Very nice build, you could still see the German markings on it. Anyway I might be able to find a Remington 700 classic in 8mm,after I win the lottery! LOL
My uncle "built" it and I was not yet born when he died and my other uncle, who gave me the gun, didn't know anything about the mods. I did go through it earlier this year and replace a standard roll pin (1/8"?) for the trigger housing that was loose with metric NOS pin (3mm?) which tightened up the action. I also smoothed the trigger/sear which I think is a two-stage and probably aftermarket. It was not uncommon for GIs back then to buy war-surplus arms and "sporterize" them.
The bore in my K98 isn't bad but a little bit pitted, probably from the surplus corrosive Berdan-primed ammo of the day. I had about 80rds of surplus I went through to "dispose" of it so I could pull the bullets. Load round, pull trigger, "click", wait 10 seconds, eject dud, repeat. Of all the rounds I think 3 fired, 1 took about 3sec before it went off.
Pulled the bullets from all the rest which was a chore in itself... The K98 DOES fire well with modern day ammo and I probably have about 40rds through it with acceptable accuracy.
The M1917 has a beautiful bore, I think chrome-lined. That gun was not a parade-duty gun, or the bore would be trashed. These are the only pics I have handy at the moment... You can see I was in the middle of putting the 4x20 on it. It has a "bent" bolt for clearance and hand-checkered Monte Carlo stock. Rear sight was milled off of it and front sight is non-existent so collector value is slim but it shoots well.
Also has a Herter's? compensator. All mods done in the 50s, as well. THIS gun has engraving and actually has MY (and my uncle's) initials engraved into the mag floor plate.