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Here's an answer from someone who built his own Swift from a M98 Mauser action. There's a big diff in the case shape with the Swift being much more tapered. Feeding is iffy depending on how worn the original action was. In addition, care must be taken when loading the magazine so that the rim of each round loaded lies in front of the rim of the previous case. There may also be problems when the round pops out of the magazine w/o being caught by the extractor and/or feeds nose high with the bullet catching the face of the barrel shank. I tried some of the aftermarket single stack detachable mags which helped considerably.
Remington barrels can be rethreaded to fit SMALL ring Mausers but not large rings unless you wish to cut the original Remington barrel shank off and recut the shank as well as the threads. I had several Turkish 98 actions(physical outside dimensions like a large ring but with small ring barrel threads) built using new takeoff Remington barrels.
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