rjhans53

Devil Dog, most scope mounts that are for model 98's take into account the stripper hump, but after that your right it's drill and tap and do a turn down on the bolt unless you go with a scout mount. I've got to see if I can stir the pot here,it’s his gun and if he wants to modify it to suit his use then it's his to do with as he see's fit. To me a "collector" is not worth the space it takes up in MY gun safe, now if someone else wants to keep something as is that's fine and I respect their decision to do so but ALL my mausers (around 10 or so) have turned down bolts, scope mounts 2 still have the original barrels 8 x 57 cut to 22" and recrowned, they all are in synthetic stocks and all are usable in the woods. They have been re barreled from to 7.62 x 39, 243, 6.5 x 55, 7 x 57, 270, 308 and oh yea 30-06. I even have a 8mm 06. To be fair I will admit that if I had left them in the original condition, they would have more resell value, but I don’t plan on selling them.