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Hey all, I got started today, and except for hacking off the wife(never a good thing by the way)because I was gone so long, all went very well. I made a lot of progress. I picked out my rifle to start with from a selection of over 100, very confusing and hard to sort through but fun. Then it was over to the gunsmith's house to get started in earnest.
The rifle was packed all over in cosmoline or what ever the turks used. The rifle is a Turkish model 1938 long rifle made in 1943. The rifle was in pretty good shape overall, and had a lot of blueing left. The Turk mauser is a rather interesting and robust rifle. The rifle is nearly 50 inches in length with a 29inch barrel. The action is Large ring model 98 Mauser in most respects with a few exceptions. The Turk Mauser has a flange that sticks out beyond the barrel joint about 1/4 inch, and they are threaded for small ring barrels, which is where the robustness comes in. The thickness of the receiver around the barrel threads is significantly greater than the large or small ring mausers. This thing is massive in thickness, just imagine a small ring opening in a large ring reciever. The bolt is interchangable with all large ring bolts, as is the rest of the hardware from the rifle.
The first step was removing the barrel, which went quick. Next the action was trued, and fully checked over. The bolt was lapped and set to go, except for bending the handle which is to be done later this week. Next we took the model 700Rem .270Win barrel and modified it to fit. The procedure went like this, turn down the shank to small ring mauser spec, cut the new threads to the 12tpi of the receiver, and set the shoulder, check for function. Then we cut the newly threaded shank to proper length on the lathe, and threaded on the receiver. Everything worked great and we tightened up the barrel and receiver combo. So far so good.
Still to come this week is, removing the clip guide, final chambering(to minimum specs for good tight chamber)filling in the sight screw holes, and final polish/blue. The polishing will go quick as the barrel is already a high gloss blue, so it just needs the blue removed. I will be using side mounted bolt safety, and for now the factory trigger, working it up a bit. The scope will be one I have on hand, in redifield mounts and bases, after drilling and tapping.The stock will be one of three I am looking at, Boyds target varmiter(4wk wait), Wenig still deciding on style based on inventory, or Richards Microfit Wildcat Thumbhole.
I will try to post pics later, if not it will be in the mornig after I get home from Sniper Quals. I will post them of the rifle as purchased, and of the barrel/receiver in the white. Let me know what you think
The rifle was packed all over in cosmoline or what ever the turks used. The rifle is a Turkish model 1938 long rifle made in 1943. The rifle was in pretty good shape overall, and had a lot of blueing left. The Turk mauser is a rather interesting and robust rifle. The rifle is nearly 50 inches in length with a 29inch barrel. The action is Large ring model 98 Mauser in most respects with a few exceptions. The Turk Mauser has a flange that sticks out beyond the barrel joint about 1/4 inch, and they are threaded for small ring barrels, which is where the robustness comes in. The thickness of the receiver around the barrel threads is significantly greater than the large or small ring mausers. This thing is massive in thickness, just imagine a small ring opening in a large ring reciever. The bolt is interchangable with all large ring bolts, as is the rest of the hardware from the rifle.
The first step was removing the barrel, which went quick. Next the action was trued, and fully checked over. The bolt was lapped and set to go, except for bending the handle which is to be done later this week. Next we took the model 700Rem .270Win barrel and modified it to fit. The procedure went like this, turn down the shank to small ring mauser spec, cut the new threads to the 12tpi of the receiver, and set the shoulder, check for function. Then we cut the newly threaded shank to proper length on the lathe, and threaded on the receiver. Everything worked great and we tightened up the barrel and receiver combo. So far so good.
Still to come this week is, removing the clip guide, final chambering(to minimum specs for good tight chamber)filling in the sight screw holes, and final polish/blue. The polishing will go quick as the barrel is already a high gloss blue, so it just needs the blue removed. I will be using side mounted bolt safety, and for now the factory trigger, working it up a bit. The scope will be one I have on hand, in redifield mounts and bases, after drilling and tapping.The stock will be one of three I am looking at, Boyds target varmiter(4wk wait), Wenig still deciding on style based on inventory, or Richards Microfit Wildcat Thumbhole.
I will try to post pics later, if not it will be in the mornig after I get home from Sniper Quals. I will post them of the rifle as purchased, and of the barrel/receiver in the white. Let me know what you think