AJ Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 For those familiar with the Interarms Mark X or the Charles Daly Mauser, you will recognise Remington's newest rifle, the Model 798. Remington is in bed with Zastava of Serbia and is the importer of the commercial Mauser action that Charles Daly was importing until 2006. Charles Daly has a writeup about it in their Newsletter. Also it is listed on Remington's webpage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Sweet! That's a nice looking gun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Nice looking rifle there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKYhunter Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Tell us about it AJ. Is this rifle/action better than a standard model 700? Any advantages to buying this rifle/action over any other factory rifle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_218 Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Remington is also bringing out a new .22 LR Bolt Action rifle. I saw a photo of it on another forum and it looks alot like a "Charles Daly" Superior Grade .22 Bolt Action they had avaiable for a year now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Remington is putting their name on the same gun that Charles Daly was importing. Remington did not design any part of this gun. Its a commercial 98 Mauser. The 700, as was the Win 70, was based off of the 98 Mauser but with some changes. The new Rem 798 has a claw extractor and controlled round feeding where as the Rem 700 has push feed. Overall its a good gun, I have a couple of them from the time Interarms was importing them. They are classic Mauser 98 actions with a Timney trigger. It does not have the super fast lock time the 700 has. The difference from the Remington 798 and the Charles Daly version is the price. Rem will be more expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKYhunter Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Thanks AJ. Appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_218 Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun I looked at a Charles Daly Superior Grade .22 LR at a local gunshow last Summer. The only thing I can tell from the Remington photo is that the one with Remington name on it has no hooded front sight. I guess the magazine is the same as Daly's rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun [ QUOTE ] I guess the magazine is the same as Daly's rifle. [/ QUOTE ] Its an internal box with a hinged floorplate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ronin Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun The Zastava factory is well known for making quality weapons since WWII. I own various Yugo mausers and they are tack drivers to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDubWSR Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun i dont understand why the magnum calibers only have 24" tubes. any thoughts on this aj??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun The same reason they did on Remington 700 guns also. It cuts down on the barrels they have to inventory. Look at the Howa 1500 (Wby Vanguard) it also has 24" barrels on the magnums. Personally, I would rather have the longer tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun I have (2) LH CD actions. One is being turned into a 35 Whelen. The other will most likely be a 30-06. I like the mauser action. And because I shoot left handed, it is my ONLY option to shoot a mauser under sveral thousand dollars a pop for a custom made action. As for barrel length, I prefer 24" on magnums & 22" on standard long actions like the 06/270 etc. I tend to hike a lot with my guns while hunting & like the weight it saves. I have a Rifle magazine where they measured velocity loss from the same barreled action by cutting it down 1" at a time. They did a 300 mag from 30" down to 20". The velocity loss was not near as much as is commonly posted. If fact, the velocity from 26 to 23" was within 50-75 fps total NOT per inch as is listed. Above & below those figures the difference was greater, but still within a 150 fps. The key here is they compared teh same barrel. You can take equal rifles of the SAME barrel length & get more differnence than that. That is why it is hard to compare apples to apples with measuring velocity difference from a given with differnet barrel lengths. You can actually come up with examples where a 24" 300 mag tube shoots faster than a 26" tube, depending on chamber tightness, throat etc. So i don't get hung up on it At least not as much as I used to. That is why I am happy with shorter tubes on mags these days. Actually............I prefer the non magnums for 99% of my hunting. I hope Remington offers left hand rifles. But at least initially, they will not. I also read that they will not offer actions or barreled actions. Here is the web link to Zastava. Zastava Mausers-Mark X-Charles Daly-Rem 798 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun [ QUOTE ] Actually............I prefer the non magnums for 99% of my hunting. [/ QUOTE ] Awww............come on, Bill!! The deader the better!! You ain't hunting until you're burning 70 or 80 or 90 grains of powder at a pop (or more!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Well.............I did buy some 260 grain accubonds to try in my 375HH. And it does have a 26" tube. So maybe I will change my mind LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearcat Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun I wonder if Remington is offering a controlled round feed, claw extractor mauser action to get some of the Winchester model 70 fans. I personally like the Remington Model 700 action and rifle better than any other mass produced firearm. But there are a lot of fans of the Winchester model 70 "Classic" action with the Mauser style bolt. I have read that the Model 70 will not be made again until 2008 by the Belgium company that also owns Browning firearms. I hope Remington can keep on keeping on, it would be a real shame to see another great American firearms manufacturer go out of business due to foreign import competition like Winchester was forced into doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun That is one awesome looking firearm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Re: Remington\'s New Bolt Gun Welcome to the group fmsniper. Do you do your own metalwork? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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