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Saddle Ring Carbine The Manchester marked Mark X rifles are pre-1980ish. The Interarms are commonly used as donor actions for custom builds. auction is Rossi Interarms Model 62 SA Pump action Rifle chambered in the 02. My gunsmith used to work on the Interarms assembly of these rifles and still works in the original warehouse area. 280 Rems so the barrel on yours could well be a rarity or, more likely, an aftermarket item. I do not think that they ever made many if any. Most were made in standard calibers like the. Whitworth restocked others for sale elsewhere. From Manchester, they sold some barreled actions to Interarms which did the restocking here with Italian made stocks and marketed the finished rifles in the US. They are thus a bit smoother and desirable. The Whitworth company in Manchester England,bought actions, rebarreled them IIRC and gave the actiosn more final finishing. I'd still like to find a substantial authority behind the situation, but at least someday when it's convenient to access my several Zastavas I will check mine.Interarms - here in Alexandria VA - sold both Zastava and Whitworth rifles that were made in Kragujevac Yugosalvia - now Serbia - but shipped only as actions or barreleled actions. This does comport with the sketchy recollection I was laboring to recall. Not to quote it here, but to provide the link. A bit of research of Gunboards archives provided a post by Kurz. I'd like to incorporate such authority within my files.Īddendum: Another 'memory overload' (that's my line anyway) issue kept bothering me concerning the bolt numbering situation discussed in this Thread. Yet can you cite some reference for us concerning the matter. I do find such concerning a very nice (non Whitworth) H&R branded Mk X I own in 7mm Mauser chambering that situation though the essential headspace is right on.Īll said, I certainly can't argue with your assertion DK. I find no related notations concerning my own Zastava Mk X Whitworth rifles. I normally annotate my XL spreadsheet regarding my very occasional mismatched serial number acquisitions. Such 'matching' is normally a quite relevant purchase consideration. Also such discrepancy from the factory seems clearly counterintuitive! If I understand you correctly DK, a very interesting and potentially quite important observation! Do you mean that for a Zastava mauser sporter bolt, the number appearing on the handle doesn't relate to the receiver serial number? That seems counter to international industry practice, such where anything more than two digits reflected is presumptively the last several (or more) of the SN. To let you know the number on all Mark X is an production number.never matches the set. Yet at the price reflected, in nice original or tastefully upgraded condition, I don't believe you could be hurt from such an acquisition.Īn example of what I view as one of Zastava/Interarms nicer iterations (in 30-06) is reflected below. Good photos of the rifle would help to provide an assessment.
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These also seem 'a click' less valuable today.
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Many of the Zastava's seem to have departed from the classic European design in favor of an American-contemporary style.
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Be sure it matches or at least that the rifle can pass a "headspece" check.īeyond condition, prices can vary depending on stock design. It should be serial numbered on the underside of the bolt handle. You might want to look closely at that feature. The one thing that seems strange in your description is the butter knife bolt handle. There were a small variety of Zastava Mannlicher stocked carbines with differing stock details. These were imported either under the "Mark X" (Roman Numeral ten) nomenclature or under the "Whitworth" name, the latter being assembled in England. From your description, I would assume it is an Interarms product from the "Zastava" factory in Serbia.