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Mauser feed rails
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1352001" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>I hate to tell you guys this, but working the feed rails on a Mauser '98 to facilitate feeding cartridges is a basic gunsmithing task. Like "gunsmithing 101..... All of this stuff is all too common for a 'working' 'smith. Mausers that won't feed, scope mount holes off the centerline or drilled into the locking lug abutment, Lug abutment set back because the owner 'hot rodded' his reloads or it just got barreled up for a cartridge it should not have been, bolt handles welded on that I'd be ashamed of, forged bolt handles that look like Magilla worked them over with a 16lb sledge. Just got a call yesterday wanting to know if I could help because of scope mount holes not on the centerline. I've seen some really nice '98s botched-up beyond repair over the past 25+yrs.... Mauser '98s are not the only ones that have feed issues when re-barreled. I see lots of others, too..... And sometimes it's just the way the cartridge gets set-up, because the interdnet says that's the way it should be. Too much interdnet, not enough practical experience............</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1352001, member: 24284"] I hate to tell you guys this, but working the feed rails on a Mauser '98 to facilitate feeding cartridges is a basic gunsmithing task. Like "gunsmithing 101..... All of this stuff is all too common for a 'working' 'smith. Mausers that won't feed, scope mount holes off the centerline or drilled into the locking lug abutment, Lug abutment set back because the owner 'hot rodded' his reloads or it just got barreled up for a cartridge it should not have been, bolt handles welded on that I'd be ashamed of, forged bolt handles that look like Magilla worked them over with a 16lb sledge. Just got a call yesterday wanting to know if I could help because of scope mount holes not on the centerline. I've seen some really nice '98s botched-up beyond repair over the past 25+yrs.... Mauser '98s are not the only ones that have feed issues when re-barreled. I see lots of others, too..... And sometimes it's just the way the cartridge gets set-up, because the interdnet says that's the way it should be. Too much interdnet, not enough practical experience............ [/QUOTE]
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