CZ 24 am I thinking right?

[DLH]

I have been thinking about upgrading my 338 Win mag. I have one by Kimber, it is a refit of a CZ-24 action, with a 338 Win. mag barrel and a plastic stock. Shoots real fine.
 
   But would it be as dependable as a say a Remington or Winchester?  It was made for battle, lives counted on it.

     So am I think right? or would a Rem. or Win. be better?

[Rangr44]

Many a nice custom rifle is Mauser 98 based - which is essentially what your rifle is derived from.
They are the gold standard, and certainly as dependable (if not moreso) than a Winchester or Remington.

Hopefully, Kimber already did some of the costlier sporterizing/metalworking steps - leaving upgrades in the stock and finish areas, maybe a better trigger.

Depending upon a rifle owner's desires, a whole lot, or a little, upgrading can be done - depending on the depth of the owner's pockets.

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[DLH]

Thank you for the reasurance.  I put a Timney trigger in it. The stock looks Ramline and is serviceable. I have piller beded, and glass beded it . The barrel is free floated.

  I figure I'll stick with it.

Thanks agian

[iiranger]

You need to define "dependable." Mr. Mauser started making rifles about the time of the US civil war and pretty much had the "kinks" worked out by 1898. These have been in service ever since as "battle rifles" as you recognize, somewhere.  I am sure there are militia today using them. This means reliable in adverse conditions. When re modeled into a sporting rifle, for more accuracy some of this "slop" may be taken out. What do you require?

At the other end of the scale, Remington and Winchester have designed/made rifles to be saleable to the public, look good... accurate? we hope... Battlefields are not a high priority. So you might get a bit more pretty and accuracy with a bit less rugged dependability? No experience with Kimber...

About the only "dangerous" for civilians is dangerous game. You might want the "slop" and utter reliability of the battle rifle if the animal might bite back. Otherwise...? If you are happy with a .338 as is and don't plan to go pick fights with big bears or African toothys... I'd be inclined to leave it. Luck.

[Rangr44]

[No experience with Kimber... ]

IIRC, for a few years around the late 90's, Kimber wanted an inexpensive alternative to it's pricier boltguns (Model 84, etc) for those customers wanting a "Kimber" of some kind.

So, they sporterized a bunch of mil-surp rifles, mostly 98 Mauser types, although they may have also done some cock-on-closing M-93/95/96 (Swede) conversions also.
There was a whole bunch of different chamberings/offerings.

The "Kimber" conversion was a rebarrel (I think the Swedes had original 6.5x55 bbls), reblue, bolt handle job, scope D/T, and a Ramline black synthetic stock.

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