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<blockquote data-quote="mightymouse" data-source="post: 2791885" data-attributes="member: 15253"><p>Okay, where to start....There never was a "swedish M98". There were M94, M96, and M38 Swedish Mausers, but no M98s. You can, of course, build a M98 action with a barrel chambered in 6.5 x 55 (I have a 1909 Argentine action that I plan to do just that to). The Zastava's are certainly sound rifles. The story goes that when FN decided to cease commercial production of its Mauser actions, a concern in the former Yugoslavia (now divided into various smaller countries, to include Serbia, home of Zastava) bought the tooling and such from FN and began making its own MK X actions. They are copies of the FN commercial actions, and are quite well made. The standards of metal polishing and finishing are not up to commercial FN standards, but mechanically they are sound. And they (the Zastavas) can be found at pretty decent prices if one looks around enough. The stocks, though, are generally not much to look at. All in all, unless you just enamored with the Mauser action (I am!!), you'd probably be better served with either the Tikka or the CZ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mightymouse, post: 2791885, member: 15253"] Okay, where to start....There never was a "swedish M98". There were M94, M96, and M38 Swedish Mausers, but no M98s. You can, of course, build a M98 action with a barrel chambered in 6.5 x 55 (I have a 1909 Argentine action that I plan to do just that to). The Zastava's are certainly sound rifles. The story goes that when FN decided to cease commercial production of its Mauser actions, a concern in the former Yugoslavia (now divided into various smaller countries, to include Serbia, home of Zastava) bought the tooling and such from FN and began making its own MK X actions. They are copies of the FN commercial actions, and are quite well made. The standards of metal polishing and finishing are not up to commercial FN standards, but mechanically they are sound. And they (the Zastavas) can be found at pretty decent prices if one looks around enough. The stocks, though, are generally not much to look at. All in all, unless you just enamored with the Mauser action (I am!!), you'd probably be better served with either the Tikka or the CZ. [/QUOTE]
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