If you had a few mauser actions....

[dolek]

I have built a few ,that was years ago and I wanted to stay kinda traditional... I went with 7 x 57 ,6.5 x 55 on the first two and then strayed a little with .308 in a Mannlicher stock with butterknife bolt handle and a heavy barrel .257 Roberts with fancy Turkish walnut stock. I have always had a love for the Mausers , simple beauty.

 

[86alaskan]

8x57
7x57
6.5x55

in that order. nice walnut. maybe catch on with a good receiver crest. I have a nice utility mauser I built off a VZ24 action in 8x57. 22" barrel, OD green duracoat and a hogue overmolded stock. handles nicely and is light. The receiver has the rampant lion crest. no way I'd ever tap that for mounts.

 

[Lee in Texas]

I'd shoot it before you start , you will probably be surprised.
I've got a Mauser that'll keep them in the teens at 100 . Hart barrel old Canjar trigger and a 36x scope .

Oh yeah. It will stay as is for a while. It's a 6mm Creedmoor.

 

[Lee in Texas]

What cartridge is that chambered for and what stock profile ? I've got lots of barrels and stocks . I'm always looking for heavy target stocks.

6mm Creedmoor. The fore end is rounded. It's a single shot and has the really narrow bottom metal. We can talk more in PM if you want.

 

[Liven The Dream]

I go back years with great 98 Mauser Rifle Builds with likes of Paul Avrey . All Valley .

I say the .270 Winchester was and is my all time #1

7x57 ,,280 .7 mag and .338 mag. .270(x3).

In the day Africa Big Game was only Hunted with Mauser Style Action....They always Extract.

 

[Kurz]

Can you buy a barrel like that? Or doea a smith have to mill in the octagon shapes and turn the barrel down? This was my thinking, but havent got that far.

Contoured blank OCTAGONAL 8x68S MuD:.55" L:23.62" Cr-Moly Steel

$744.00 *
contour: LW-Article #7614, without rib, without chamber, with thread Mauser 98

Caliber: 8x68S
Twist: 11"
Material: chrome-moly steel
Largest diameter [LD]: 1.1417"
Length [L]: 23.62"
Muzzle diameter [MuD]: .55" across flats
Bore diameter: .3106"
Groove diameter: .3228"
Grooves: 4
Weight: 3.26 lbs

https://www.lothar-walther.com/rifl...d.55-l-23.62-cr-moly-steel-it.-nr.-30274?c=12

You can also pay a talented gunsmith to produce one for you but the expense will be significantly higher.

 

[Bc'z]

Contoured blank OCTAGONAL 8x68S MuD:.55" L:23.62" Cr-Moly Steel

$744.00 *
contour: LW-Article #7614, without rib, without chamber, with thread Mauser 98

Caliber: 8x68S
Twist: 11"
Material: chrome-moly steel
Largest diameter [LD]: 1.1417"
Length [L]: 23.62"
Muzzle diameter [MuD]: .55" across flats
Bore diameter: .3106"
Groove diameter: .3228"
Grooves: 4
Weight: 3.26 lbs

https://www.lothar-walther.com/rifl...d.55-l-23.62-cr-moly-steel-it.-nr.-30274?c=12

You can also pay a talented gunsmith to produce one for you but the expense will be significantly higher.

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That's nice.

 

[Ggmac]

6mm Creedmoor. The fore end is rounded. It's a single shot and has the really narrow bottom metal. We can talk more in PM if you want.

Yes . Busy at Dr now , more later

 

[Kurz]

Yes, that's why I posted it, it's a good deal for an octagon barrel. They add a distinctive look to a custom build.

 

[long40shot]

I'd do a 257 Ackley, blued metal, AA walnut.

I should have said a mannlicher style AA walnut stock and a top notch checkering job by Preacher

 

[long40shot]

Contoured blank OCTAGONAL 8x68S MuD:.55" L:23.62" Cr-Moly Steel

$744.00 *
contour: LW-Article #7614, without rib, without chamber, with thread Mauser 98

Caliber: 8x68S
Twist: 11"
Material: chrome-moly steel
Largest diameter [LD]: 1.1417"
Length [L]: 23.62"
Muzzle diameter [MuD]: .55" across flats
Bore diameter: .3106"
Groove diameter: .3228"
Grooves: 4
Weight: 3.26 lbs

https://www.lothar-walther.com/rifl...d.55-l-23.62-cr-moly-steel-it.-nr.-30274?c=12

You can also pay a talented gunsmith to produce one for you but the expense will be significantly higher.

View attachment 1089746

That stock is a thing of beauty. Where would one source a stock like that?

