well whats your guess?

[Paul S.]

Excuse me, I know I'm late to the party with this but where is the trigger and trigger guard? I don't see them in the picture.

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[Mark W.]

Excuse me, I know I'm late to the party with this but where is the trigger and trigger guard? I don't see them in the picture.

If you read my post you will see I mention that he has it. Meaning it will be included with the barreled action I am getting.

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Would you trust the gunsmithing of whoever made that woodwork?

Why do you assume the gunsmithing and the wood working werre done buy the same person? I would assume he took it to a gun smith to have the barrel fit to the receiver and the bolt headspaced. And the wood work was done by the owner.

In any case I will be only getting the barreled action and all metal. I won't be trusting anything about it. It will go to a local gunsmith to have the existing work checked out before I do any work towards a proper stock. I'll cast the chamber and slug the barrel to make sure of what its supposed to be firing. And then based on that I will decide what I'm going to do with it.

I'm hoping it can end up either a bench rifle or a heavy varmit rifle. I might even decide to put the barrel in my lathe and reduce its mass or my milling machine and flute it.

Lots of possibilities

[Patrick Chadwick]

In any case I will be only getting the barreled action and all metal. I won't be trusting anything about it. It will go to a local gunsmith to have the existing work checked out before I do any work towards a proper stock. I'll cast the chamber and slug the barrel to make sure of what its supposed to be firing.

That sounds like the correct thing to do. Hope it turns out OK. And a sound 98 action can last for, well if not ever, long enough for the average user - and his grandchildren!

Patrick