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Remington 798
boyd t donaldson
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I am looking at buying a remington 798 in .308 and was wondering if anyone had any advice good or bad about this gun I have read up on it and know the history but the price it is being offered at seems to good to be true. Thanks
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Sage1
Welcome to the forum!
I've only held a couple of 798's and so others will have to provide the specifics you ask for. On the stock, I'd contact Boyd's directly. Since there's really nothing unique about this "Remington" you may find other "Model 98" options that would suit your needs at least as well.
Good luck!
The M798 isn't really 'new' but rather a relabeled Charles Daly or Interarms Mk X. The distribution rights contract came up for bid and Remington outbid Charles Daly for the distribution rights. It is the same rifle that Charles Daly was distributing but it costs more money now.
The M798 is a slightly updated Mauser M98 so there are subtle differences but nothing that is so drastic as to preclude you from using a standard M98 stock. Some companies like to have you ask about the model to be sure that the fit is a good as possible for better customer service since there are so many variables with Mausers. The barrels are supplied by the manufacturer, not Remington.
Mausers have always been a leading choice for gunmakers to create custom rifles. But if all you're going to do is screw on a stock, I'd hardly call it a 'custom' anything. Too many amateurs get caught up in the idea of making a 'custom' rifle when all they're really doing is screwing some parts together. Call it semantics but there is a big difference between what an amateur makes and professional creates. The M798 will work for a sporter for sure.
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This is the Charles Daly announcement of the changeover:
"Dear Charles Daly patrons:
Our monthly newsletter has not been published for several months due to the fact that the Charles Daly product line has been going through major changes for 2006. We apologize for keeping you in the dark, but the work had to be completed before we could let everybody know what we've been up to.
All of the changes that we have made will be incorporated into our website over the next few weeks. Please visit us often over the next few months to see details on all our new products.
One of the first changes you will notice is that we are no longer importing any products from Zastava of Serbia. All of our Mauser and Mini-Mauser bolt action rifles, barreled actions and actions as well as our Superior II rimfire rifles and the ZDA pistols are now discontinued. Zastava has decided to join with Remington Arms for now, so in the very near future you should be able to purchase Mauser (Remington Model 798), Mini-Mauser (Remington Model 799) and Zastava rimfire rifles (Remington Model Five) for approximately 10% more than you were paying for the Charles Daly brand. We don't think Remington will be selling actions or barreled actions but that remains to be seen. We do know that Remington will not be selling the ZDA pistol."
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Here an slightly extreme example of a custom sporter based on an Interarms Mk X action:
I realize that this is a lot farther than most folks are willing to take a project but it's fun to see how far you could go if you wanted to...
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Welcome to the forum! If you can get a barreled or unbarreled action that would be the way I would go. I'm not impressed at all with Remingtons handling of these lines. People talk about post '64 stocks being a terrible fit? Well, these are worse. I'm about half convinced Remington did what they did to eliminate some competition. The actions are as mentioned the post-war model '98 commercial action. A very good action to work with. Boyds stocks should be able to help you out.
-good luck