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I don't see how you could go wrong..It is a commercial FN action Ray, Not trying to second-guess you here, but are you sure the Zastava/Interarms Mark X/Rem. 798/whatever-it's-called-now was an FN commercial copy. I have always been under the impression that these were a proprietary Mauser 98 clone that used original German tooling, dies, dimensions, etc. I could very well be mistaken but I did not believe that these were made following the Belgian model. There are so many M98 derivatives out there though, the lineage can get pretty blurry.
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I have the same rifle, after about 4 boxes of ammo through it the action and bolt are about as smooth as you could ask for! I was pretty disappointed with the durability and consistency of the front hooded sight, but it didn't matter as i put a luepold vx2 3-9x40mm and dropped the "hood ornament" open sights off it it, has a 700 ADL limbsaver pad and i can shoot it all day! very accurate rifle. I've been toying with the idea of putting a thumbhole stock on it..... Would be unusual for the caliber to say the least, but more comfortable than the laminate stock it came with
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has a 700 ADL limbsaver pad and i can shoot it all day! Did you get a pre-fit pad for this rifle? I want to replace the factory pad on my .458 with a pre-fit pad of some sort, but am unsure which one to order.
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After reading all the bad things that have been put out about the bigger bore 798 It is indeed nice to see all the good things being said about this rifle. I was completely turned off about this rifle until now.
Thus saith thr lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeh from the lord. Jeremiah 17:5 KJV
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This one already has two cross bolts. I am thinking of leaving teh externals alone and having gatlin do the action and bedding. For the price it would be very hard to beat it. I am thinking about some detachable mounts so I can use the sights. reflex264 Have you seen the bedding yet? Substantial. Plus, in a really cool aquamarine blue!
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I was looking at buying one of these on sale from CDNN. I'm glad to see that the performance is good. I was going to have a 1917 Remington Enfield action made into one, and I might still, but I have a lead on a buffalo hunt that time might be of the essence. So I won't have time to wait on it being put together.
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Well I am still happy with it and it is still in one piece. If you shop around you can find them dirt cheap. I imagine it is impossible to build one even close to the price. I bought this one to have something cheaper to shoot with less recoil than my .416s. It is filling the bill nicely. reflex264
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I thought seriously about getting one of those from CDNN, but didn't want the 26" barrel. Other than that it looked really good.
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