I got the gun done at a gun school hard to take it back. The 26 nosler is the same length as a 30-06 . The 26 nosler will fit in mag my only concern is the pressure on the action. Thanks for the reply.Why not just set the barrel back to get the headspace correct on current chamber? The Nosler may be long for the action and you may have a challenge getting it to feed correctly from the magazine. I love Mausers for hunting guns but chamber in more traditional rounds.
The Brno, VZ-24 action is a solid choice, according to Kuhnhausen's book "Highly desirable for building custom rifles".
How many thousands of safari rifles in .375 H&H (62,000 PSI) and similar hard-hitters have been built on K98k actions, as well as many in 30-.06 as well.
"Done at a gun school" is pretty nebulous... Mausers are case-hardened and not through-hardened. Requires thorough inspection of lugs and abutments for setback to determine suitability.
So my response is "yes, I'd do it" pending inspection.
I'm taking it that you are either going to change the bolt, or have it opened up to fit the Nosler rim?
Just something else to consider.
Thanks for all the great info. What a great education!!!!The problem with most, if not all military Mauser is the steel used. In modern actions such as Remington, we think in terms of Chrome Moly, usually 4140 or 4142 at around 34/36 RC hardness. The steel usually used in the military Mauser was 1030/1040. While this is a steel that will respond to a heat treat, the properties obtained are sub standard compared to a true alloy steel.
The usual practice was to do a case hardening, which process used varied from Country to Country. While this case hardening did impart a good wearability, it did little to enhance the properties of the parent steel in terms of tensile and yield strength.
PO Ackley did quite a bit of testing on the various military actions from WW-1 through WW-2. He tested them to destruction. The Mauser, the various ‘03 Springfield variants, the Caricanos and the like were found to be perfectly suitable for the chamberings of the period which most fell into the 45,000 to 50,000 psi range. Surprisingly, by his testing methods, the Japanese Arisaka proved to be the strongest Of the lot.
These old military actions will not approach the strength level of a modern action produced from a true deep hardening steel such as the Chrome Moly variants. And they are quite a bit behind any of the actions machined fron one of the precipitation hardening Stainless Steels such as 17-4. Keep in mind, 416 IS NOT one of these.
I would not be scared to chamber one for 50,000 Psi, but not much over.
6.5x57 would work. Seems obsolete, but a decent fit for your situation. I highly doubt you will ever find it on the shelf of a LGS however.Thanks for all the great info. What a great education!!!!
It is a problem if you remachine the lug abutments and do notAs I understand it a setback it not a big deal on a Mauser 98. The steel is basicly 1030. I was taught that if you machine the lug abudments back to true and the bolt and barrel can be made to headspace there is no issue. This is so true that F&N used to make oversized bolts specificaly to give new life back to old damaged recievers. I have two such oversized bolts.
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