I reccently traded a beat yugo 24/7 reciever for a Czech M1933 small ring MOD 98 action. It has an interesting import marking, On the front of the receiver ring there is half circle with what looks like a wolf and a lion head and the word DORKEN under it. Turns out this was a canadian hardware store company Dorken Bros. Co (montreal) that imported rifles in the 50's and 60's. Its a complete number matched action but lacks a barrel. It doesn't have much finish left but othe than that appears to be pristine and has a factory bent bolt handle.
This makes my second small ring mod 98I have a super bubbarized Peruvian (czech 1932) drilled tapped, clip guide ground off, bolt handle welded back on with nickle rod ect. And it also is in need of a rebarreling after I removed the 7.65 barrel that someone altered with a .30-06 reamer.
The good news is I have an original Swedish mauser 6.5 barrel from an M96 (cut down very slightly) and a M94 carbine barrel in the mail on its way from texas. Now the carbine barrel was one of those imported in the 60's that has a piece attached to the end. I will simply part if off and recrown the muzzle. think ill put it on the peruvian action and the long barrel on the M33 unless someone decides they need the action worse than I do.
What do you all know about small ring 98's?
Jonny