AHHHh ....6mm/284 is a great Palma cartridge, I built one several yrs ago on a Turk mauser. I am in the process of locating an action to build a 338/06 then the next project will be a 6mm PPC. I have a 30-06 barrel I'm going to put in a Mark X if the 6.5Rem Mag doesn't pan out and use that bolt, si...

do ya have any actions for sale? Sorry, No, all are spoken for.... I have new barrels for all actions I have left. This winter I'll rebarrel 2. one in 6mmX284 and one I'm trying to decide on 6.5X06, 6.5X284 or 6.5Rem Mag. I have reamers for all of them and with the 6.5's, I have to see what groups/...

.. I got a bunch of VZ24's, bought in CANADA about 20 years ago, all in poor conditions AND i bought a bunch of receivers in Vz24 and FN (2 FN). AND lo and behold, I just checked a VZ24 with the BRNO markings on the receiver and the Vz24 on the rail. The stock looked beat, with a metal strip "r...

Did anyone go the the big ATA Grand American shoot in Sparta, Illinois this year??

I used to go to Vandalia, Ohio , but the distance is a bit too much and my back wouldn't hold up this year.

I was just quoting the "Mauser Military Rifles of the World" fourth edition.Kragujevac arsenal marked the guns with preduzece 44 and the Model 48 was the last produced there.

The Model 48 did not have top wood between the receiver and the rear sight. (Page 317 top picture)

The preduzece 44 was the last Mauser rifle produced by Yugoslavia at the Kragujevac arsenal. It is the Model 48 Short Rifle.

I don't want to be a wet blanket, BUT isn't a "Takedown" firearm where you take the barrel of the action?

It is still a great rare specimen!!