Guess? I think I mentioned "how much do you want to bet?". I would have taken a hundred thousand dollar bet on that "guess". ')

To anyone who knows. General question to anyone.

All this is off topic, but has any Mauser 98 not had a threaded barrel to action? The example I can think of are tje very specialist takedown creations where the barrel is threaded to a "collar" which is attached to the barrel and not the action. The collar is designed to fit into the action and the bolt designed to lock into the barrel collar. The modern examples of this are the Dakota takedowns. Are these actions classified as M98's? I don't know? Perhaps the same system was used on other Mauser 98's?

The true Mauser 98 takedowns do have the thread on the barrel which might be relieved to make the turning easier or interrupted to allow a part turn to allow it to be unlocked. Plus the other takedowns were the action and barrel is designed to be easily removed from the stock, and the barrel is not removed from the action. These of course also have a threaded barrel.

So has ANY Mauser 98 ever not had a threaded barrel to the action? The Mark X's, the FN's, the Oberdorfs, or any modern creation, such as the Brian Harre Mauser 98 made in NZ not that many years ago, even cheap and nasty Zastava's have threaded barrels, don't they?

Would be intrigued to know the answer?