Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats I'm just going to leave this here......

I have seen several examples of these milled to accept Talley mounts.

On the Sunny Hill mounts. They have them in stock. You just have to call and order. Prices and other info have already been posted in this thread.

Dang it on the Montanny vacuum, my 'smith said he's got to install the rear sight and blue all the metal and she'll be ready to throw fire.

Yes, like TC1 said, call Sunny Hill and order a set of rings for the Dumoulin Mauser action.

Mine were 210 shipped for a set of 1" QD's.

G500- You get that rifle back yet?

I tried calling all day to order some actions and the phone was 'not in service' whatever that means.

I read your post and dialed the number (920-898-4707) this morning 7:45AM CST and got thier voice mail. It seems to be working now.

Yes, I got through and ordered two.

I see that Lothar Walther has prefit mauser barrels which are long chambered requiring only setting back to fit. Anyone ever use one of these? I have never gone this route but saves buying a 9.3 reamer!

I used one about 10 years ago on a 1909 Argentine 9.3X62 build. It was scary accurate. The contour worked for the caliber but I thought it might be a little heavy with a smaller bore.

I might use another one myself.

No Sir, should be any day now though, last time I spoke to my 'smith he was sitting on the chitter with a trash can between his knees.

He likes bluing the steel to be done, said he needed to complete a few smaller odds and ends projects so he can blue all the stuff together.

I bought myself a number of these actions before I went hunting last month.
I plan to make bases for them by modifying two Weaver steel bases.
The front mount:
I plan fixturing a Weaver S46 upside down in the mill with modified V blocks. I will mill the bottom flat. That will be the front mount with two 6-48 screws on .860" centers.

The rear mount:
will get the front mount operation plus a 7/32" end mill countersink 0.110" deep and a 0.146" through hole on 0.504" centers. I will then shorten the S46 with 3 holes to S45 length with two holes.

The mounts will be fixtured to be colinear on the receiver with an AR15 riser clamped on, and fixtured coplanar with the 6-48 screws until the loctite cures.

This should cost me $22.58 recurring cost per receiver for materials.
Given how much money I have and how much longer I have to live, I should charge myself more for the labor.

The weak spot is the rear two screws in tension when the rear of the rifle pulls down on the scope. The snipers say they replace 6-48 screws with 8-40 for more strength. On other rifles I have been shooting 338 Win Mag 250 gr at 2500 fps and I cannot get dual rear 6-48 screws in tension to budge.


It is more than F=ma of the recoil. The screws are already loaded up with tension from the torquing. Those forces are dependent on lube. Gotta derate the torque for lube: 100% torque dry, 75% oil or grease, and 50% for wax. Unlike some rifles, there is enough scope base thread engagement [more than 2.5 times the root] in this reciever that the screws will snap off, the female threads will not strip out.

Got mine in. Now, 9.3x62, 375, or 416 Ruger? A 35-375 Ruger would be great too. Mannlicher stock, 20" barrel. Sure would like a Mcwoody in a Mannlicher, anybody ever see McMillan do a Mannlicher?

Nope, never seen one. MPI makes a plastic mannlicher.

Went to the 'smiths and picked up the little 400 Whelen this evening, barrel finished out really nice at 23"

With a set of Sunny Hill rings cradling a gloss 1.5-5 Leupold she weighs in a 9 lbs and 5 ounces of pure sweetness.

Load development with the 400 gr Woodleighs will take place asap.

Very cool! I'm looking forward to seeing the finished rifle. .

I put flat bottom Weaver steel S61 bases on the Dumoulin Mauser.
In the rear I had to drill and countersink a hole.

Pics sent to ya Terry, I trimmed the cylindrical brass to 2.490" as is, necked brass down in the 400 Whelen [Petrov] die to a snug on closing fit, locked die at that length, primed, formed, and ready to load cases measure 2.495"

Ran outta daylight for chronoing, but will get to that asap.

Good for you, Gunner. Looking forward to seeing the rifle.

Sounds like a nice lil thumper!

Thanks MM, thought TC1 may have thrown the pics up by now, he may be off at hunting camp or something.

Yes indeed on the "lil thumper," five 400 gr Woodleighs on tap at 2150 could be the very definition of such.

I don't think they've invented the meat that won't get made with that.

I'm kinda done with big azz cases. If ya can't get it done on an 06, or there abouts sized case, it's not the gun, it's the ni$$er on the trigger.