Recent content by Hoofnit

I didn’t know he’d passed, spoke with him several times over the years about big stuff.

Ed Hubel in Brighton Mi.

I’ve cut and recrowned a lot of these rifles over the years, accuracy has always been good, also have installed muzzle brakes in place of the boss. These are good actions, markedly better than the current fn versions, the worst thing about the boss seemed to be that they were loud and that they...

I’ve made these before but haven’t seen them for sale.

I believe I have a few let me check.

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