Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats BRNO 98 mauser need some advice

I got em down to 450 otd, but I need to pick some mauser or custom mauser guru,s brains on here before I go back and buy it possibly.
Like I "need" another mauser but this thing looks like a really good build on a BRNO action
Gonna sand off left hand cheek peice , get contours even. Redo the stock with truoil.
The barrel is my big ? Broke down the barreled action off stock
Not a single makers mark anywhere on it except for caliber .308
Kinda strange to me...
Custom made barrel by someone somewhere????
The 0 and the 3 are obviously different from a 0 and 3 on the receiver in style you can see in later pictures.
Barrel is pristine, tiny bit of copper , lands and grooves still have most of bluing on em
Sharp rifling , crown is pristine, barrel throat/ leade looked crisp and even, shining a light down it
Chamber and locking lug areas looked excellent.
No barrel being over torqued signs or shavings into the threads I could see in the junction area looking into chamber

Ran a bore snake with hoppes presoaked on my boresnake thru it 4 times
Like someone shot it 10 or 20 times and cleaned it real good and put it away in a safe
This rifle came out of an estate along with 5 artillery lugers with matching stocks and 2 late war p-38,s.
And the owner of the shop still has a 64 gun safe to go thru in mid March from the estate when the house is cleared
I have an excellent relationship with the shop.
Holding it for me till tommorow and are willing to let me put 200 down and 2 months for balance.




Interarms 2 position safety, but not sure if it is interarms bolt shroud
Probably is????

Does the bolt face look like its pitted and been recoated or maybe flawed in machining chatter when cut?
I'm not seeing alot of abusive wear on surfaces to my eyes other than that possibly.

The trigger is a 2 stage typical 98
Needs disassembly and polishing sear engagement and clipping the spring 1 coil
Polishing pins and their rotating surfaces and polishing the trigger body cam bump point to the receiver on both surfaces
Right around 4- 5 pds on 2nd stage now, dragging and gritty thru 1st stage.
I know I can get it to a safe clean breaking 3 pds tinkering around with it.
Mauser triggers are simple.

I been all over the web this morning
Googling BRNO mauser
And BRNO custom mauser
I cant find anything that looks similar to this rifle




Overall it looks like a good build to me.

What do some of you guys that now more about 98 builds think.

When I had the barreled action off the stock
I didnt see any marks of the barrel being farmer wrenched to get into the receiver or any stress cracks or compression signs in the receiver barrel mating area either.

Anyone in the know with a good base of knowledge and experience think it is worth the 450 just based on these pics, my checking it out and limited info I can find.

Pics dont do the rifle justice honestly.

Yes it is worth the $450.

Looks like a custom rifle built on a BRNO action. I would check the headspace cause to my eye it has not been shot.

Dont know if they got a gauge .
It is a pawn shop but they also work on alot of their guns too. So they might have a go / no go on hand.
Thanks for the suggestion.

Looks like a LH Fajen stock.

You can rent go/no go guages from sources that rent reamers.

Agree with Elk on $450 worth.

DF

I got a fajen on my sako 98 also.
Only thing I cam figure is dude was doing the saving private Ryan sniper left hand working the action thing if he shot it very often.

Looks to be a scrubbed VZ24 receiver, safety is a dayton traiser I believe. Not a bad looking stock. Rifle overall looks okay, nothing particularly outstanding about it. Can't see if it has an adjustable trigger.

More than likely there weren't any left handed actions then, my dad shot right bolt rifles left handed his whole life. In the 80's when I went to buy him a new lighter rifle, I asked if he wanted a left bolt, he said "No, I've got this done pat now, no reason to change after 60 years of using a right bolt". So I bought him an Win 70 Featherweight.

looks like a douglas barrel to me. and the action is worth that price in my opinion.

Just an FYI any cartridge based off a .308 Win will work for the go/no go gauge.

You're welcome.

Just one of the regular version,s of a 98 mil 2 stage trigger.

Dayton traiser.
Is that a interarms part???
Reason why I ask is cause it says mk II on the lever itself

Gotta Google fu that real quick

Thanks for the knowledge man.
Every little bit helps.

Cool, didnt know that
Into the brain housing group that goes.
Thanks.

What make ya think Douglas barrel?
Some characteristic?
Certain mark style for the caliber mark?

When I broke it down
I could not find a single mark anywhere on it other than caliber. .308 that was it.

So if that's the case

I could dump the bullet and powder out of a .308
And if it touches off the primer it means its head space is GTG since it head spaces off the shoulder

Correct?

And chamber a live round with gun on safe and bolt closes with no excessive resistance could be another check
In conjunction wuth the case with primer only to go bang.

Or am I out in right feild thinking some bubba schitt.

If it chambers a factory case I would think the headspace is GTG. If it touches the primer off I would think there is a headspace problem.

Cool
30 dollar after market part.


I got a buehler 2 pos low on my sako 98.

Getting the info in for it.

Thanks guys.

Keep it coming if anyone picks up on something they know