ORIGINAL: ranger140892
VZ 24's are nice and still fairly plentiful. Stay away from Yugo's. They're not well built.
Also, look for commercial 98'sin pawn shops and gun shops. I'm still finding JC Higgins, Sears, etc, that have really fineFN commercial 98 receivers or Husqvarna small ring 98's.
Hello Ranger.....not all. Many Preduzece 44's were really mod 98's and so marked. These are German made top of the line actions well suitable for this project .....and the good news is they are still inexpensive! Regards, Rick.