Cut checkering and sling swivel studs are the only embellishments. Both guns are finished in a fairly lustrous blue, while the stocks wear a semi-gloss finish.
The guide rib stays in the right-lug raceway as the action is cycled and provides lateral support for the bolt.Īs they came from their boxes, the 799 weighed in at 63?4 pounds and the 798 at seven pounds even, both with 22-inch barrels (magnum calibers sport 24- or 26-inch spouts). Instead, this pygmy action employs an M16-type hook extractor and a guide rib that aligns with the right locking lug. Other departures from the 98 that are seen on the 799 are the lack of a true Mauser non-rotating extractor and the presence of a recessed boltface, both of which preclude the controlled-round feeding that is so characteristic of Paul Mauser's masterpiece. There were, however, some liberties taken with the scaled-down Model 799, or what under previous importers was called the "Mini Mauser." For one, the magazine box is not integral with the floorplate frame/triggerguard bow it's a separate component made of stamped sheetmetal-as is just about every bolt-action magazine employing a staggered column for the storage of cartridges. , but it's an expensive solution to a problem that can be solved in other ways that's why all other bolt-action rifles utilize two or three separate components to achieve the same end. It is probably the strongest, most reliable system of storing cartridges The bottom metal unit, too, is virtually interchangeable with that of any 98 Mauser and unique in that, except for the hinged floorplate, the entire frame, triggerguard bow and magazine box are one integral unit. This, of course, was done purely out of curiosity you wouldn't want to attempt this and fire the gun because the likelihood of the precise fit needed between the locking lugs and their bearing surfaces within the receiver, and the correct headspace, would be unlikely. Just to reassure myself, I took a military bolt from a 1909 Argentine Mauser, and it fit the 798 receiver like it belonged there ditto for the 798's bolt in the Argentine. The 798 is a pure 1898 Mauser, meaning that the bolt body, receiver and bottom-metal unit are literally interchangeable with those of a military Mauser. I had the good fortune to field test the 798 on a black bear hunt in Alberta in May, but more about that later. Other calibers available for the 798 are. The Model 798 sent to me for testing was chambered in. The stocks for the 798 and 799 are patterned after the old Model 700 ADL, which until just two years ago had been the flagship model of the 700 line, which is to say it's a very conservative Monte Carlo. Also, virtually every custom and semi-custom gun builder, as well as gunstock manufacturers like Boyds, use Rutland blanks. RPC furnishes blanks to just about every manufacturer in the world who offers production rifles with laminated stocks.
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