Hi y'all. Help me out a little here. I'm looking at a FN Herstal Mauser 98 complete action, circa 1931 (and at one circa 1932 but the '31 looks a bit nicer IMO, price is the same). It's a military action for sure, not a commercial, but only FN markings and the date, no foreign or domestic seals/sigils/emblems. Large ring, has the thumb cutout and the stripper clip guide, straight bolt, I'm assuming it's 8mm Mauser but that's not really important as long as it'll accept a 9.3x62mm Mauser without trouble. What's the opinion on these interwar FNs compared to an interwar or pre-WWI German 98?
It's listed as "medium length Mauser design". That should mean it's the same dimensions as the standard German Gew98/Standardmodell/Kar98k, shouldn't it? By that reckoning, if I wanted to replace the bolt on it with a turned-down bolt (or at least the bolt body) from a Gew98/Kar98b or Kar98A/AZ, then I ought to be able to do that, right? Rather than having the straight bolt handle turned down or reprofiled as a "butter knife" or something.
It's listed as "medium length Mauser design". That should mean it's the same dimensions as the standard German Gew98/Standardmodell/Kar98k, shouldn't it? By that reckoning, if I wanted to replace the bolt on it with a turned-down bolt (or at least the bolt body) from a Gew98/Kar98b or Kar98A/AZ, then I ought to be able to do that, right? Rather than having the straight bolt handle turned down or reprofiled as a "butter knife" or something.
