Zastava Mini Mauser
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You can shoehorn a .250 Savage into a Mini, I have one. I didn't build it, but bullet length is an issue. I can't fit spitzer style bullets over 100 grains into the magazine. However, it's a .250 Savage and if I can't get it done with an 87-100 grain bullet I'll pull a larger rifle out of the safe.
The Zestava is not a mini mauser. CZ does make a mini mauser in the 527. As stated the 260 will not fit either. My 2c, is a rant against the Zestava. Let me say up front, I have seen some tempting full size 30-06 rifles by zestava for short money in real mauser style actions. Classic. Worth buying for the action alone. Some had nice wood if given a proper refinish.
Now the bitch. The Zastava Mini Mauser NOT A MAUSER. It is a FAKE. They have a FAKE extractor down the side of the action as a DUMMY COSMETIC copy of the Mauser action. I find this very offensive. It is tacky beyond reason and borderline dishonest. I just hate that action with a passion all out of proportion. Really/really bad/bad design. They could have done an nice clean honest mini-action without the fakery. Mini Remington, if you will. I might be all over that. Might be. This is not clever marketing, it was an intentional deception in design from day 1.
Saxon,
I appreciate the accuracy report because I was tempted to get one of the full length guns. My only nit pick is that you please change the wording on your photos. It requires that someone has to post a correcting on the verbage "mini Mauser". I know Zestava uses those words. I do hate the word policing, I was pummeled when I posted using the phrase the "assault rifle". And nobody ever told me what these guns are supposed to be called. "Black rifle", "rambo rifle"? I took the punishment and never use the forbidden phrase again.
What to call this a "Mini action"? We used to have short, medium, long and magnum actions. But the word "short" means nothing today. Abused by companies like Remington.
I appreciate the accuracy report because I was tempted to get one of the full length guns. My only nit pick is that you please change the wording on your photos. It requires that someone has to post a correcting on the verbage "mini Mauser". I know Zestava uses those words. I do hate the word policing, I was pummeled when I posted using the phrase the "assault rifle". And nobody ever told me what these guns are supposed to be called. "Black rifle", "rambo rifle"? I took the punishment and never use the forbidden phrase again.
What to call this a "Mini action"? We used to have short, medium, long and magnum actions. But the word "short" means nothing today. Abused by companies like Remington.
You might as well get upset over the Chevrolet Corvette because it is not a ship, or any number of other products on the market.
Although it is not a Mauser CRF action, the name "Mini-Mauser" is the name the rifle was originally marketed under beginning in 1985. No, it is not a CRF style action, and I fell for the misleading name as well back in 1985 when I bought my first Interarms Mini-Mauser. But it shot so well that I just shrugged my shoulders and went on to buy two more of them over the past 30 years. Back when the Mini-Mauser was first introduced, Zastava was known primarily for making commercial Mauser 98 rifles imported under the Parker-Hale and Interarms labels. When they introduced their new small action, the name was more of a reference to their other product lines than a reference to the new rifle. The action is very similar to the old Sako actions (except for finish). Besides, Mauser itself makes rifles that are not CRF, and nobody seems to get upset about that.
Then the CZ is not a miniature Mauser. It does not have a staggered box magazine, it has that atrocity sticking out under the stock.
When the Mini-Mauser was on the market,I recall seeing 22-250 as one of the catalogue offerings.I kept my eyes open for a available action.I never sawa 22-250rifle,action,or supplier who said "available" Then,IIRC,the Balkan wars dried them up.
Rem intro'd the 798 and 799 for a while. History.
I don't know anything about the Howa mini,but Brownells is selling bbl'd actions. 6.5 G is an option.
My wild imagination told me the 22-250 action would be ideal for the very short Remington Benchrest series brass. I wanted a 6.5 Benchrest.I would have length for long bullets
Rem intro'd the 798 and 799 for a while. History.
I don't know anything about the Howa mini,but Brownells is selling bbl'd actions. 6.5 G is an option.
My wild imagination told me the 22-250 action would be ideal for the very short Remington Benchrest series brass. I wanted a 6.5 Benchrest.I would have length for long bullets
I rechambered one for the 7.62x45 Czech with only a few mods but that cartridge is only 6mm longer and has the same head size. I did have to modify the mag and feed ramp only a little to accommodate the little extra length. This is pushing it. Also the rifle only weighs 5-1/2 pounds and with the little more power has surprisingly a high recoil. I since have built a new rifle for the cartridge out of a 93 Mauser which added 2# to the rifle and I also lengthened the barrel by 3.5" This reduces the recoil significantly. The 22-250 loaded length is shorter than the 7.62x45 so that would fit.
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