Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Work in progress. Shane Thompson Mini Mauser project taking shape

I don't have any pictures of the bottom metal right now but Shane say's the barreled action is finished with exception of the bolt handle and 3-position safety. James Anderson has turned some scaled down Oberndorf style handles and will be doing the safety. The way I understand it you need to make a special collor that goes inside the safety as the root isn't long enough on the mini mauser. James has done a few of these so we all decided he would be the man for the job.

The bottom metal looks a lot like a Blackburn style bottom metal with a teardrop shaped triggerguard and straddle floorplate but scaled down to fit the Mini Mauser. When I get it back I'll shot some more pics and post them.

Here is the latest set of pics. He wouldn't send any of the barreled action finished. He said he wanted it be a surprise . Of coarse when I get it back I'll post some.

Terry

Now keep in mind these are all custom made parts fresh off the mill. They are all made to scale with the little action. No NECG parts here, they would all be too big. None of the parts have been polished in these pictures.

Quarter rib roughed in on the custom contoured barrel.


Front sight base


Rear sight freash off the mill

In the process of having a 20 tac built from this same action, the mag box measures 2.290"
A pic of the closest thing I got to bottom metal for the mini action

RR

As promised, and a few more to go with it. The metal work is almost finished! It's really hard to get a handle on how petite this thing actually is because Shane did such a good job scaling everything down to size. It's amazingly small. The last few pictures might help.

Terry






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Talk about small!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow

VERY nice looking. Can't wait to see the end result.

Dang TC, you build some wicked cool stuff. I'd trust myself more handling a newborn baby than some of the art you build.

Gorgeous. I'd love to have one in 35 Remington.


Okie John

Everything I have has dents and dings in it. Every time it happens I lick the tip of my finger and rub the spot to see if it'll rub out, then I say "damn" and move on. It's just part of it. I personally think they look better with use.


Terry

Outstanding project!! I love the old world craftsmenship.You have a buyer!!Warms my heart to NOT see any plastic...

Dig the thumb cut. Very good looking project. Seriously.

Terry

Are you going to have any engraving done on that thing?

Yes, it'll have a little engraving. Nothing major. Just a little scroll trim and some Rigby style lettering.

Terry

Oberndorf style stock? One of those pancake cheek pieces? Stock styled like those 20s-30s sporters? Where the apprentice trying to get out of the Austrian guild would take some POS mauser and carve it up into something nice- a stalking rifle?? euro style hogsback comb? That would be a much later style, but still look cool.
Case color anything??

Hey Claude, the stock will be a classic English stalking rifle style. It'll have a very narrow and short forearm with a ebony tip. It'll have an open grip with a trapdoor grip cap and buttplate. It'll have about 1.5" of drop in the heal and about 14" LOP. I have a beautiful stick of Turkish walnut That I'm planning on using.

Terry

very nice metal work. quarter rib & front sight look real nice. q/d levers follow the lines of the rings instead of sticking out like a sore thumb. i need to start working on my mini mauser project

too bad you couldn't scrounge up a set of double triggers to adapt.
very cool project

That little jewel is just stinkin' cool.

Thank you so much for pics and updates.

Industrial art, it is.

you would probably need some mighty skinny fingers with that triggergaurd & double sets. i have two rifle with dst's on normal gaurds & they are a tight fit, i also have a dst on a springfield 1903 that is almost to tight.
what would probably look good & still fit in the gaurd would be to weld the lower section of a sxs or o/u shotgun trigger to the timneys trigger arm. you would have the look of a single set trigger & still be able keep the adjustable timney

Are we making offers yet?
This is bad..this is the first posting I look at now.....

Show the wood!!!

Here is the wood



and this is the stock style but It'll have a nice little pancake cheek piece. It's an old Jeffery style stock.