Heaven Can Wait!

[John P.]

Yes, Heaven can wait!

When we have M98 actions this nice to work with. Pulled both out of the vault today to test on the Wilson Rockwell Hardness Tester. Forgot just how nice they are! No silly bubba drilling and tapping or grinding on the rear bridges.

The one on the right is barreled with the 400 H&H Krieger barrel. Action on the left still has the original 8x57 barrel. May use this one for a future 465 H&H build. The silly bolt handle has to go.

Regardless, both rifles will be iron sights only. This is why I do not want any darn extra holes in the receivers!

Both actions have a very unusual feature that I have not found on M98's in the past. Can anyone guess?

 

[CAustin]

They look very nice.

 

[John P.]

Yea for old obsolete war dogs they look pretty good.

The one marked 1939 was brought back from Europe by one of my Uncles at the end of WWII.

 

[bullseye-69]

Yes, Heaven can wait!

When we have M98 actions this nice to work with. Pulled both out of the vault today to test on the Wilson Rockwell Hardness Tester. Forgot just how nice they are! No silly bubba drilling and tapping or grinding on the rear bridges.

The one on the right is barreled with the 400 H&H Krieger barrel. Action on the left still has the original 8x57 barrel. May use this one for a future 465 H&H build. The silly bolt handle has to go.

Regardless, both rifles will be iron sights only. This is why I do not want any darn extra holes in the receivers!

Both actions have a very unusual feature that I have not found on M98's in the past. Can anyone guess?

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What's the feature that most don't have?

 

[mdwest]

What's the feature that most don't have?

issued to to the Vichy French..

Never fired.. only dropped once?

 

[Robert Kimbrough]

No manufacturer codes?

 

[rdog]

Looks like normal M98s to me?

 

[Proneshooter]

The "42" is a manufacturer code, early Oberndorf. I would love to have those 2 actions at my disposal.