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Well, a couple months ago a guy sold me a busted up old Mauser for $100. The metal was in good shape but the stock was beat and it was missing a couple pieces. I decide to try out a Mauser Sporter build. I thought it un-American that I did not own a 30-06 so that is the caliber I chose. I think it came out pretty good... over all.





There are a couple areas I wish went better. I messed up my Duracoat finish while re-installing the barrel. I had very little black duracoat left so i tried to just respray the damaged area and it came out a bit shinier than the original finish job.



Also I changed out the shroud so i could install a trigger with a safety that would be more like what I am used to and that would not interfere with a scope mount. I ordered a trigger and started to inlet the stock for it. Unfortunately the trigger i bought was semi defective and the safety didn't always work. So i sent it back and ordered a Timney. This inlettng was a bit different so my opening is a bit too big and the Dremel got away from me. So the opening is a bit rough.



So the Final Stats are:

Mauser Mod 98 Large Ring
B&C Medalist Stock
Shilen CM Barrel 10 twist 25.5"
Timney Trigger
Unknown Maker Shroud from Brownells
2-7x33 Leupold Scope
Leupold Rings and Bases

If it warms up sometime in the next little while I will try to get it to the range for a test firing.

Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to share my "accomplishment(?)"

Thanks for looking.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Looks good.

Overall great looking rifle.

Asked question previously about stock but re-read your post which made my question moot.

Looks great.

I like it, and It's hard to go wrong with an 06.

Very nice job.

MM

That dog will hunt!

Mike

What the heck, hunt the crap out of it.

Sand....
Looks fine to me...I also did the same kind of thing.
I had a barreled action needing a stock, so I ordered one and did the in-letting myself, I made a few mistakes, but it turned out ok, good enough to take to the woods.
If the little 'mis-steps' bother you...shoot the rifle for a year and next winter redo the project, maybe with a wood stock.

Sand....
By the way...that is a cool looking knife on the bench.

Thanks for all the feed back. I am going to hunt it a bit if it shoots at least half minute of deer. I will post target pics after a test firing.

Maybe next time I do a duracoat job in black I'll just re spray this one too.



A good friend of mine made that for me Damascus blade. Pretty cool knife.

Good job, love a good sporter mauser. What's the contour, #3? Any idea on the finished weight?

Aint' a one of my buddies who makes cool knives, so it seems obvious that I'm hangin' with the wrong crowd...

I like your rifle... Hope it shoots well, for you...

And as long as it shoots well, ignore the imperfections. they won't show up on camera in your hero shots...

Nice build in THE quintessential American cartridge! Bet she shoots lights out nice work!

8lbs 10 oz with scope and strap....