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Hey, guys, I'm not suggesting the 98 is the only rifle worth a damn. There are plenty of non-Mauser derived rifles out there and most of them are pretty good.

But if the question is: "which is the greatest [bolt action] ever made", I think it would be ridiculous, at least IMO, to suggest that rifle would be a Rem 700.

However, if you actually believe that is in fact the case, that the Rem is indeed the 'greatest', I'd then have to ask you to point out the features of that design that make it a better action than the 98.

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Sorry if I was not clear in my post. The LAST thing I am suggesting is that the Remington is as good or even in the class of the 98..NO it is not..All I am saying is NO action is perfect IMHO. They all have good and bad issues..just that the Mauser probably has the least number of bad attributes.. and is probably as close to perfection we will ever see.

I do think as to actions, the design of the Remington has lended itself to be a very inherently accurate action type and as such, one of the reasons so many custom shops in the past had used it in custom rifles..I have several rifles made years ago where the only thing Remington of it is the action..everything else about the rifle is non-remington..but man do they shoot...

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