Post by Lee Martin on Mar 22, 2010 8:57:40 GMT -5
Always been a fan of the 348 since my dad collects Winchesters and I shot his 71s growing-up. In the late 90's I bought a Browning 71 and got further hooked on the round. So hooked that I wanted to chamber it in a bolt gun. The only problem was I didn't have a Siamese Mauser action on hand.
So the challenge went out to my dad....figure a way to make it work in a CZ 24 Mauser 98. After some serious magazine and rail work, he made it happen. That was back in 2000 and since then I hadn't shot the gun much.
Finally got it back to the range on Saturday:
The magazine holds 3 rounds, plus one in the chamber (cycles perfectly). Barrel by Douglas and the stock is a Butler Creek. The nice thing is you can push the round a little harder in a 98.
Not sure if there are any 348 fans here, but I thought I'd share this old project. Most of you will ask, "why a 348 bolt gun". Why not just build a 35 Whelen? There's no sensible answer other than I like the cartridge and my dad wanted to see if he could make it work on a Mauser.
Anyone else here shoot 348?
-Lee
www.singleactions.com
So the challenge went out to my dad....figure a way to make it work in a CZ 24 Mauser 98. After some serious magazine and rail work, he made it happen. That was back in 2000 and since then I hadn't shot the gun much.
Finally got it back to the range on Saturday:
The magazine holds 3 rounds, plus one in the chamber (cycles perfectly). Barrel by Douglas and the stock is a Butler Creek. The nice thing is you can push the round a little harder in a 98.
Not sure if there are any 348 fans here, but I thought I'd share this old project. Most of you will ask, "why a 348 bolt gun". Why not just build a 35 Whelen? There's no sensible answer other than I like the cartridge and my dad wanted to see if he could make it work on a Mauser.
Anyone else here shoot 348?
-Lee
www.singleactions.com
