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M98 mauser sleeved action project
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 953567" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>This is just for information based on what I was told by a master gunsmith that got me started </p><p>doing my own gun smithing. (He was a very well known bench rest shooter).</p><p></p><p>My understanding of the reason for a sleeved action was/is to stiffen the action for use with heavy barrels, give the action a better footprint (Larger) to bed or glue to the stock.</p><p></p><p>Most of the BR shooters at the time that sleeving was popular used the Remington 721 action.</p><p></p><p>Most of them sleeved with 4140 chrome molly unless they were held to a weight limit.</p><p></p><p>The actions that I saw were all shrink fitted to the action (Freeze the action and heat the sleeve that</p><p>was .002 to .003 thousandths smaller than the action) this was a permanent modification once done and removal required machining it off.</p><p></p><p>The actions were turned true on the outside to the bolt center line and then the sleeve was installed.</p><p></p><p>This process was not required when the smith used a barrel sleeve (This left the action floated and</p><p>allowed the barrel to be floated and less of the barrel was floated.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 953567, member: 2736"] This is just for information based on what I was told by a master gunsmith that got me started doing my own gun smithing. (He was a very well known bench rest shooter). My understanding of the reason for a sleeved action was/is to stiffen the action for use with heavy barrels, give the action a better footprint (Larger) to bed or glue to the stock. Most of the BR shooters at the time that sleeving was popular used the Remington 721 action. Most of them sleeved with 4140 chrome molly unless they were held to a weight limit. The actions that I saw were all shrink fitted to the action (Freeze the action and heat the sleeve that was .002 to .003 thousandths smaller than the action) this was a permanent modification once done and removal required machining it off. The actions were turned true on the outside to the bolt center line and then the sleeve was installed. This process was not required when the smith used a barrel sleeve (This left the action floated and allowed the barrel to be floated and less of the barrel was floated. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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