I stopped at the local pawn shop and checked out a Charles Daly they had on the shelf. Blued rifle, synthetic stock with a Mauser action. It was a Zastava import that I understand is now the Remington Model 799 (?). How good of rifle is this?
They had it priced at $299 which I thought was plenty cheap - especially since it has a Bushnell 3200 Elite scope on it. I figured the scope was worth about $100 used makign the rifle $199.
Anyone have experiance with these?
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These Zastava rifles were imported into my country for a while, I beleive the Chas Daly articles are better quality than the ones we received.
I own a .223 Mini Mauser and frankly, its not the best action I`ve ever used but as I`m left handed it doesn`t really matter. I feel as though I could drop it in silt and stand on it and it`d still cylce.
I had the creep adjusted out of the trigger and nothing else save some home polishing of the bolt etc, its a comfortable rifle to have in ones possession.
Just today I went to the gun shop ( looooong time since I`d been there ) and one of the guys remarked that if I ever wanted to part with it to give him a call.
I can`t see that happening.
I`d say if its still there, get it down and take a look at it. It shouldn`t let you down.
I picked a Charles Daly Mauser Barreled action on Gun Broker a while ago.Stocked it with a Boyds nutmeg laminate . Put an Intensity 2.8X10 scope on it. Shooting Bvac 150 gr remanufactured 3006 - 1 inch 3 shot group.Haven't put 20 rounds through it yet. I only have about $400 in it including optics. I'm not concerned about collectibility.Its a lot of BANG for the buck!. JOHN
