500;

Great question.

There are lots of them around and they are sometimes cheap but then I have to alter bolt handle, buy a stock and fit, etc. Cost for the little stuff goes up and since the gun will have no collector or resale value more-or-less anyhow, I'm not looking that direction. Not ruling out a milsurp 100%, or an FN or FN/HVA, either.

Cost-wise, some Zastavas with a factory stock can be had for the cost of a beater Heinie 98 and I can do the stock-work myself {refinish, set up comb for lefty-shooting, etc}, plus the Zastavas are set up for the cartridge I'm mulling over using as a basic for my possible project, have a scope-friendly bolt handle, etc.

I have seen Whitworth's over the years that were very nice, action-wise, and I think the Whitworth used a Zastava action...{???}

Anyway, are the Zastavas reliable feeders? Any regular and frequent problems with them?

Thanks for the responses.