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Posted: 9/25/2011 1:05:10 AM EDT
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I have a few donor actions laying around and Im planning on trying my hand making a new hunting rifle out of one of them. I want to true up the locking lugs and bolt face and I know there are tools made for this application. What I dont want to do is buy the tools and only use them one time to languish in a box somewhere.
Is there any place out there that will rent out the basic stuff for installing a new barrel/truing up the action? |
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The recommended source for all the correct answers to your questions regarding work on the Mauser actions may be found in Jerry Kuhnhausen's "The Mauser Bolt Actions", published by VSP Publishers. He has included excellent illustrations sufficient to make the tooling required. Yes, you will need to be profecient in the use of the lathe.
If you don't want to buy a new book try AMAZON.com Enjoy the journey. |
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I have a few donor actions laying around and Im planning on trying my hand making a new hunting rifle out of one of them. I want to true up the locking lugs and bolt face and I know there are tools made for this application. What I dont want to do is buy the tools and only use them one time to languish in a box somewhere. Is there any place out there that will rent out the basic stuff for installing a new barrel/truing up the action? I've got a couple of actions that I'm getting ready to build .....and plan on buying a couple of the tools in the next month.....I also put a bug in RedTazdogs ear about it and have his interest up......but there is a place to rent them from..I'll see if I can find the link. This place has a few of the tools needed. http://4-dproducts.com/tooldisplay.php |
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Make sure you check out this guys web page..................
http://www272.pair.com/stevewag/ Bunch of stuff you can build and do at home, including receiver wrench and barrel trueing stuff. |
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There is no way to true it correctly without a lathe because you would have to indicate off of something other than the true centerline of the action/bore. Most tools that dont use a lathe will use the threads on the action...but those are then being assumed to be true which they are not.
If you want to do it right, have it trued by a professional smith. Better yet...have it built by a professional with the tools to do it right. Nothing worse than a half assed rifle build. Gunbroker is full of bubba gunsmithed mausers... |
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