I have this Interarms barreled action. I would like to mount it to a stock, but there is no name. I'm wondering what it is. I have added a link to some scanned photos.The receiver reads "Alexandria VA Interarms Manchester England". The barrel has "Calibre 375 H&H". By the way, I have never heard of Interarms.

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Originally posted by mjohns2019:
I have this Interarms barreled action. I would like to mount it to a stock, but there is no name. I'm wondering what it is. I have added a link to some scanned photos.The receiver reads "Alexandria VA Interarms Manchester England". The barrel has "Calibre 375 H&H". By the way, I have never heard of Interarms.

Any large ring Mauser 98 commercial stock will more or less fit. I use the Hogue overmolded on 3 of my Interarms in .300WM, .375H&H & .458WM.
A trim of the safety area is all that was required for a drop in fit.

Interarms is, or was, the largest arms dealer in the world; importing into the US was a small part of their overall operation. And as stated, their bolt actions were just 98 Mausers made in Yugoslavia. Of course, the mag box on the 375 is longer so you will have to cut the stock for that.

Surely your barreled action must be a Whitworth.

May not be a Whitworth, they also imported an "Alaskan" model in 375 with a monte carlo stock. They were known to be quite accurate.

I have owned both a Mark X and Whitworth and frankly, the only difference is the name. Same action as far as I can tell.

The Manchester, England marked bbl'd actions were Yugo made 'Mark X' actions then sent to the above where they were bbl'd and stocked.
Made up in 375 & 458. I've read that a handfull were made in 404 but I've never seen one.
This was pre 1980.

The work done in England was to BBl the action up, stock the bbl'd action. and have the assembled firearm proofed under English proof law.
Those will carry English proof marks on them.

There are also some actions and bbl'd actions around that may have been left over from the MAnchester project, or never got sent to England for use there in making up rifles.
Those are marked Manchester/England on the left side rail with the Interarms markings.
But there are no 'Whitworth' markings on the recv'r ring and no English proof marks on the bbl, recv'r or bolt.


Those rifles are said to be those actions that were marked with the Manchester/England marking as made in Yugo for interarms, but were sidetracked to regular Interarms production as Mark K rifles.

The 375 and 458 calibers were available as a standard Mark X rifle too. You didn't need to step up to the 'Whitworth' necessarily. The Whitworth got you the island rear sight, heavier recoil pad and better stock and the Brit name and marks.

I think what you have is one of the MArk K actions made for the Whitworth project but then never having been used for it for whatever reason.
Then bbl'd by Interarms perhaps right there at the Yugo facility (check the proofs, I can see one in the photo).

I see by the pics that the action was mfg in Feb /1974 by the 274 marking betw the rear sight dummy screws on the rear ring, right side.
This would be a Yugo mfg Mark X action.
Same action wether it was used and sold as an Interarms Mark X rifle,,or a Whitworth rifle at the time.

I don't see any 'Whitworth' roll stamp marking on the recv'r ring. The marking was imprinted very deeply and can't be missed.
No English proofs that I can see on the bbl, recv'r , can't see the bolt.

sorry you've never heard of interarms -- the again, many americans have never heard of Royal Enfield motor cycles, and don't recall cosworth / sierra / holden cars ....

interarms
markx
"whitworth" in ONLY this specific context
remingon 798
charles daly mauser


are ALL exactly the same action (the bottom metal differs) and by Zastava, in now Serbia --

the ACTIONS were never made in UK--- frankly, there's a long history of english "mausers" not made there.. in fact, there's a N.E.M. or N.B.M. stamp from time to time


anyway, it's a commercial mauser 98, just about any stock can be made to fit it -- it will either have an In-the-bow or cross-push-button floorplate release -- the former being the more desirable, the functional difference is nil

Basic difference in a markX and a Whitworth is the whitworth is a super grade of the MarkX..Has barrel band front sight, 3 leaf rear with shallow V, and a much nicer African stle stock of sorts..The Whitworth is a much nicer gun by comparison. Ive always like the whitworth in .375 and 458..

On the minus side, most could use a bit better polish and metal finish, but for a hunting rifle, they both serve well.

Thanks for all the help and info. I happened to find notes for the builder that mentioned he had stocks for the Interarm and 2 of the Sakos I found. I am hoping he is still around and might have them.