 

[scubohuntr]

Is it just me or can others not get past the fact that military Mausers should be in pretty wood stocks, with beautiful blued receivers, and some kind of equally beautiful half octagon half round barrel, with safari sights? I can’t see a long range or tactical old school Mauser action.

A Mauser will never be light weight, will never be competitively accurate, and will never take bratwurst-sized magnums, unless you want to drop five figures for a double-bridged Brevex. It was designed for the 7X57, and anything really far from that is a stretch. Build it within its strengths, and a safari rifle is perfect. Not much brush to scratch that AAA stock, shots generally under 200 yards, and somebody else carries it for you. No matter what you do to it, it's a 120 year old military design. What it is, really, is a piece of mechanical art, built when quality was never second to economy. For that reason, things that usually look stupid on a modern rifle, like half-octagon barrels, intricate express sights and double triggers, just work. It will never be modern, or state of the art, and most attempts to make it so are abominations. Like a tactical Velcro band on a prewar Rolex.

 

[Pawnee Bill]

Sell it, buy a good custom action

+1

 

[dolek]

+1

You missed the original question, but you were helpful none the less.

 

[IdahoSharpshooter]

I love Mauser 98's, and OM 70's. I have two 1090 Argentine Mausers at a custom gunsmith now, getting barreled and the metalwork done. Cocking piece peep sights, double set triggers, and what they call "twins"; highly figured stocks that cured for several years before being shaped. They run the saw down the middle of the log, and the slab from each side are called "twins".
Rust blued steel and finely figured walnut make a combination that cannot be beat.
As far as caliber, mine are a bit outside the box, but very effective hunting calibers. They will be the 6,5x68 and 8x68 Shuler cartridges. The 6,5 gives up very little to the 26 Nosler for case capacity and MV, and the 8mm is about the same as the 8mm Remington Magnum. NECG has brass and ammunition in stock, and RCBS has dies. I saw both calibers in use in South Africa by locals hunting. The cases are not belted, a trend we finally figured out here in the last decade that has no value.

 

[Bc'z]

Cant wait to see them

 

[butchlambert]

A Mauser will never be light weight, will never be competitively accurate, and will never take bratwurst-sized magnums, unless you want to drop five figures for a double-bridged Brevex. It was designed for the 7X57, and anything really far from that is a stretch. Build it within its strengths, and a safari rifle is perfect. Not much brush to scratch that AAA stock, shots generally under 200 yards, and somebody else carries it for you. No matter what you do to it, it's a 120 year old military design. What it is, really, is a piece of mechanical art, built when quality was never second to economy. For that reason, things that usually look stupid on a modern rifle, like half-octagon barrels, intricate express sights and double triggers, just work. It will never be modern, or state of the art, and most attempts to make it so are abominations. Like a tactical Velcro band on a prewar Rolex.

I can't completely agree with you. They can be built and work great with a lot of different cartridges. My first was a Mexican in 17X220 Swift. Should have rechambered it and kept it.
My 7X57


9.3X57

9.3X62

a $3500 Mauser receiver

458 Lott

I have a few others, but done right you can use a big cartridge in them.

I don't think you can make a decent one with a nice walnut stock for $3000. Just because they are pretty doesn't mean you cant hunt with them.

 

[300_whisper]

I don't think you can make a decent one with a nice walnut stock for $3000. Just because they are pretty doesn't mean you cant hunt with them.

Why is it so expensive? A decent Mauser is more than 3k?

 

[butchlambert]

Why is it so expensive? A decent Mauser is more than 3k?

Sir, you probably haven't built one. Some receivers are inexpensive. 3 pos safety-$300., custom bolt handle installed $120. Surface grind receiver and custom scope bases, Bottom metal with follower-starts at $475, Trigger-Timney at $110, add quite a bit of labor as these aren't all Remington bolt on parts- barrel chambered-$600. Stock blank $500-$1500, stock hardware-$200, stock labor $2500-$5000. Metal prep and polish-$500 and $500 for rust blue.
Just a very rough idea.

 

[300_whisper]

Sir, you probably haven't built one. Some receivers are inexpensive. 3 pos safety-$300., custom bolt handle installed $120. Surface grind receiver and custom scope bases, Bottom metal with follower-starts at $475, Trigger-Timney at $110, add quite a bit of labor as these aren't all Remington bolt on parts- barrel chambered-$600. Stock blank $500-$1500, stock hardware-$200, stock labor $2500-$5000. Metal prep and polish-$500 and $500 for rust blue.
Just a very rough idea.

Nope not a gunsmith. Don’t even pretend to be. Lol. I just always thought of mausers as a these cheap surplus builds. I didn’t realize how much went into them.