[michiganmauser]

Hi All,
New to the site.
I have a question reguarding a Mauser 98. I inherited a mauser 98K from my father. He was in the middle of sportizing it when he passed away. It has a Bell and Carlson stock, aluminum hinged flooplate with antelope engraving. He purchased a turned down bolt off ebay.

I would like to finish off the project and use it in memory of him. My issue is when I test fired the rifle it shot fine without and signs of stress on the action or barrel. But when I go to open the bold it is very stiff and I have to literly slap it in order to bring the bolt upward. I've worked the action with rounds in to see if was the headspace was compromised with the new bolt. But every round loaded and ejected properly. It was olny when it was fired tha it siffened up. There was no tiggerwork done on the rifle. Not certain if it ever was checked for porper headspaceing though.

Any suggestions or advice is appreciated!

Thanks,
M.Chambers