Mauser action mod needed (small ring mod 98 from 1920)

[pelago]

current project is a custom 6.5X55 using a small ring mauser
one issue i have is the rise in the back of the action for the stripper clip, now some of this is going to have to be removed, the weaver steel base S55 is the needed base but it needs some more room the base butts up against this and just has to be modified, the rifle already has holed drilled and tapef for a lyman 48 on the side of the action so it does not have much collect ability about it
file, mill it, grind it, comments, me i think that the best was is to mill it down to match the rest of the receiver, might cost another nickel but it is what is needed for the rifle

[dave]

You will not be loading a sportered Mauser with strippers. As for what is best, you answered your own question.

[JimF]

Years ago, I carefully modified the rear base (Weaver, aluminum) to fit around the hump.
Much easier to modify the base than the receiver! --Jim

[StockDoc]

I am doing the same as what Jim did, only I used the Leupold 2 piece scope mount. Have to shape it to fit. For some strange reason I want to be able to revert back to original.

[pelago]

1903A3 Sporter 003.jpg

this rifle, (at least in my lifetime will never go back to original, besides already has lyman 48 holes in side)
as we speak the receiver is in a milling machine making the stripper clip ridge go away. not the cheapest, not the easiest but i feel (for the end result) the best, he (machinist) will mill off the ridge and once polished and parkerized like the plan originally will look i think pretty good
Shilen barrel not a lightweight contour but a good wt for distance 6.5X55MM
rebent bolt
three position safety (gentry)
timeney trigger (i think)
glass bedded stock
weaver k6 wide
weaver bases

the othere photo is of a 1903A3 but i put it in to show the 3pos gentry safety, have to call brownells and get the phone number and you can get the thing direct only way to get the safety for a 1903 not cheap let me repeat that (NOT CHEAP) this will be fourth rifle i have added this safety they are well made and come in the white
boyd custom stockGEW1916Mauser.jpg
this photo is another creation but you can see the 3pos safety by gentry on the rifle, it really finishes it off

[dave]

To really 'finish it off' get some professional checkering on the stock.

[pelago]

To really 'finish it off' get some professional checkering on the stock.

what i am building is a legacy gun for grandsons, they have to earn them, National honor society, graduate military boot camp with a stripe, academic scholarship. 4.0 gpa
those would do it
another one for sure would be EAGLE SCOUT
I have 3 grandsons and 4 grand daughers, still to figure out something exceptional for girls
Checkering, you have piqued my interest, would not even know whee to start

this something a novice can pick up ?? me, i would never attempt unless i had some skills inthis

[dave]

A novice?----not with out much, much practice. There are many pro's who do this (Goggle search). I have a custom M-54 Win. that I had done by a women who did it for the original Kimber of Oregon. Pat Taylor, 1892 N. Birch. Canby, OR. 97013. 503-266-3684. This info is from at least 15 yr. ago. Beautiful job, border less. 18 0r 20 lines per in". Not real plain (I had a choice of several patterns, more fancy=more money). Can not find receipt but cost was less the 200 plus shipping. She even complimented me on my finishing job, and she never put a scratch on it! That job took real skill.
But before you do that get a nice milled TG for it!!!

[BudT]

Years ago, I carefully modified the rear base (Weaver, aluminum) to fit around the hump.
Much easier to modify the base than the receiver! --Jim

+1 While I have done both methods the altering of the rear scope mount is what I ended up doing the most, it doesn't booger up the rear receiver bridge.

[RED]

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three position safety (gentry)
timeney trigger (i think)
glass bedded stock
weaver k6 wide
weaver bases

the othere photo is of a 1903A3 but i put it in to show the 3pos gentry safety, have to call brownells and get the phone number and you can get the thing direct only way to get the safety for a 1903 not cheap let me repeat that (NOT CHEAP) this will be fourth rifle i have added this safety they are well made and come in the white
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this photo is another creation but you can see the 3pos safety by gentry on the rifle, it really finishes it off

I do not understand the "need," for the 3 position safety. A two position safety (Beuler etc.) is all that is necessary... The 1903/A3 has a magazine cutoff rendering the expensive three position safety as redundant. Jmho

[13Echo]

The nice thing about the three position safety is the bolt can be on safe and locked so the handle won't accidentally lift and give you a misfire. Then there is safe with firing pin locked but bolt free to operate. A nice safe way to unload a hot round from the chamber and work through the rounds in the magazine. Safety off is third position and self explanatory. I like a three position safety

[StockDoc]

also a easy way to disassemble the bolt, then using the penny method

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

It may be the picture, but the forearm looks out of proportion. You should be able to take a straight edge and run it from the tip of the barrel to a spot about 1/2" in front of the floorplate tang. The stock should barely be touching the bottom of the straightedge. The forearm tip could be reduced in length by 1/3. If you email me I will explain why. If you like it the way it is, just ignore this old man's advice. It's all personal taste anyway.

I like that three way safety also. Put them on my personal hunting rifles at GREAT expense. I was hunting next to the test track just outside Laredo and was climbing into a very tall deer stand when my front sling swivel came loose somehow. The rifle dropped straight down and when it hit the ground, my Beuhler safety released and the rifle fired (never climb into a deer stand with a loaded rifle!). I heard that bullet scream past my head within inches. I nearly soiled myself. If I had been asked, I would have sworn I unloaded that rifle - but I didn't.

Those safeties are worth the cost in my opinion.

jt