Mauser Hunting Rifle

[usabaker]

I was looking at the Zastava M70 Bolt Action rifle as next years Deer rifle. They seem to be a bit hard to find. I wanted a Mauser action again. I really miss using Interarms Mark X but I wanted to preserve what's left of her barrel for my kids, she was my goto rifle for hunting, target shooting, and plinking for 28 years. And although, the rifles I have been using, most Rem 700 actions are nice... something is pulling me back to the Mauser action

I thought about getting a used Interarms Mark X, then I saw the Zastava M70 Mauser but the thing I don't like so much is the pencil barrel on the rifle. That's when I started thinking about finding a old Yugo M48 receiver and building my own rifle off that, with all the features I like. Seems like M48 receiver are hard to come by, at least in a reasonable price range.

I was trying to stay away from a bubba'ed "sporter" because I have a bad habit of spending gobs of money putting sporters back to military configuration. But, looks like I might have to. Did locate a M24/47 that's been pretty caca'ed up by someone on Gunbroker not an M48, but looks like she might be a good candidate.

Still trying to decide what I want to do though.. Don't want to end up with yet another put-er-back-to-mil project. Maybe keep waiting on a low cost M48 receiver.

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