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Is the Interarms Mark X Action any good for a general rifle build? Say 25/06
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Yes,have a Interarms Mark X action that's going to be the basis for a lighter coyote calling rifle.
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I second that. I had a cool little 243 built off of an Interarms Mark X action and I wish I still had it. It was one of the best shooting rifles I've ever had!!! Weight was just right, live and learn
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Have two Interarms rifles this one been re-barreled to .22-6mm and weighs 10+ lbs. And this one a factory Interarms .30-06. The .30-06 had the trigger replaced with a Timney as did the other one.
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These are very good actions. In my opinion they are excellent for builds. Recommended.
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Good actions IMO
Got a 338-06 AI built on one. Another box stock 7mm Mag bought back in '94 NIB only one round fired through it.
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Well I have two of those Zastavas KRC and they are the same thing, and I would not hesitate to use one of those actions for a custom build.
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What they said; they're fantastic actions for a build. 25-06 would be great on that action, particularly if it was one originally chambered to an 06-family cartridge though any of them would work with at max minor tweaking.
There are a lot of nice stocks, triggers, shroud safeties, etc.
What do you have? An action? A donor rifle?
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Currently have two. One is a 375/338 win mag in a McMillan stock. The other is a long throated 338 RCM with 30 #7 SS barrel in a Joel Russo Stock. Stock trigger breaks at 1 lb. FYI the big rifle has a Near Mfg picatinny rail. Just pointing out that you could make an F class/LR rig if you wanted.
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It's a Mauser 98 action, so without a doubt it's good for a general rifle build. Actually have one in 25-06 myself.
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Zastava actually chambers the current version of the Mark X in 25-06. May be more economical to start there and have your 'smith fine-tune it, add a better stock, etc, as opposed to a full custom build.
These can be had from K-Var for $539.
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I have an older, restocked Mark X in 25-06 and it is a serious shooter. A 22-250 Riley restocked at 14 is also a decent shooter. The Mini-Mauser in the safe in 223 is also pretty decent, but a very different action. Several members here have shot foxes with it in Kodiak and have expressed a desire to duplicate it...
Quite a few others have come through but failed to shoot to expectations... at least three in 30-06 come to mind, a 270, and a couple Wentworth 375s. But they probably were neither that bad nor unredeemable, I was a rabid trader at more than one point in life.
The 25-06 is kind of a "chunk" despite the bigleaf maple stock, but few rifles I have seen could compete with it. It easily makes the top ten list of all the rifles I have ever dealt with for accuracy. The 80gr TSX shoots so well I hesitate to make an accurate statement on a public forum. If only shooting houses and feed plots worked here, because it would be "the" rifle for the job.
I have never had one rebarreled, but suspect the basic structure of the action would have no negative effect on accuracy...
A stock 77 tang safety in 243 and a 375AI with a Pac-Nor barrel on a 700 action are the only two other rifles I have dealt with that are in the same league with the Mark X 25-06.
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Mark X rifles used to be everywhere you looked but dont see many around any more. There is a custom 6.5RM in my area, very nice rifle.
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Before I re-barreled one, I would shoot it. A couple of the most accurate rifles I have ever had where Mark X factory rifles with nothing done to them.
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Yep, most are shooters. I bought a new Mark X bbl'ed action in .270 in 1975, had Paul Jaeger stock it and it shot lights out. I built a .458 on another new factory bbl'ed action, fitted it to a Fajen stock, and it shot beautifully. My most recent is a factory Mannlicher 30/06...when it shoots an inch group, I've done something wrong on the bench. It's usually about .6".
Yeah, they shoot, and are reliable as are all Model 98 Mausers.
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I've got one of the Charles Daly zastava mausers in 30-06 that I bought because they were closing them out for $260. It's one of the best shooting rifles I've got.
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I recently had McGowen convert one to .376 Steyr. Next step is to send it to NECG for sights then it'll go off to Robar for NP3 finish.
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I recently had McGowen convert one to .376 Steyr. Next step is to send it to NECG for sights then it'll go off to Robar for NP3 finish.
Now THAT is an interesting build!
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I have a mark x action sitting on my bench that should be a 25-06 AI in a few months.
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