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98 Mauser rebarrel?

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13 June 2008, 19:24
lbailey
98 Mauser rebarrel?
A friend gave me a Parker Hale 98 that someone had chambered in .300 dakota. I would like to replace the extractor and rebarrel it to something in the 30-06 family. Am I going to have any problems with the bolt face being oversized?
13 June 2008, 19:41
gunmaker
Yes
You would need a new bolt and the rails might be opened up too much to feed the smaller 06 case now.


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13 June 2008, 20:10
D Humbarger
If you could post a good photo of the rails we could tell you if they have been opened or not.



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13 June 2008, 20:21
jeffeosso
assuming it was done correctly to 300 dak, you can probably go 300 winmag without much trouble, other than a REBARREL...

you probably won't, cost effectively, be able to go back to 30-06


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14 June 2008, 08:23
weaveman
could also go with a 308 norma mag and stay with 30-06 overal lenght

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