The cost of gunsmith work is much more than it was than in the heyday of sporterizing military weapons and the cost of the weapons themselves have gone up dramatically, the combination have made starting from a military Mauser to be a money pit. Another option are the Zastava mausers found in Interarms Mark 5, Remington 798, or straight Zastava's, these are qute nice guns for the money. Model 51s have hinged floor plates with inside the triggerguard release levers a nice feature. The FN actions are some of the finer 98's available and are drilled and tapped for scopes, bolts are turned down so they clear scopes, do not have the thumb cutout for using stripper clips, and the list goes on. These guns were sold by Sears and a few other catalog outfits and were assembled in the US on commerical FN 98 Mauser actions. I think the most economical way to build a high-quality sporterized Mauser is to search out a JC Higgins Model 50 or 51 rifle. I can tell you this in confidence with 33 years in the trade and literally hundreds of Mausers across my bench and machines. The M98 is better supported both in terms of aftermarket parts and those willing to Smith them as compared to the '16/M93/Spanish. If you're going to spend money on a Mauser project do it right, avoid the M93, there are better Mauser actions to choose from. Both are desirable and have been the platform for many high end rifles. The G33/40 actions are somewhat rare, the VZ-33 actions are more rare. They basically took over CZ as I understand it. Other decent small ring Mausers worth going after would be the VZ-33 and it's successor, the G33/40 which coincides with the German invasion of eastern Eruope in 1940. The Mexican M98 actions are intermediate length 3.150 internal length.Īs with any Military action the price of the action is really just a start and in the end for a full on build you'll really only be after the Receiver and bolt, the military bottom metals will work, but generally leave some to be desired as it relates to the higher end builds. The Mexican M98 actions run about $275.00 in military form. The receiver itself is made of better steel and has a thicker harder case hardening. The bolt is a stronger 3 lug design with an antibind guide rib. The 19 Mexican Mausers are both M98 designs and small ring. Other considerations on small ring Mausers for running more pressure and higher velocities. If you want use a 93 keep your loads at 45k and it will work fine.
The 6.5x57 with Aggressive handloads do the same. What are we calling aggressive? 140gr NAB's sitting on top of 50gr of IMR-4350 running almost 2900 thru a 22" lothar Walther 9 twist barrel. Pressures above 50k will set the bolt back on a '16/M93/Spanish.
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