I need another rifle like a hole in the head. This board and a few articles have me really wanting to mess with a Mauser. Sounds like you can get in trouble real quick by picking the wrong one. I do not know enough about them to grab one for a few bucks at a gun show and go for it. So what is the best to tinker with a get great results? I figured a rough commercial one would be the way to start. I found a Husqvarna 8x57 at Sarco for $249.50. Supposed to have a clean bore. Is this a good price? This is going to be from the ground up custom. Most likely a 6.5 Swede or 7x57 something real classic with pornographic wood. I have enough tupperware stocked 700s to make someone puke. The last one is sitting here waiting to go to the smith. I want some in put. There is a bunch of sweet custom sporters on here, it is my turn.

don't know much about the husquavarna mauser.. what exactly are you looking for and what to you want to do with it? if you're looking for a good rifle to start with (to keep original.. ie, not sporterize or use just for the action, any of the russian capture K98k's are a good bet,) if you are looking for a cheap rifle, with not much "collectable value" the m-48 yugo mausers in 8mm mauser are decent too. stay away from mitchell's mausers, too high priced. hope this is some help. anything else let me know

One way to go is the Interarms Mark X. Here is one that is currently on Auction Arms.
7mm

If you are just wanting the action Ebay everything else the stock, barrel, trigger and bolt shroud. That will net you $150 +or- and you have a very good base for the price of a milsurp.

If you are going to go with the low pressure cartridges, then I would say a 1909 Argentine would make a fantastic custom rifle. If you want to juice it up a bit more, then I would look for a Sears Model 50 that had a good FN commmercial Action. Another great choice, if you could find one, would be a G.33/40 small ring.

I would then probably go with a Blackburn or Timmney trigger, an Ed Lapour 3 position safety, and either Blackburn or 1909 Argentine bottom metal. Max McFarland Checkered Bolt.

Look at Dressels or Heritage for wood. Talley mounts and rings are popular.

Dont let any of the cheapskates around here convince you that it isn't worth it. Every gun nut should have at least one mauser built for him (or her) in his (or her) life.

What is your budjet for this Mauser project?

I ask this because if you're not careful, it may add up to be more that you'd first think. You may know this from reading along so far, but Mausers tend to get expensive quickly...

Not sure what the budget is going to be. I would like to stay under 3 grand. The Rems I have had built, with tupperware stocks, are fantastic. I love them all, but nothing stunning. I want a real nice hand me down. I was going to pick it apart a bit at a time. Save the bank account and have a bunch of fun with it. Metal work will be, new shroud, barrel trigger and maybe bottom metal and bolt knob. Most of it farmed out here and there. I would really like to do some of it. It would be great to get scrollcutter to accent it a bit. The gun will be scoped for sure, quarter rib and express sights are still on the table. I just checked the site, price is now 224.00 LoL and they look to be decent rifles. Is Sarco a good place to deal with? Keep the in put coming.

Sarco is a decent company but most of the 8MM Huskys there are '96/38 Mausers, not '98 Mausers. Most of the discounted ones have holes in the sides from old side-mount scopes that will have to be welded and filled, too.

It is a fine action and made well but VERY limited market value. If you plan on sinking 3 grand in a custom and value-after-the-fact is important to you, make darn sure you are getting one of the Husqvarnas made on the FN '98 action or look for another brand. Even the later Huskys built on their M98 clone won't hold the value that a true '98 will.

If you will call TJ at Sarco and explain exactly what you need he'll tell you if they have one.

Based on what you say you want I think you need to up your budget some. The metal work you say you want can run almost half your stated budget depending on how much cleanup is required plus surface grinding and fitting custom bases.

Truely nock them dead wood can get expensive real quick as well. Figure between $750 to over $2K depending on what you realy and truely want for wood. Then you still have to get the stock made and the barreled action mated to it. http://www.dressels.com has a good selection. They were running some sales recently too.

I am not saying do not do it. I am saying that you probably want to save up some more and get things done as you can afford them. It is definately a worthwhile project and a rifle you will truely enjoy for years to come. As will those whom you pass it down to when the time comes.

How about the Yugo refurb k98s. Are they worth using for a doner action?

What do y'all think about the new Charles Daley Mauser actions, made by the same Serbians who made the Yugo M48s?

I think they are fine but after you have one surface gound to square them up you are at the same price as an FN or JC Higgins. If you can polish it out yourself and have the time, they are a bargain.

The Interarms MkX 7mm that El Caballero mentioned above is a pretty good deal right now @ $225. Be interesting to see what the winning bid on it will be. BTW, it's one of the earlier ones with the flooplate release in the bow, rather than the "outside" button release.

Yeah, I would qualify my first reponse to add that the early Interams and Whitworth actions were as suitable for the purpose as an FN and don't need the same cosmetic upgrade that a lot of current Charles Dalys need.

My thoughts.....I wouldn't put that much money in a Interarms Mark X, I am building one now and $1000-1200 inversted would be my top figure into that platform. The one I am fiddling with now I will have around $900 into, it might stretcha tad more but I have all the pieces stock etc, and I don't see it getting much above that at this point.

When you start talking about Yugo's I believe their are a couple of versions. One is a true intermediate, and the other is longer.

There is a lot of good mausers, you haven't bought anything and the world is your oyster so to speak. Great options:

1. Commercial FN
2. Commercial Mauser

Good Military actions:

1. Any South Amercican Mauser, Argentine, Peru, and Brazilians are very nice, but there are other nice ones from S America also.
2. Brno's there are several good ones, the 98/29 Persians on Samco Global right now for $185 are good starting point.

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Originally posted by Blueprinted:
I need another rifle like a hole in the head. This board and a few articles have me really wanting to mess with a Mauser. Sounds like you can get in trouble real quick by picking the wrong one. I do not know enough about them to grab one for a few bucks at a gun show and go for it. So what is the best to tinker with a get great results? I figured a rough commercial one would be the way to start. I found a Husqvarna 8x57 at Sarco for $249.50. Supposed to have a clean bore. Is this a good price? This is going to be from the ground up custom. Most likely a 6.5 Swede or 7x57 something real classic with pornographic wood. I have enough tupperware stocked 700s to make someone puke. The last one is sitting here waiting to go to the smith. I want some in put. There is a bunch of sweet custom sporters on here, it is my turn.

IF that is a Husq. Mauser of the commercial M98 type, I am pretty convinced that those do not suffer from the myriad ills attributed to the various military Mausers made all over the world for so many years. The ones I've used were on a par with the post WWII commercial FN's such as those used by Weatherby and Browning......

However, it looks like that Mauser (SARCO number K1251??) may be one that was made from some military action..... If so, I'd avoid it.