Capt david - shoot me a PM if the Husqvarna sounds interesting. I have a Husqvarna barrelled action ('06) I'd part with for something less than the action alone is going for on Auction Arms.

Big Ed,

If Capt david is not interested, I will take the Husky barreled action off your hands. I am looking for one in 30/06 .

TomH

I was under the impression that the Mexican was a "large ring M-98 short action" mauser, would someone show me different...I think Mexico had some 1912 Styrs that may have been small ring, but not sure of that...

If I wanted a small ring Mauser I would opt for a G33/40 or its rare twin that was made for the German Customs service and I have forgotten its proper designation..

The Mexican Mod 37 that has a cocking piece like a springfield is a large ring short action Mauser, pretty neat little mauser IMO...

Model 1902 & 1912 Mexican 98 Mausers were produced by Austria/Steyr, the 1912 being large ring, I believe the 1902 a small ring. The 1902 was also made by DWM for Mexico. FN Herstal also made some large ring standard length 98s for Mexico, the 1924. The Model 1910 & Model 1936 were made on license in Mexico by Fabrica Nacionale de Armas, both are unique intermediate length small ring actions, the only 98s made this way. The 1936 has the Springfield type cocking piece and a gas port on the right side of the ring. These make really neat light weight custom rifles in intermediate length calibers like 6.5x55, 250-3000, 308 etc. They were originally 7x57. This one is dated 1931 but is a Model 1910:

Yes thats it the VZ-33 made for German customs..It was a carbine and used the same action, about 500 of them were put into productin as I recall...

Jack Belk tells me the Mexican actions are not small rings but large ring short actions..also that an FN is not a model 98 Mauser, they were two different guns..but I knew that...

Large ring on the left, small ring on the right. All Mexican Mausers actually made in Mexico by Fabrica Nacionale de Armas under license (models 1910 & 1936) are small ring/intermediate length, the only military 98 Mausers of this configuration. The G33-40, the Polish and a couple others are small ring/standard length.

Ray,
i've got a dozen of them, or so... they are small ring actions, small ring barrel...

ONLY the 24 is a large ring/barrel...

jeffe

I wish I coulf find a decent mexican action with a decent crest. Would like to build my wife a rifle and she is mexican ,it would be a nice touch. Its a shame we didnt know in the past how hard these things would become to find. You get lucky once in awhile I got a remington enfield with the ears already milled off for $65 the other day.
Dean