If you have a nice all matching # persian, don't butcher it. these are going for quite a bit of money now days. If you really need to make a mauser sporter go find a vz 24 or 98/22 action for 70-80 bucks and sell that persian to a collector for 200$ plus. In my opionion if you pick 3 of the top military mausers ever made the persian will be one of them if not at the top

Hi
persian mausers are exceptionally rare and well made and it would be a great sin to alter one of them.
danny

I heard Persians brand new in the crate were 25 cents each, a few years ago in Afganistan!