K98 sniper rebuild

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Hi! I do not know mauser world... i have a k98 k that shoots stright and i'd like to rebuild a sniper. I'm looking for:
--A good LSR mount. Or is better rings and bases?
--A good scope.
--Good tutorial that explains how to build it


Every advice is well accepted..

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[Andrew from Perth]

This is a lot harder than you would imagine.

Firstly, you need an accurate rifle.

As you would be silly wrecking a good quality matching K98 by adding a telescopic sight, I would suggest you find a Russian Capture or mismatched K98 for your project.

The next step is to take it to a high quality gunsmith and have the rifle stripped down and reassembled for accuracy. You may also want to have a new barrel installed. These are made by Lothar Walther and are much more accurate than the originals. You will also want to get our trigger polished and cleaned up as well.

Once you have your rifle shooting well, then it is time to think about adding a scope.

If you get on the internet you will see that you can get reproduction ZF39 scopes fairly readily. These are actually not too bad. They are not, however, as clean and crisp optically as the original scopes, however they do the job.

The next question is how you would like to mount you scope. In my opinion, you probably wouldn't go wrong going with a LSR however the High Turret mount was most prevalent and they are easier to use. On the downside, you need to get a really good gunsmith to fit the turrets as this requires precision machining and a great deal of skill if done properly.

Also, with the turret mounting systems you need to get a smith who is competent enough to strip the scope and silver solder the rings to the scope tube. This is quite difficult.

At the end of the day, if not done properly you will have a scope fitted out of alignment with the bore and, if that happens, you have a nightmare of a time trying to zero the rifle.

Good luck, but don't wreck a good rifle to do your project.

Cheers

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