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Originally posted by gunmaker:
The Mini MarkX can make an exceptional rifle. I understand Duane's frustration though, they take an exceptional amount of work to get them there. My personal MIniX is the smoothest cycling rifle I own. Even better than my 09 Arg customs. The 09's were smooth out of the "box", the MiniX, NOT so much. This one was an action only early Interarms that does not have the MASSIVE clearance cut for the extractor.

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Originally posted by A.J. Hydell:

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R):

To each is own, but I wouldn't use the "mini Mauser" for a paper weight

Yeah, I agree. Those were junk.

I had one of the early '90s InterArms-imported Mini-Mausers in .223. (They also came chambered 7.62 Soviet). First, the action was rougher than a hog's ass after rubbing a porcupine; second, it had intermittent feeding problems that my 'smith could never fix; third, you couldn't get it to shoot worth beans, whether using factory 'match'-type ammo or careful handloads, and I've loaded .223 ammo extensively across a lot of bullet-weights for my Match AR and my precision 5.56 SPR.

Eventually I got rid of it. Junk.

The CZs are in a different universe compared to the Mini-Mauser dogs.