Saw a 257 roberts mauser action rifle at the local gun shop.

Had Kar 98 stamped on the left side, it was a small ring m98 though. What I could see on the front ring not hidden by the scope base was a "W" from the left side.

What action would this be?

Looked like a pretty nicely done rifle.

I don't know where they came from, but I have looked at a few of them and noticed that the sidewalls of the front ring are very very thin. I don't know that I would want to use them for anything but a low pressure cartridge.

See this thread: https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/...?r=46210194#46210194

S40

I remeber something about them and it wasnt good.

Maybe its a small ring with a large diameter barrel shank threads

South 40 we must have posted at the same time.

JB knew some stuff. Wish He would post hear again.

The Kar98 is, in fact, a small ring Mauser with large diameter barrel shank threads....

MKane160

I bought some of these from Springfield Sporters years ago. I strongly suspect the W you could see stands for Warsawa, a Polish manufacturer if I remember correctly earlier.