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I was at a shop today looking for Mauzer actions to use for a 9.3x62 project. There was a very nice condition Interarms Mark X in .243, complete with nice stock and rings and base for $350. I compared the action to a K98 sporter at the shop and the action/ejection port appeared to be equal length. can anyone tell me if Zastava made a smaller action for 243/308, or was it the same action for 30.06 and others, and then a magnum action for the 7mag, 375HH, etc.?

I can use a 30.06 length for a 9.3x62, right?

The .243/.308 is the same as the .30-06 action. There is just a block in the mag well.


Yes, .30-06 will be good for the 9.3x62.


By the way, welcome to the 'fire'!

Welcome to the fire, Kletzen. I have a 9.3x62 built on the same action as your referring to only mine says Charles Daly. Same action just a different importer. It worked out great with a 21 inch Douglas barrel. It shoots pretty darn good with about anything I've put through it so far, but the star performer is the 232 grain Norma Vulcans over 63 grains of R15. I shot 3 consectutive 2 shot groups with the bullet holes cutting one hole using a Redfield peep and an ashley front blade. I shot these about 2 weeks ago at 100 yards and am going out tomorrow to see if I can do it again. Dave at I.T.&D. put this one together for me. Good luck with your build.
Les

Wonderful. Thanks for the welcome and the information.I'll be going to pick it up tomorrow then.

That Mark X should work just fine. I'm using a nearly identical action for a 9.3 x 66 Sako build myself.

Zastava only made one action length. The actions used on the .243/.306, .30-06, and 7mm Remm/.300 WM are all the same as are the bottom metal units. The .243/.308 uses a magazine block. Now, the .375 is the same action, only they factory modified the feedramp, lengthening the mag well to allow use of the longer cartridge. The bottom metal was likewise altered to house the longer cartridges. The factory H&H receivers have a small notch at the back of the front ring.

If you remove the mag block, you can use the 9,3x62 in the .243.

Welcome from here as well. That action would be ideal for your project. That it comes with a good wood handle already is a big bonus. That is a really low price for one, as well. I would grab it up.

I have a older mark X action w/ the good bottom metal. It was a 30/06 originally, I spotted it in a pawn shop, and made a deal for $250. sold the tupperware handle & barrel for $75, so now I'm into the basis for my 9.3x62 for $175.

Zastava made a mini for .223 or 7.62 a lightweight which went up to 7 mag and their standard which handled up to the .458 wm.
Frank

Yeah Frank, they did make a "min" action ,the problem is it is NOT a m98 CRF style action, which is being discussed here..

The Mini is much more a copy of a Sako A1.They might have been called a "mini Mark- X" but they really were not.

I thought the Mark X used three mag box lengths:

3.6" for the magnums
3.385" for the 30-06 class
3.385" w/ a spacer for the shorter rounds

The 9.3x62 will surprise you. It is better and more practical that an article can reveal.

JW

I picked up a Mark-X in 25-06 a couple months back. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but if it's not accurate, it'll be made into a 9.3x62 as well. Would make for a nice, light, buffalo gun. I've got the stock off it currently which I am reshaping and adding crossbolts and such. I've got it next to a CZ550 stock which has also been reshaped and slimmed down and the Mark-X stock has to way at least a pound less. I thought it was light too until I got the Mark-X stock next to it.

I'd jump on that Mark-X at $350. That's still a great deal compared to what they go for on gunbroker.

Why not just get a CZ 550 in 9.3x62 and be done with it? It's a Mauser 98 style controlled feed action.

Makes too much sense....

Ruger Hawkeye will be out next year!

On the CZ, I'm a beginning smith and getting CZ wouldn't put me learning about chambering and truing the action and what not. I've looked at them and if I ran in to one for a steal, I'd buy it, but I find that the Interarms rifles/actions are overlooked in my area a lot. A Whitworth Express .375H&H sold for $700 or less the other day with two boxes of ammo.

I also like the idea of sort of recycling a rifle into something useable again.

Hell, just find a beat old '98 Mauser and go from there. Finding one pre-Bubba'd ain't that hard to do.

Thanks Jim62, the catalog described it as a "miniature M98". No mention made of CRF but I would have thought that to be the case.
Frank

Zastava has, and still is, chambering their rifles in 9.3x62.