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Piper Rifles, wood is sourced from Turkey

Piper Rifles

I don’t know about Boyd’s, but there are some nice wood options out there…

1. Zebra 2. Eland 3. Buffalo tenderloin 4. Impala

I’ve used shortened 98 Mauser firing pin springs on the mini mark x bolts with great success…

CH4d rentals has one you can rent for $50

375 h&h fits in a standard 98 just fine as does the 404… they require altering the feed rails and a correct magazine box but work fine…

There are still lots of standard 98 bolts around although somewhat more expensive than they once were, it is possible to buy one, and you can probably sell the one you have for the same money. 98 Mauser rifles with matching parts are rare as they were mostly all overhauled by various armories...

Personally converting Mauser 98’s to 375 just makes a wonderful classic rifle, any action made before 1920 or so should be re heat treated, that said once done they are as good or better than anything out there

Woodhaven real hen has been my go to call for years, and I have several pot calls, primos power crystal titanium is my favorite with those, I use a lynchs jet (grandpa’s) for soft tree talk, there’s more stuff in my vest than I care to talk about

No need to seat it deeper unless you want to crimp them, and as long as they fit in your magazine. Could be the cases are trimmed a bit short, nothing to worry about there either. Hope this helps

Just a thought, you can shoot any of the 45-70, 90, 100, or 110 brass in that until you can locate some 120 cases…

The sights look to be NECG items…

Came to say this , wood has become more expensive as a raw material and a really nice stock has a bunch of hours of labor in it that most are not willing to pay for…