoslavia and the Husqvarna 640s. I had a Remington 798 for awhile, but the finish wasn't great and somebody wanted it for a 35 Whelen build, so I sent it on down the line.