The bolt handle will either need to be forged down or replaced (preferred) to clear the scope objective, and the action will need to be drilled and tapped. Aftermarket stocks, triggers, safeties, and bottom metal are all readily available, as are prethreaded, short-chambered barrels.Īs another poster mentioned, they'll require some work to turn into a sporter. The VZ24 is a standard large-ring 98 action so you'll have no problems going forward with your project. The VZ24 is a great action for building a custom on the 98 Mauser platform - I have four of them myself (6.5-06AI, 338WM, 22-250Rem, and one bare action waiting on a 22-6mm barrel) I built the 22-250 myself, and just finished a 7X57 on a small-ring Kar98a action.
There are so many different versions, makers, etc. I recommend that you check out the link rscott posted. I think the best of them are the Swedes, even the old '96's, but they are shorter than the std 98 and all of them I've seen are cock-on-closing. for lower pressure 7 x 57 size cartridges, 45,000 psi max. The military actions will need quite a bit of work on them to make a scoped sporter rifle. The Remington 798 is a Yugo action, and would be a good choice too, but I don't know if it's std length or 48 length. Most are standard length and the rest are magnum length. The commercial FN actions and the commercial Zastava Yugoslav actions are good ones too.
Yugo 48's are good large ring 98 actions, but they're shorter than the std length large ring. In my opinion, I would stay away from the WW I actions, and any of the German WW II actions dated 1944 or later. If it does, it's a 99% probability that it's military. Prairie Dog50, Some things to look for are cock-on-opening, action screw spacing, and whether or not it's thumb-notched and has a stripper clip guide on the front of the receiver bridge.
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