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September 19, 2018, 09:27 PM | #26 |
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In the 60’s it was the rage were I came from. Lots of used military rifles around and a ton of great Pennsylvania gun smiths that had it down to a science without charging an arm and a leg. Sadly I only had an old lever action Winchester 30-30 as I could not afford anything. But it worked. The sporter 06 from the military rifles were works of art from some of the old gunsmiths of my area. I wish I had one now
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September 20, 2018, 08:24 PM | #27 | |
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September 21, 2018, 09:09 AM | #28 | |
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September 21, 2018, 12:29 PM | #29 |
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FN in Belgium supplied a lot of Mauser actions to a variety of entities.
We just ID a Sako Mauser combo for a member. Roughly 1952 to 1957 Sako was buying the receiver from FN. Interarms would be another though an importer and not a maker per se' - FN made the whole gun in that case. As they pop up others I am sure will trigger a bit of memory. Run a search on GB and you can likely pick up an entire one with no need to build. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/785133466 Browning also imported them.
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October 4, 2018, 10:40 PM | #31 |
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I built one years ago,I was walking along whistling Dixie ,walked in the door of Bob's Gun Exchange ,tripped over....the doorstop...looked in the showcase and stopped mid note, forget what I paid but I was happy,most of the hard part was done .but you can make a good trigger from a military on,and it is smooth as glass.the rifle cost me total about $500 in the early 90's gunsmith charges,blueing,clambering head spacing,he did ,I did the trigger work,lapped the ways,buehler safety install,polishing,stock Inletting and finishing,stock 1 was Birdseye maple bought as a board semi inletted for a Mod.98,made the stock but thought it too fancy,went to Numrich arms,pulled a walnut 98 beater stock out of the scrap wood box for ,like,$5 ? Took it home refinished it,re inletted the barrel channel and some minor points,glass bedded it ,pillar bedded it,I still have both stocks ,1st one is a better target stock ,the walnut one is a field stock,they change with no POA change.but it likes being dressed in walnut! Sorry it was a long storie.
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October 5, 2018, 06:34 AM | #32 |
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I've done it and it's definitely not cheap to do it right. However if it's done right it will outshoot anything off a rack but you will never get back out of it what you put into it.
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October 5, 2018, 07:04 AM | #33 |
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In the old days, a pristine Mauser 98 cost maybe $30-40 and you could hunt with it until the upgrade bug hit. Then gunsmithing it into a semi-decent sporter cost another $75-100 and you had a rifle that no longer looked like it came out of the bargain barrel at the hardware store.
Currently, starting with a ragged out, beat to snot Mauser and making it into something barely worth taking afield will cost more than simply buying an off the shelf commercial rifle. If you really want to spend(waste) the money, have at it. Enjoy the experience cause that's an expensive ticket. |
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