I picked up a prety cool 98 sporter today.
It's a 7X57 and to my eye looks like a custom rather than one of the big batch customs like a golden state arms.
I am wondering if it a Yougo a CZ or mabye a turk ? and when the maker is determind did that maker build 98s in 7X57 or is it likly a commercial barrel.
on the side of the action beetween the front ring and the thumb cut it is marked Boj.TEX.(the x might be an M or an n) 3ABOA-KPARYJEBAU.
There are similer markings on the same side reciever ring, but they are harder to make out.
also marked on the ring below the stock line is the letter C and some sort of crest with a crown sittin on what looks like the letter T.
Barrel is about 23 inches. It has a Dayton traister trigger marked Portland oregon. (did not no they were a portland product , Thats where i live)
This rifle was built by a competent smith, the action is glass bedded to a nice stock of either a light collerd walnut or maple with a dark for tip and rather large grip cap.
The stock has a rather oversized roll over cheek pice I can do without, and looks like a factory built stock like a fajen or somthing.
Any info would be aprecated. I'ts prety cool !
I will likly have the stock reshaped a little as the preverbial gouge from the cocking piece
is on top of the extra heavy comb.
I plan to shoot it soon, with the cheapo tasco 3X9 it came with , witch is in a 1 pc redfield base with redfield rings.
Is that trigger ok in your opinion ?
The stock would need a fair amount of inletting before I could fit a timney in it.
thanks...tj3006

Photos?

Yugo M-24.

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I took 4 pictures of the rifle, but am having a hard time getting them to photo bucket.
I think it's a network problem. I will try again later.
S-40. thanks for the help. The markings got me thinking slovakia or slovia. I have a VZ-24 and did not think that was likly as they mark those prety plain...tj3006

I agree with S40. It sounds like a Yugo M24 still with its crillic stampings.

Ball's book on Mausers of the world shows the crown with the "T" underneath on small ring serbian rifles.

FYI, photo from Olsen, "The Mauser Bolt Rifle", 3rd Edition:


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